Richard Fichtner 💻☕

Being tall isn't always good, especially on flights. You might think that at least people can see you in photos. But I am not tall enough, as you can see here.

Anyway, we run a JCON Track at IBM TechXchange for Java people. So if you want to up your Java game, join us! usa.jcon.one

Let’s show what open-source tech and committed teams can achieve. Vote now and help us win!
community.ibm.com/co...

We’re finalists! 🏆
XDEV & the BYLES project have been nominated for the IBM TechXchange Excellence Awards. And now we need your support!

Built on Java with Quarkus, we’re making a real difference, tackling educational inequality.

Build awesome charts 📊 with our new component for @vaadin.com

Nice! Prost! 🤗

Happy biking my friend and welcome to relaxed part of Bavaria! 🤗

We often ran into the same challenge: handling OAuth2/OIDC securely and cleanly with #SpringSecurity.

So we created XDEV SSE – a practical extension born out of real-world needs. It simplifies authentication flows, boosts security, and integrates seamlessly with Vaadin.

You gotta do something nice for the lovely folks running our servers once in a while 😉

The XDEV Music Maven Plugin now supports Spotify as a source for Music! Thank you to Mohammed Aboullaite for the pull request!

Check out the plugin here:
github.com/xdev-soft...

PS: I recommend this song for long builds: open.spotify.com/tra...

Join #JUGOberpfalz online today and learn what 20 years of real-world system evolution can teach you — from someone who's lived it.

🎤 Heiko Scherrer shares hands-on lessons from two decades maintaining a microservice-based warehouse system

🔗 Register free: www.meetup.com/jug-o...

YouTube video by vaadinofficial Starting Java projects: lessons from the field

I recently had the pleasure to join a very nice panel discussion with @frankdelporte.be, @richard.fichtner.dev and @martinelli.ch about starting new Java projects.

Check out the recording youtu.be/eUVaOlRlulA and the corresponding report pages.vaadin.com/java-project... conducted by @vaadin.com

Join #JUGOberpfalz online on July 2nd and learn what 20 years of real-world system evolution can teach you — from someone who's lived it.

🎤 Heiko Scherrer shares hands-on lessons from two decades maintaining a microservice-based warehouse system

🔗 Register free: www.meetup.com/jug-o...

Good times, indeed! 🤗

Today, Java celebrates its 30th birthday! 🎂

I am immensely grateful for the innovative technology and vibrant community behind it!

Last week at JCON we threw a Birthday party to celebrate this milestone event! Cheers to the next 30 years of Java!

As someone who's always been fascinated by planes and airports, working on software solutions for Fraport at Frankfurt Airport is a personal highlight.

Combining my love for aviation with impactful tech – it doesn’t get better than this.

#Java Champion & XDEV CEO @richard.fichtner.dev joins the @payara.bsky.social Podcast 🎙️ to share stories from JUG Oberpfalz & JCON, including his thoughts on community building, hybrid events & the “Java Haters Meetup”!

Find the episode on YouTube or Spotify » xdev.software/new

A heartfelt thank you to all the attendees, speakers, sponsors, volunteers and the JCON Team for making JCON an outstanding event.

We are using all the good energy from last week to prepare for JCON EUROPE 2026. Mark your calendars and join us April 20th—23rd.

2026.europe.jcon.one

Thank you for rocking @jcon.one with your music talk and live coding! 🤗

Thank you for coming to the lightside! 🤗 May the force be with you! Also, make it so!

Thank you for speaking at JCON! 🤗

Thank you for speaking and volunteering at JCON! 🤗

Thank you @sharatchander.bsky.social for speaking and volunteering at @jcon.one !

#JCON #Java

10 years Jcon

Congrats @jcon.one!🎉 10 years is impressive!🤩 @markuskett.bsky.social & @richard.fichtner.dev

Thank you for bringing the knowledge and music to @jcon.one !

Stop that pollution outrage and ride a lawn mower! 😉

I started two days ago and made it almost to Cologne now. See you tonight.
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JCON EUROPE ? We are worldwide! 60+ countries from around the world (almost all the continents)! Looking forward to a week of Java Tech and Community!

JCON loading.... literally!

We are ready to go to JCON EUROPE next week! People from over 60 countries travel to Cologne to celebrate the 10th edition of JCON and Java's 30th birthday! We may not have the longest journey, but we certainly have most of the material with us!

A good article to understand what "Platform Engineering" is and how it can help developers by Grace Jansen and Maarten Vandeperre