My top performing post this year was about #RichFaces. Fast forward and we're performing more #RichFaces -> #PrimeFaces migrations using #OpenRewrite and #AI, and also upgrading apps to the most recent, secure versions of #JarkartaEE, #Spring (Boot), and #Java without completely rewriting the app.

Great read: www.the-main-thread.com?utm_source=n... #langchain4j #quarkus #microprofile #java #opencv

Azul acquires Payara! foojay.io/today/more-j... #java #jakartaee

Thanks to everyone who attended my Modernizing the Mission Critical with #OpenRewrite and #AI session today at #JakartaOne. You can find the abstract + mindmap here: kitomann.com#/sessions/51.... #java #jakartaee #richfaces #primefaces #wildfly #springboot

Take a break today and watch the #JakartaOne Livestream. I'll be presenting at 4:00PM EST about some work that Bauke Scholtz and I have been doing at Virtua: Modernizing the Mission Critical with #OpenRewrite and #AI: buff.ly/0uWOiMe #java #jakartaee #richfaces #primefaces #wildfly #springboot

The JakartaOne Livestream is now fully underway. Join now! My presentation on modernization with #openrewrite and #ai will start at 4pm EST.

Catch me next week at online at the #JakartaOne Livestream! Register now; watch some sessions on Tuesday, or catch the replays. All for free! jakartaone.jakarta.ee/2025/

Did you know #78 is out? @kitomann.bsky.social, Josh, and Ian catch up and discuss the current state of software development given recent layoffs and #AI dev tools. They discuss #JakartaEE 11, #Java AI agents with #embabel, #Spring AI, #JetBrains #Junie, #ClaudeCode, and more.

Just finished my first weekly review in over a month... I suppose "weekly" isn't really accurate at this point, but I'm happy to get back on the bandwagon. I have to block off time or else it just doesn't happen. It turns out I'm not behind on as many projects as I thought.. that was a relief.

I'm thrilled to be speaking and #Confoo for the first time next year in February in Montreal! I'll be talking about #GraphQL and Web Application Architectures. confoo.ca

I the ground in Richmond.

After a long weekend visiting family, it’s time to head home. #JCONUSA25 #IBM #TechXchange was great. It’s nice to see #IBM’s renewed focus on (#java) developers. Hopefully I can join again next year! Orlando -> Richmond.

Great slide from @martinelli.ch's talk "Goodbye Microservices, Hello Self-Contained Systems" at #JCONUSA25 #IBM #TechXchange

Slides for my Services Reloaded talk from #JCONUSA25 at #IBM #TechXchange are up: kitomann.com#/sessions/44....

Just landed in Orlando for #JCONUSA25 at #IBM #TechXchange!

On my way to #JCONUSA25 at #IBM #TechXchange! Richmond -> Orlando.

Thanks to @jbaru.ch for chatting with me about #TODOs at #dev2next for #VerboseMode. Great discussion! You can catch the short interview here: www.youtube.com/live/QSqV0zi....

Thanks for everyone who came to my #todo or not todo talk at #dev2next! You can find the slides here: kitomann.com#/sessions/47....

On the ground in Richmond. Thanks #dev2next!

Leg 2: Atlanta -> Richmond.

On the ground in ATL.

Goodbye #dev2next! Great conference, great speakers and attendees. Leg 1: Colorado Springs -> Atlanta.

I was going to post about this myself, but this is pretty much what I was going to say!

Thanks to everyone who attended my Getting Things Done for Technologists session at #dev2next! Nice, engaged crowd! #gtd Slides: kitomann.com#/sessions/31... :

Leg 2: Atlanta to Colorado Springs. Ran into another dev2next speaker on the plane!

Just landed in Atlanta for leg 1 of my trip to #dev2next. Looking forward to the conference!

I'm speaking at www.dev2next.com next week about TODOs. I'd still love to get some other perspectives. Do you add them frequently? Do you remove them? Do you process them? What’s the oldest one you’ve seen? What have you seen LLMs do with TODOs in existing code?

Wow, I'm super impressed with the performance of DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-Q4_0 (reasoning model) running locally on an M1Max MacBook Pro. Using it with #GPT4All. huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/...

I just noticed that #JSpecify is gaining some real momentum. Looking forward to using it!

