With inspiration from the recent Java and FizzBuzz post by @thedonraab.bsky.social, here are some fun @groovy.apache.org and FizzBuzz examples: groovy.apache.org/blog/fizzbuz... #groovylang @apache.org Pick the version that makes you smile and add emoji! 😀

@groovy.apache.org 6 features for Functional Programmers: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy6... #groovylang @apache.org

New post: Fanning out across a Fleet with Apache MINA SSHD and @groovy.apache.org 6. Part 2 swaps Part 1's stub feed for a real fleet of broker boxes — collectParallel + Pool.virtual() do the fan-out, and the Part 1 hub slots in unchanged. groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-... #groovylang @apache.org

Versions 6.0.0-alpha-1, 5.0.6 & 4.0.32 of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 180, 20 & 1 fixes & improvements respectively! Groovy 6 makes Groovy better for humans & AI! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

To celebrate some recent @apache.org releases (MINA & Commons RNG) & the imminent pre-release of @groovy.apache.org 6, let's create a stock ticker hub combining MINA's high-performance, high-scalability networking & Groovy's new async features: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-... #groovylang

Now updated based on feedback for even simpler code!

A proposed enhancement, targeted for @groovy.apache.org version 6, adds an optional compile-time null checking mechanism. 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒖𝒍𝒍𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. Read more about it and provide your feedback: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-... #groovylang @apache.org

Versions 5.0.5 and 4.0.31 of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 23 and 1 fixes and improvements respectively! The number of fixes in Groovy 4 is slowing as we prepare for Groovy 6! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html #groovylang @apache.org

A proposed enhancement, targeted for @groovy.apache.org version 6, adds native async/await as a language-level feature. 𝘼𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡, 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚. Read more about it and provide your feedback: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-...

Loop invariants and AST transformations on loops: a proposed extension for @groovy.apache.org. Feedback welcome. Making the semantics of loops 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐼. t.co/uDWkDradhF

The CFP for Community over Code Glasgow (October 11-14, 2026) closes soon. The Groovy track is seeking talks about @groovy.apache.org, @grails.apache.org, Geb, Spock, Gradle, and other frameworks in the broader Groovy ecosystem. Plus there are 15 other tracks. communityovercode.org/call-for-pre...

At the @apache.org board meeting a few hours ago, Apache Hugegraph became a top-level project. Congrats to the project & all involved in its incubation & graduation! Let's revisit a blog post using the latest version of their Graph Database with @groovy.apache.org: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-...

Versions 5.0.4 and 4.0.30 of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 23 and 13 fixes and improvements respectively! Includes some important fixes, so please upgrade when convenient! Thanks to all involved! #groovylang @apache.org groovy.apache.org/download.html

Spock 2.4 has been released 🖖 After three years and seven milestones, Spock 2.4 lands just in time for the holidays, packed with new testing goodies. 🎁 Curious? See here: spockframework.org/spock/docs/2... What’s your favorite addition? #groovylang

Version 5.0.3 of @groovy.apache.org is available for download with 17 fixes and improvements! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Grouping collections with @groovy.apache.org to reveal many-to-many relationships: groovy.apache.org/blog/fruity-... #groovylang #manyToMany #eclipseCollections #jdkCollections

Exploring AI with Groovy™ using Ollama4j, LangChain4J, Spring AI 1.1, Embabel, Micronaut & Quarkus (also with AI tools examples): groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-ai @groovy.apache.org @apache.org @quarkus.io @langchain4j.dev #embabel #groovylang #ollama4j #springai #Micronaut #holidaytips

Agentic design patterns with Embabel and @ApacheGroovy groovy.apache.org/blog/embabel... #groovylang #embabel #ai #agentic

Looking forward to presenting some interesting talks on @groovy.apache.org and AI over the next 10 days: * Oct 30, Auckland JVM Group www.meetup.com/auckland-jug/ * Nov 2, ChurConf Auckland churconf.com * Nov 6, Brisbane JVM Group www.meetup.com/brisjvm/ #groovylang #ai @apache.org

Versions 5.0.2 and 4.0.29 of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 19 and 12 fixes and improvements respectively! Includes JDK 26 support! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Exploring AI with Groovy™ using Ollama4j, LangChain4J, Spring AI, & Embabel: groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-ai @groovy.apache.org @danvega.dev @langchain4j.dev @apache.org #ollama #springai #embabel #groovylang #holidaytips

Looking forward to ChurConf.com in Auckland in a few weeks time. It will be great to catch up with friends old and new, and some great content! Also delighted to be presenting on @groovy.apache.org a few days earlier at the Auckland JVM Group: www.meetup.com/auckland-jug... #groovylang #ai

