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

It was an amazing experience to speak at JFokus. Thanks to all those who attended and the chats afterwards were fun! And I'm grateful to @devlead.se and @jfokus.se for the opportunity! 🧡

There are so many amazing options here at Jfokus, but it would be great if you can join me in 30 mins in room A1 for my talk on Continuations in Java! 🧵 ☕️ #jfokus

With the ever smiling @balarawool.bsky.social at @jfokus.se #jfokus

With the ever smiling @patbaumgartner.com at @jfokus.se 🤘

Some amazing #Java speakers at @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com including @alina-yurenko.bsky.social @balarawool.bsky.social @piotrprz.bsky.social @starbuxman.joshlong.com and more...

🚀 Java Track Spotlight! 🚀 Today's lineup is packed with awesome #Java talks: 🔹 @graalvm in Production -Alina Yurenko 🔹 Virtual Threads Magic - Balkrishna Rawool 🔹 Bootiful Spring Boot 2025 - Josh Long 🔹 Java 24 & more! 📅 Check the schedule https://amsterdam.voxxeddays.com/schedule/

Great times at the Amsterdam JUG last night, with @balarawool.bsky.social @rijosam.com @koturk.nl @doctolib.bsky.social and more!

I am excited to speak at @jfokus.se It is one of the most renowned Java conferences in the world. But I am even more excited as there are so many great speakers with excellent talks. If you too want to be part of this amazing conference, grab your ticket here: www.jfokus.se/register

A normal conversation with a functional programmer: "Should I learn FP?" "Maybe" "I find it quite difficult. What should I do?" "Just Try it" "Should I read books about it or just practice more?" "Either is fine" "Or should I just use it in my next side project?" "That is an Option" ...

Valhalla, Leyden, Babylon, Loom, ... what will they be working on this year? www.youtube.com/watch?v=y26X...

After dinner we had @balarawool.bsky.social share his insights on modern Java with Algebraic data types + pattern matching as @elias-nogueira.bsky.social couldn't make it this time. @lutskedev.bsky.social finished with a raffle of a golden @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com ticket!

Hi All, We are organizing an interesting session on "Algebraic Data Type + Patten Matching = Elegant and Readable Java Code" by @balarawool.bsky.social on Sat Dec 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM IST. Live youtube link: youtube.com/watch?v=ttUp... cc: @rautnishant.bsky.social, Jiten Gala

Last Thursday was yet another fun evening at #UtrechtJUG with “Test Driven Generation” by @boukenijhuis.bsky.social and “Cloud Development with LocalStack” by Andrews Reis