Balkrishna Rawool
@balarawool.bsky.social
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Java | Spring | OOP & FP | Debugging apps using System.out.println() since 2003.
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! 🙏
about 1 month ago
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Frank Delporte
about 2 months ago
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...
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OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and TornadoVM (#82)
YouTube video by Frank Delporte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srxy_ukw3-k
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“Documentation has value as much as code”
@johanhutting.bsky.social
at
#JFall
talking about MADR
2 months ago
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Jfokus
2 months ago
🧵 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
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Johan Hutting
3 months ago
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.
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Devoxx Belgium
3 months ago
The Top-Rated Talks from
#Devoxx
Belgium 2025 are live! 🤩⭐️See what sessions Devoxxians loved most (login required)
m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...
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Tech Talks Weekly
3 months ago
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
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Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values: Putting it all together by Balkrishna R
Project Loom brings lightweight concurrency to Java with Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency, and Scoped Values. But how do these features work together ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO79VR0zAhQ
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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
❤️
3 months ago
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Marit van Dijk
3 months ago
Last session of
#Devoxx
on Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values by
@balarawool.bsky.social
@devoxx.com
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Simone Romani
3 months ago
Closing
@devoxx.com
with the final talk by
@balarawool.bsky.social
about virtual threads and the new concurrency features of the JDK
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Johan Hutting
3 months ago
Time for the unofficial "closing keynote" at
#Devoxx
2025 in room 8 with
@balarawool.bsky.social
putting together threading in modern Java 🤩
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Johan Hutting
3 months ago
Nice to see
@nipafx.dev
plug the
@balarawool.bsky.social
talk on Friday at
#Devoxx
🤩 If you have the chance go visit Friday!
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Always a great feeling when one of your talks gets accepted at one of your favourite conferences. Thanks,
@nljug.bsky.social
#JFall
Program Committee! 🙏
3 months ago
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Johan Hutting
4 months ago
Big thank you to
@balarawool.bsky.social
for making the time to replace me at AI4Devs on such a short notice today 👍🤩
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Brabant JUG
4 months ago
First up tonight is
@balarawool.bsky.social
, telling us about the secrets of Vector Databases.
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Frank Delporte
4 months ago
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...
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Welcome to OpenJDK 25! (#78)
YouTube video by Frank Delporte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftYJqEGKME
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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?...
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Welcome to OpenJDK 25! (#78)
YouTube video by Frank Delporte
https://youtu.be/FftYJqEGKME?si=zsrFK2KpQdB5Rieq
4 months ago
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Hanno Embregts 🎤🎸
4 months ago
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
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Brabant JUG
4 months ago
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/...
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BrabantJUG @ TOPDesk, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup
## Details On 16 September, BrabantJUG will be hosting our next meetup at TOPdesk! We have 2 great speakers lined up for you. **David Vlijmincx** will speak about **Async
https://www.meetup.com/brabant-jug/events/310406024/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2
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Spring I/O
4 months ago
🍃 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
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Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values: Putting it all together @ Spring I/O
YouTube video by Spring I/O
https://youtu.be/kz_R6-fdSZc
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@devoxx.com
is amazing tech conference and I am super happy to be part of it as a speaker again 🤩
5 months ago
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OpenValue
6 months ago
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
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Susanne Pieterse
5 months ago
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
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Marit van Dijk
7 months ago
Up next (as promised ;-))
@balarawool.bsky.social
on virtual threads
@devoxxpl.bsky.social
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Faster vector processing with Java’s Vector API. Proved by
@piotrprz.bsky.social
and
@maritvandijk.bsky.social
at
@devoxxpl.bsky.social
7 months ago
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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!) ❤️
7 months ago
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Marit van Dijk
7 months ago
Great talk by
@balarawool.bsky.social
about Vector Databases at
@nljug.bsky.social
#JSpring
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Look who showed up for my talk at
#JSpring
@piotrprz.bsky.social
!
7 months ago
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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! 🙏
7 months ago
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Daniel Garnier-Moiroux
8 months ago
Join the Cone Hat Cult 🥳🥳🥳 Ft
@balarawool.bsky.social
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Another excellent video of Inside Java Newscast from
@nipafx.dev
explaining the newly proposed changes (mainly Joiner API) to Structured Concurrency in Java. 🎥 ☕️🧵
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8 months ago
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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! 🙏
8 months ago
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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
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Continuations: The magic behind virtual threads in Java by Balkrishna Rawool
YouTube video by Devoxx
https://youtu.be/Rc6m_I1RkXM
9 months ago
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Marit van Dijk
9 months ago
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!
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Johan Hutting
9 months ago
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 👍
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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!
9 months ago
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Raphael De Lio
9 months ago
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
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Michel van Dongen
9 months ago
After a short break, we're back with
@balarawool.bsky.social
on Making Sense of Vector Databases at
@utrechtjug.bsky.social
meetup
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Julien Lengrand-Lambert 🥑👋
9 months ago
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!
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Johan Hutting
9 months ago
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 🤩
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@starbuxman.joshlong.com
now has a new favorite coffee place at ING
#java
9 months ago
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Julien Lengrand-Lambert 🥑👋
9 months ago
Always cool to see ING speakers on stage! Gogo
@balarawool.bsky.social
!
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Johan Hutting
9 months ago
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.
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Johan Hutting
9 months ago
#EatingWhileOthersAreWorking
waiting for
@balarawool.bsky.social
to take the stage at
#JavaLand
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Voxxed Days Amsterdam
10 months ago
🔗 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
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Johan Hutting
10 months ago
Loved this talk by
@balarawool.bsky.social
at Devoxx BE, go check it out on April 3rd 😎
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Voxxed Days Amsterdam
10 months ago
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
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Amazing that my talk has been accepted at Devoxx France! 🤩 Thank you
@devoxxfr.bsky.social
for the opportunity 🙏
11 months ago
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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? 😉
11 months ago
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Talking to
@sharatchander.bsky.social
is always a joy! I’m glad I could catchup with him again at Jfokus! 🤜🤛
#jfokus
11 months ago
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