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Andres Almiray

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I code for fun and help others in the process. Java Champion Alumni. Co-founder of Hackergarten & Hack.Commit.Push. Creator of JReleaser 🚀

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · Nov 18

I keep a list of conferences, JUG meetings, and other events I've participated at for the past 10 years. Would like to add new items to this list.

Don't see your local JUG? Let's talk!
Is your favorite conference missing? Send me a link!

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Events

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 Upcoming Events 2024 Hack.Commit.Push, Nov 23rd 2024 – organizing committee Porto Tech Hub, Nov 26th 2024 &#8…

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Mike Dietrich @mikedietrichde.com · 1d

Oracle AI Database 26ai replaces Oracle Database 23ai

Read more here:
mikedietrichde.com/2025/10/14/o...

Oracle AI Database 26ai replaces Oracle Database 23ai

Larry Ellison announced Oracle AI Database 26ai today in his keynote at Oracle AI World conference in Las Vegas. And I am pretty certain you may want some clarification on what this means exactly.…

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 9h

#BaselOne25 is almost over but the messages wall keeps churning

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Devoxx UK @devoxx.uk · 2d

Important dates to know for Devoxx UK 2026

🟢 Now: Tickets on sale
🟢 Dec 1st: Call for papers opens
🟢 Dec 13th: Ticket prices go up
🟢 Jan 9th: Call for papers closes
🟢 Feb 6th: Speakers & Sessions announced
🟢 May 6th: Doors open

More info at devoxx.co.uk

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Cowtown Coder @cowtowncoder.bsky.social · 6d

I blogged again: cowtowncoder.medium.com/jackson-3-0-...

Jackson 3.0.0 (GA) released

(October 3, 2025)

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 6d

A @kevlin.bsky.social in Basel🇨🇭

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 6d

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 7d

Color me impressed, was able to build an 8 year old project configured with Gradle 4.1 and Java 8 without any fuzz. Let’s see if luck continues when upgrading the build to Gradle 9 and Java 25 😅

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GitHub - aalmiray/caching-benchmarks

Contribute to aalmiray/caching-benchmarks development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Alina Yurenko @alina-yurenko.bsky.social · 8d

My @graalvm.org Native Image deep dive recording is already up: youtube.com/watch?v=1J6m... 🐰🚀

It includes the very public first demo of Project Crema, Open World for Native Image, at 2:19:54 😅

Thank you, @devoxx.com!

All demos and notes are here: github.com/alina-yur/gr...

Deep Dive: GraalVM in Practice by Alina Yurenko

YouTube video by Devoxx

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 10d

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 10d

BTW paraphrasing Alexey Shipilev:

1. Do not make your own micro benchmarks
2. Seriously DO NOT
3. Use JMH if you must

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 10d

Today I was reminded about that time I’ve got into benchmarking 2nd level cache options between EclipseLink and Hibernate … back in 2018 😅 #codeone

Perhaps I should update it with recent versions of Java, libraries & frameworks, and real databases with Testcontainers

youtu.be/lD28ApBmFeA?...

L2C Benchmarks, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love JMH

YouTube video by Oracle Developers

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 10d

L2C Benchmarks, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love JMH

YouTube video by Oracle Developers

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 12d

Panoramalauf Gibswil 2025, 10.4kms in 01:04:30,8. That first km was 🔥 my fastest so far. Elevation gain in the forest slowed me down a bit 🥵

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 14d

Leeloo MultiVAC

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 15d

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Martin Bach @martindba.bsky.social · 15d

🔧 Life Hack: you don’t need an external service to generate QR-codes. APEX can do this for you 🤯

In this article I share how I created a QR-code in PL/SQL for use in an upcoming presentation 🖥️ APEX is so much more than a low code platform 🤩

🔗 martincarstenbach.com/2025/10/01/l...

Life hack: encode a URL in a QR code using APEX

Someone in the community once said to me that APEX is awesome even if you’re not writing APEX apps in the database. It comes with so many useful featues – like the one you’re read…

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 15d

Releases posted on September 2025 www.patreon.com/posts/139774...

Releases September 2025 | Andres Almiray

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 19d

Stuck in your heeeead, in your heeeead, oh oh oh in your head 🎶

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 20d

🚀 jandex-gradle-plugin 2.3.0 has been released! https://github.com/kordamp/jandex-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v2.3.0

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 21d

Throwback to the 🇳🇴Norwegian JUG tour this past June.

The map editor believes BSL and GVA are the same 😅

Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 22d

The next edition of Hack.Commit.Push Switzerland🇨🇭will take place in Rotkreuz LU this November 22nd. Care to join us for some Open Source hacking? It’s for a good cause!

switzerland2025.hack-commit-pu.sh

hack-commit-push · One Day to Contribute to Open Source

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 23d

Here’s why I advocate for posting non-Maven resolvable artifacts such as ZIPs, TARs, etc, to places other than Maven Central.

Post only JARs (binaries, javadocs, sources) and required metadata (poms, checksums, signatures, and likely sboms).

Place every other artifact elsewhere.

Brian Fox @brianfox.bsky.social · 23d

Free isn’t free: the infrastructure behind open source has real costs, and it’s time we aligned usage with responsibility.

This morning we jointly launch a new blog and open letter on sustainable stewardship.

www.sonatype.com/blog/from-ab...

From Abuse to Alignment: Why We Need Sustainable Open Source Infrastructure

Open source relies on shared infrastructure. Learn why sustainable stewardship is critical to keep ecosystems like Maven Central strong.

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 23d

Counter point blog.yossarian.net/2025/09/22/d...

Dear GitHub: no YAML anchors, please

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 28d

Bold of us to assume there’s an actual meaning

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 29d

Nice try scammer

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Virtual Java User Group @virtualjug.bsky.social · 29d

We’re sorry to let you know that this vJUG session, with Alina Yurenko, has unfortunately been cancelled. We hope to reschedule it in the near future.

In the meantime, you can:
👉 Catch up on past sessions: youtube.com/@virtualJUG
👉 Connect with other Java enthusiasts on Slack: bit.ly/vJUG-Slack

Virtual Java User Group @virtualjug.bsky.social · Sep 16

What’s new in GraalVM for JDK 25? 💡

Join @alina-yurenko.bsky.social on Sep 23 as she shares new features + practical tips to run Java apps smarter & faster.

Sign up bit.ly/4689tMS

#vJUG #Java #Java25 #GraalVM

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