Had an amazing time at @nljug.bsky.social #JFall 🍁 about 3 weeks ago! 🎉 It’s one of those conferences that feels like a warm community gathering! Gave my talk “Making Sense of Vector Databases” to a packed room: great energy & feedback! Big thanks to the organizers for making it awesome as always! 🙏

At the @devoxx.com and #JFall conferences, I interviewed speakers and attendees for the @foojay.io #Podcast. In part 1, you'll learn more about ongoing #OpenJDK projects and #TornadoVM. Watch on YouTube or listen in your favorite podcast app: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srxy...

“Documentation has value as much as code” @johanhutting.bsky.social at #JFall talking about MADR

🧵 Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency & Scoped Values: Putting it all together with @balarawool.bsky.social (ING Bank). Master the threads of Java’s new era ⚡ 👉 www.jfokus.se #Jfokus #DeveloperConference #Java #VirtualThreads #ProjectLoom #Concurrency #SpringBoot

Nice to see @balarawool.bsky.social 's talk at #Devoxx on the featured talks list 🤩 It's a great overview, often with some hidden gems, as long as you don't focus too much on the viewer numbers. Some subjects and conferences receive more traffic.

The Top-Rated Talks from #Devoxx Belgium 2025 are live! 🤩⭐️See what sessions Devoxxians loved most (login required) m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...

1️⃣5️⃣ Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency & Scoped Values — Balkrishna R 🚀 A Spring Boot demo showing how Loom simplifies concurrency in Java. 📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=iO7... #ProjectLoom #JavaConcurrency #VirtualThreads #ParallelProcessing #AsyncJava #JVM #Scalability

Just back from @devoxx.com! Met amazing friends, attended incredible talks, and had the joy of giving my own. Big thanks to the programming committee and all the attendees 🙌 The video is already up (www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO79... ) and I'd would love your feedback! 📸 @ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social ❤️

Last session of #Devoxx on Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values by @balarawool.bsky.social @devoxx.com

Closing @devoxx.com with the final talk by @balarawool.bsky.social about virtual threads and the new concurrency features of the JDK

Time for the unofficial "closing keynote" at #Devoxx 2025 in room 8 with @balarawool.bsky.social putting together threading in modern Java 🤩

Nice to see @nipafx.dev plug the @balarawool.bsky.social talk on Friday at #Devoxx 🤩 If you have the chance go visit Friday!

Always a great feeling when one of your talks gets accepted at one of your favourite conferences. Thanks, @nljug.bsky.social #JFall Program Committee! 🙏

Big thank you to @balarawool.bsky.social for making the time to replace me at AI4Devs on such a short notice today 👍🤩

First up tonight is @balarawool.bsky.social, telling us about the secrets of Vector Databases.

Later today, you can download the #Java 25 release from the Azul website and other distributors. Want to learn which major new features are included? @speakjava.bsky.social and @balarawool.bsky.social explain it in detail in this @foojay.io #Podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftY...

It was an honor to join @speakjava.bsky.social and @frankdelporte.be for the @foojay.io podcast on JDK 25. Thank you Frank for the invitation! 🙏 youtu.be/FftYJqEGKME?...

We are having a great time at our #Java speakers BBQ / unofficial speaker dinner! 🍖 with @coduinix.bsky.social @maritvandijk.bsky.social @ammbra1508.bsky.social @jlengrand.bsky.social @johanhutting.bsky.social @balarawool.bsky.social @louella.dev

Now the summer holiday is over, it's time for a great new BrabantJUG Meetup! On 16 September TOPdesk will be hosting us in #Tilburg. We have 2 great speakers: @balarawool.bsky.social: Making Sense of Vector Databases @davidvlijmincx.com: Async IO with Java and C www.meetup.com/brabant-jug/...

🍃 Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values: Putting it all together by @balarawool.bsky.social @ Spring I/O 2025 ▶️ Video: youtu.be/kz_R6-fdSZc 🔗 Slides: speakerdeck.com/balkrishnara... 🛠️ Repo: github.com/balkrishnara... #springio25

@devoxx.com is amazing tech conference and I am super happy to be part of it as a speaker again 🤩

Join us for our Utrecht meetup on Aug 5th! 🗓️ Two great talks for Java developers: → Creating effective ADRs (Piet van Dongen) → Making Sense of Vector Databases (Balkrishna) 17:30-21:00 at OpenValue Utrecht Food & drinks included. RSVP now --> www.meetup.com/openvalue/ev... #Java #Meetup

Just home from another inspiring meetup @openvalue.eu. Loved @balarawool.bsky.social examples that build up to a clear understanding of vector databases, RAG and embeddings. The book I recommended Bala is Unlocking Data With Generative AI and RAG by Keith Bourne from Packt. #devlife #java #RAG

Up next (as promised ;-)) @balarawool.bsky.social on virtual threads @devoxxpl.bsky.social

Faster vector processing with Java’s Vector API. Proved by @piotrprz.bsky.social and @maritvandijk.bsky.social at @devoxxpl.bsky.social

Current status: Learning Modern Java - The playful way with @maritvandijk.bsky.social and @piotrprz.bsky.social (P.S.: Thank you for the many shoutouts guys!) ❤️

Great talk by @balarawool.bsky.social about Vector Databases at @nljug.bsky.social #JSpring

Look who showed up for my talk at #JSpring @piotrprz.bsky.social !

