@balarawool.bsky.social
Java | Spring | OOP & FP | Debugging apps using System.out.println() since 2003.
Bala Rawool giving talk at Devoxx Belgium 2025
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 ❤️
Thank you Marit for being there!
10.10.2025 11:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bala on stage at Devoxx. The slide shows the talk title
Last session of #Devoxx on Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values by @balarawool.bsky.social @devoxx.com
10.10.2025 10:28 — 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thank you for attending Simone!
10.10.2025 11:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Closing @devoxx.com with the final talk by @balarawool.bsky.social about virtual threads and the new concurrency features of the JDK
10.10.2025 10:03 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Thank you for being there Johan!
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Time for the unofficial "closing keynote" at #Devoxx 2025 in room 8 with @balarawool.bsky.social putting together threading in modern Java 🤩
10.10.2025 09:54 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I’m just in time! And indeed, ⏰reminder to all: Submit Now!
10.10.2025 07:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nice to see @nipafx.dev plug the @balarawool.bsky.social talk on Friday at #Devoxx 🤩 If you have the chance go visit Friday!
06.10.2025 10:07 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Thanks @nipafx.dev, @johanhutting.bsky.social for the shoutout!
06.10.2025 10:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Always a great feeling when one of your talks gets accepted at one of your favourite conferences. Thanks, @nljug.bsky.social #JFall Program Committee! 🙏
03.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh no! That doesn’t look good. Good luck!
30.09.2025 11:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Of course my friend!
BTW the inaugural edition of @ai4devs.bsky.social was amazing. So much energy and enthusiasm. We missed you there Johan!
Big thank you to @balarawool.bsky.social for making the time to replace me at AI4Devs on such a short notice today 👍🤩
19.09.2025 16:25 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
First up tonight is @balarawool.bsky.social, telling us about the secrets of Vector Databases.
16.09.2025 17:08 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
06.09.2025 17:50 — 👍 32 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 2
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
Part of mail showing acceptance of a talk proposal at Devoxx Belgium
@devoxx.com is amazing tech conference and I am super happy to be part of it as a speaker again 🤩
08.08.2025 13:52 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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
Definitely! 👍
13.06.2025 18:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And I’m still here, @jesperancinha.bsky.social !
13.06.2025 17:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Balkrisna Rawool on stage at Devoxx Poland. The slide behind him has the talk title "Continuations: The magic behind virtual threads".
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!) ❤️
Bala Rawool on stage at JSpring in front of a slide about Java Vector API (JEP 508).
Great talk by @balarawool.bsky.social about Vector Databases at @nljug.bsky.social #JSpring
05.06.2025 14:22 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Look who showed up for my talk at #JSpring @piotrprz.bsky.social !
05.06.2025 13:09 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