Groovy 5 adds new extension methods to File and Path classes. You can now easily get the extension and base name for a File or Path: blog.mrhaki.com/2025/09/groo... #Groovy #Groovy5

Updated slides for my talk on using 7 graph databases (5 ASF related) and 3 GraphQL libraries with @groovy.apache.org to analyze Olympic record results: speakerdeck.com/paulk/groovy... #groovylang #communityovercode @apache.org

Updated slides for my talk on why to use @groovy.apache.org in 2025: speakerdeck.com/paulk/groovy... #groovylang #communityovercode @apache.org

Updated slides on using Apache Wayang with @groovy.apache.org and Apache Spark for cross-platform machine learning and deep learning: speakerdeck.com/paulk/groovy... #groovylang #tensorflow #spark @apache.org

Updated slides for my talk on creating a wordle-like game in @groovy.apache.org using multiple generations of machine learning technologies: speakerdeck.com/paulk/wordle... #groovylang #communityovercode #machinelearning #ai #pytorch #tensorflow @apache.org

🚨 Breaking News from Community Over Code 🚨 Introducing The ASF’s New Logo buff.ly/DzgT82w #CommunityOverCode #opensource

Version 5.0.1 of @groovy.apache.org is available for download with 11 fixes and improvements! Thanks to all involved! Keep the feedback coming! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Slides for my JavaZone talk on creating a wordle-like game in Groovy using multiple generations of machine learning technologies: speakerdeck.com/paulk/wordle... #groovylang @groovy.apache.org #machinelearning #ai #pytorch #tensorflow #javazone

Now updated for Wayang 1.1.0 and Groovy 5.0.0!

‪Version 5.0.0 of @groovy.apache.org is available for download with 600+ fixes and improvements since Groovy 4! Thanks to all involved! This new version is the best version yet to run Groovy on JDKs 11-25! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Version 5.0.0-rc-1 of @groovy.apache.org is available for download with 9 fixes and improvements since the last beta! Thanks to all involved! This new version is the best version yet to run Groovy on JDKs 11-25! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Versions 5.0.0-beta-2 (upcoming) & 4.0.28 (latest stable) of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 41 & 19 fixes and improvements respectively! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html Groovy 5 release notes: groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Versions 5.0.0-beta-1 (upcoming), 4.0.27 (latest stable) & 3.0.25 (previous stable) of @groovy.apache.org are available for download with 87, 32 & 10 fixes and improvements respectively! Thanks to all involved! groovy.apache.org/download.html groovy-lang.org/releasenotes... #groovylang @apache.org

Wow! Check out Gatherers4j with Groovy! 😁

🎉Just released: Gatherers4j v0.11.0!🎉 Now supporting exponential moving averages with alpha or period. Publication to the new Maven Central Portal is now done via @jreleaser.org. I'll try to integrate automated announcements and GitHub releases soon, it's a great tool! github.com/tginsberg/ga...

Gatherers4j just made a new release, let's explore using it with Groovy: groovy.apache.org/blog/explori... @groovy.apache.org #groovylang #gatherers4j CC: @todd.ginsberg.com

Exploring Whisky flavor profiles using two new Groovy-powered dataframe libraries: Underdog and Matrix. groovy.apache.org/blog/whisky-... @groovy.apache.org #ApacheECharts #ApacheCommons #matrix #underdog #groovylang @apache.org

Slides for my GraphDB Sydney Meetup presentation: speakerdeck.com/paulk/groovy... @apachetinkerpop #apacheage #apachehugegraph @neo4j.com @antgroup.bsky.social @orientdb.bsky.social #ArcadeDB #groovy-lang @groovy.apache.org #GraphQL

CFP: communityovercode.org/call-for-pre... Travel assistance: tac.apache.org/events/curre... Event sponsorship: communityovercode.org/sponsors/

Less than 2 weeks to go for the call for presentations for Community Over Code 2025 NA (Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 11-14, 2025)! I am chairing the Apache Groovy track (including Grails, Geb, Gradle, Spock and all topics from the Gr8 ecosystem) but there are many tracks.

I am happy to be speaking at the graphdb-sydney meetup later this month about graph databases & @groovy.apache.org. If you are around, I hope to see you there. www.meetup.com/graphdb-sydn... The talk looks at a common case study using 7 different graph databases plus a touch of GraphQL and Groovy.

Using Property Graph Databases with @apachegroovy.bsky.social #TheASF #apacheage #apachehugegraph #apachetinkerpop #groovylang 🥇🥈🥉 groovy.apache.org/blog/groovy-... Updated for TuGraph 4.5.1, HugeGraph 1.5.0, ArcadeDB 24.11.1, Gremlin 3.7.3, Neo4J 5.26.0, OrientDB 3.2.36