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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 5d

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 ❤️

Bala Rawool giving talk at Devoxx Belgium 2025

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Marit for being there!

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 5d

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

Bala on stage at Devoxx. The slide shows the talk title

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for attending Simone!

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Simone Romani @simoneromani.bsky.social · 5d

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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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for being there Johan!

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Johan Hutting @johanhutting.bsky.social · 5d

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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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 6d

I’m just in time! And indeed, ⏰reminder to all: Submit Now!

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Johan Hutting @johanhutting.bsky.social · 9d

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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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks @nipafx.dev, @johanhutting.bsky.social for the shoutout!

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 15d

Oh no! That doesn’t look good. Good luck!

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · 25d

Of course my friend!
BTW the inaugural edition of @ai4devs.bsky.social was amazing. So much energy and enthusiasm. We missed you there Johan!

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Johan Hutting @johanhutting.bsky.social · 26d

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 @brabantjug.nl · 29d

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

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Frank Delporte @frankdelporte.be · Sep 16

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...

Welcome to OpenJDK 25! (#78)

YouTube video by Frank Delporte

www.youtube.com

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · Sep 15

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?...

Welcome to OpenJDK 25! (#78)

YouTube video by Frank Delporte

youtu.be

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Hanno Embregts 🎤🎸 @hanno.codes · Sep 6

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 @brabantjug.nl · Aug 29

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/...

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

www.meetup.com

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Spring I/O @springio.net · Aug 26

🍃 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

Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values: Putting it all together @ Spring I/O

YouTube video by Spring I/O

youtu.be

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · Aug 8

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

Part of mail showing acceptance of a talk proposal at Devoxx Belgium

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OpenValue @openvalue.eu · Jul 21

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 @susivic.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · Jun 13

Definitely! 👍

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Balkrishna Rawool @balarawool.bsky.social · Jun 13

And I’m still here, @jesperancinha.bsky.social !

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