Last week, I had so much fun speaking to a packed room full of enthusiastic and curious attendees @springio.net ! 👨‍💻 🍃 The "bike & wine" was such a great way to wrap things up. 🚴‍♂️ 🍷 Also had an amazing time connecting with fellow speakers. Big thanks to @sergialmar.com for the opportunity and trust! 🙏

Join the Cone Hat Cult 🥳🥳🥳 Ft @balarawool.bsky.social

Another excellent video of Inside Java Newscast from @nipafx.dev explaining the newly proposed changes (mainly Joiner API) to Structured Concurrency in Java. 🎥 ☕️🧵

May and June are going to be fun with 4 talks! 🤩 👨‍💻 ☕ 15-May @jcon.one: "ADT + Pattern Matching" 22-May @springio.net: "Project Loom and Spring Boot" 05-Jun #JSpring by @nljug.bsky.social "Vector Databases" 11-13-Jun @devoxxpl.bsky.social "Continuations in Java" Thanks to the organizers, reviewers! 🙏

The recording of my talk about virtual threads and continuations from @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com is now available on YouTube! I really enjoyed giving this talk and would love for you to check it out if the topic interests you. Any feedback or remarks would mean a lot! 🙏 youtu.be/Rc6m_I1RkXM

When @michelvandongen.bsky.social asks you if you want to speak at @utrechtjug.bsky.social and says @balarawool.bsky.social is the other speaker.. you say yes!

We're lucky to have so many talented speakers in the Netherlands 🤩 If you have the opportunity to see Marit or Bala speak at a meetup or conference you won't be disappointed 👍

If you get the opportunity to meet Marit, you never let that go. This week I had the honor of doing an adjacent talk at the same meetup with @maritvandijk.bsky.social Amazing organization by @utrechtjug.bsky.social and Sopra Steria!

Had a great time tonight at the Utrecht Java User Group where @maritvandijk.bsky.social showcased Intellij’s Junie and @balarawool.bsky.social explained vector databases by implementing a simple one using Java. Very interesting way to do so! Looking forward to the next one! #java

After a short break, we're back with @balarawool.bsky.social on Making Sense of Vector Databases at @utrechtjug.bsky.social meetup

Yesterday, @balarawool.bsky.social and @johanhutting.bsky.social had a chat with @starbuxman.joshlong.com at VoxxedDays Amsterdam. Less than a day later, he comes at ING for an impromptu live coffee and coding session. Over 150 people joining the call, that's the power of communities! Loving it!

Leave it up to @starbuxman.joshlong.com to cover almost a dozen Spring components including Modulith, native builds with @graalvm.org and @richard.fichtner.dev 's music plugin in an inspiring session within 1h45m! Could it be the ☕ 🤔 Big shoutout to @balarawool.bsky.social for hosting in-person 🤩

@starbuxman.joshlong.com now has a new favorite coffee place at ING #java

Always cool to see ING speakers on stage! Gogo @balarawool.bsky.social !

Good to see the Java Vector API covered by @balarawool.bsky.social at #JavaLand JEP-489 is available in JDK 24, released two weeks ago.

#EatingWhileOthersAreWorking waiting for @balarawool.bsky.social to take the stage at #JavaLand

🔗 Check out the latest Voxxed Days Amsterdam newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/countdown-voxxed-amsterdam-voxxed-days-amsterdam-t9dle 🔥 Dive into Java's Virtual Threads, GraalVM polyglot, Securing AI with @okta.dev  and Sustainability!  @balarawool.bsky.social  @deepu105.bsky.social

Loved this talk by @balarawool.bsky.social at Devoxx BE, go check it out on April 3rd 😎

Java's Virtual Threads are changing concurrency! But how do they work? The secret: continuations, pausing & resuming threads seamlessly. 🎤 @balarawool.bsky.social dives into this at Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2025! #Java #VoxxedAmsterdam #vdams25

Amazing that my talk has been accepted at Devoxx France! 🤩 Thank you @devoxxfr.bsky.social for the opportunity 🙏

Stockholm is beautiful! You spend a few days here and you like it so much, you don’t want to leave. Is that some kind of syndrome? 😉

Talking to @sharatchander.bsky.social is always a joy! I’m glad I could catchup with him again at Jfokus! 🤜🤛 #jfokus