Many of the most influential open source projects begin in academic environments. Universities and higher education institutions are well suited to experimentation and have been central to open source for decades. Yet, as open source increasingly behaves like infrastructure, a recurring challenge appears once projects move beyond their original research...
Many discussions about open source AI agents start with the same image: a single assistant responding to prompts. That model works well for demonstrations, but it breaks down quickly in production. One of our speakers for the AI track at OCX 26, Luca Bianchi, explained in an interview, “a production...
Welcome to issue number three hundred and twenty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I was in Montreal for ConFoo. The conference season is over us, and already next week, I will be in Atlanta for Devnexus. At Devnexus, I will be managing the Jakarta EE booth in addition to...
This was my fifth time speaking at ConFoo in Montreal. This year, there were around 800 attendees, which brings them close to the peak years before the pandemic. I am happy to see and experience the vibrant developer community in Montreal. The conference was originally a PHP conference, but now...
For decades, Java has drawn a clear distinction between primitive types and reference types, with each category following its own rules in the language. One of those rules was simple: instanceof applies to reference types, not primitives. That separation has shaped how generations of Java developers reason about type checks...
With the exception of channels created to discuss security issues while they are in quarantine (and closed channels reserved for working group committee discussions), we provide no private channels for open source projects. This means that we do not provide private mailing lists (or any other private channels) for any...
Denis Roy, Head of Information Technology, Eclipse Foundation As the Open VSX ecosystem continues to grow, keeping the registry stable is a top priority. Behind the scenes, we are strengthening the infrastructure so that even during peak loads or major provider outages, developer workflows remain uninterrupted. In recent posts, we...
Will AI kill Open Source? Is it already happening? Or is this just another clickbait title? Well, let’s see. First of all, I am writing this by hand without the help of any artificial intelligence. There is only human intelligence involved here. I will leave it up to you to...
Welcome to issue number three hundred and twenty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As this post comes out, I have just arrived home from DeveloperWeek 2026 in San Jose, California. I will now spend a couple of days at home before going to Montreal for ConFoo 2026. I look forward to...
This was my second time as a speaker at DeveloperWeek. This time it was located in San Jose, California. It is still a fairly well attended event, but it felt a little smaller this time than when I attended three years ago. The focus is a bit different than the...