Another #gtd weekly review in the can. One thing I do during the weekly review is look at interesting things I wrote down that people mentioned. This week's winner was tailscale.com, which looks like an excellent alternative to VPNs for individuals and small companies. I also installed cline.bot.

Not sure how #java #virtualthreads affect every day development with frameworks like #springboot, #quarkus, #helidon, or #jakartaee? Check out my Services Reloaded session at #JCON USA, part of IBM TechXchange, Oct 6–9 in Orlando, Florida! 👉 Register now: usa.jcon.one/register

Web components everywhere....

Another #gtd weekly review in the can. This time I just did it at home on the deck, taking advantage of the nice weather. Lately I’ve really been enjoying walking during part of it, especially while review projects in #nozbe.

Has anyone compared #langgraph4j to the agentic features of #langchain4j?

I have to say, Google's treasure trove of knowledge about its users make the agentic capabilities pretty compelling. Not sure if it'll make me stop using #Brave, though... #AI Mode in Search gets new agentic features and expands globally blog.google/products/sea...

#Java peers, #JavaOne IS BACK AGAIN IN 2026 (March 17-19). Read our blog to learn more and sign up w/interest if you want to attend, speak, or sponsor: social.ora.cl/6011fdkbH

I've seen #TODOs in code that are older than my children (spoiler: my oldest is about turn 14). At #dev2Next next month, I'll explore TODOs in depth and discuss how to ensure they generate outcomes rather than becoming stale, context-free comments in a sea of code. www.dev2next.com/speaker/3e15...

I really identify with this... davidallen.substack.com/p/why-small-...

Wohoo! Finished another #gtd weekly review. No major epiphanies; just the comfort of having my commitments in focus. And some hot, but nice weather.... I've started to integrate brisk walks with reviewing next actions for projects, which has been a welcome addition to my routine.

At virtua.tech, we help companies mitigate risks like security vulnerabilities, #springframework, #springboot, #jakartaee, and #java upgrades, refactoring and modernization. We enjoy this work, allowing our clients to focus on new features and business priorities. To learn more, please reach out!

GTD turns chaos into clarity. Discover how devs & teams can use it to stay productive, organized & stress-free in a fast-paced tech world with @kitomann.bsky.social at dev2next this fall! 🙌 www.dev2next.com/speaker/3e15... 🎟️ Tickets- dev2next.com 🚀Use code JOIN-KITOM-50OFF for discount!

I still need more perspectives on how people and their teams handle TODOs… Do you add them frequently? Do you remove them? Do you process them? What’s the oldest one you’ve seen? What have you seen LLMs do with TODOs in existing code?

Woohoo! Finished another #gtd weekly review. Enjoyed the lovely weather we are having in Richmond, VA.  Now I just need to find my Apple Pencil…

So, has anyone out there deployed a #java app on render.com? Thinking about switching speakertrax over and I’m curious about the experience of others…

The second JC-AI newsletter is out. Interested in #Java and #AI? You have to read this! foojay.io/today/jc-ai-...

If you have a site that links to the #JakartaEE tutorial, please update it to point to the current version: jakarta.ee/learn/docs/j.... Clearly there are still a lot of links out there to old versions! #java

For my #dev2next (www.dev2next.com) presentation #TODO or not TODO coming up in September, I'm doing a little research. How do you personally use TODOs? Does your team have a process in place for handling them?

#77: “I Haven’t Been Fired Yet” Josh Juneau, @dhinojosa.bsky.social , and @kitomann.bsky.social are joined by @starbuxman.joshlong.com, #Spring Dev Advocate at Broadcom. From #Java to #AI, clean energy, #WebAssembly, and even crime prediction — it’s a wild ride!

I had enjoyed attending the Richmond JUG and talking about #GraphQL and #Java tonight; I did some demos with #Github GraphQL API, #Altair GraphQL Client, and the #SpeakerTrax API with #Quarkus goodness. Special thanks to Phillip Krüger for the subscription demo. Mind map: mm.tt/map/37743019...

Looking forward to speaking at the Richmond #Java User's Group tonight about #GraphQL! I'll also talk a bit about #MicroProfile GraphQL. rvajug.org/reunions/gra...