Balkrishna Rawool

Definitely! 👍

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

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

Look who showed up for my talk at #JSpring @piotrprz.bsky.social !

Full room during conference talk

Me, Daniel and Julien

Oleg, Sergi, Beven, Me, Maciej, Patrick and Andreas

Me, Rick and Tim

Last week, I had so much fun speaking to a packed room full of enthusiastic and curious attendees @springio.net ! 👨‍💻 🍃
The "bike & wine" was such a great way to wrap things up. 🚴‍♂️ 🍷
Also had an amazing time connecting with fellow speakers.
Big thanks to @sergialmar.com for the opportunity and trust! 🙏

Happy birthday Java from @springio.net with @ammbra1508.bsky.social

Selfie of Daniel and Bala at Spring I/O, wearing golden party hats with a Duke sticker on it. They are smiling. People behind them are also wearing the silly cone hat.

Join the Cone Hat Cult 🥳🥳🥳

Ft @balarawool.bsky.social

Cool t-shirt!

Another excellent video of Inside Java Newscast from @nipafx.dev explaining the newly proposed changes (mainly Joiner API) to Structured Concurrency in Java. 🎥 ☕️🧵

May and June are going to be fun with 4 talks! 🤩 👨‍💻 ☕
15-May @jcon.one: "ADT + Pattern Matching"
22-May @springio.net: "Project Loom and Spring Boot"
05-Jun #JSpring by @nljug.bsky.social "Vector Databases"
11-13-Jun @devoxxpl.bsky.social "Continuations in Java"
Thanks to the organizers, reviewers! 🙏

Yes, we are.

Thanks for the opportunity. It was great being part of the conference and see you at even bigger event next year! ❤️

YouTube video by Devoxx Continuations: The magic behind virtual threads in Java by Balkrishna Rawool

The recording of my talk about virtual threads and continuations from @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com is now available on YouTube!

I really enjoyed giving this talk and would love for you to check it out if the topic interests you. Any feedback or remarks would mean a lot! 🙏

youtu.be/Rc6m_I1RkXM

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When @michelvandongen.bsky.social asks you if you want to speak at @utrechtjug.bsky.social and says @balarawool.bsky.social is the other speaker.. you say yes!

Thank you Johan for the kind words! 🙏

We're lucky to have so many talented speakers in the Netherlands 🤩
If you have the opportunity to see Marit or Bala speak at a meetup or conference you won't be disappointed 👍

If you get the opportunity to meet Marit, you never let that go. This week I had the honor of doing an adjacent talk at the same meetup with @maritvandijk.bsky.social Amazing organization by @utrechtjug.bsky.social and Sopra Steria!

Had a great time tonight at the Utrecht Java User Group where @maritvandijk.bsky.social showcased Intellij’s Junie and @balarawool.bsky.social explained vector databases by implementing a simple one using Java. Very interesting way to do so!

Looking forward to the next one! #java

After a short break, we're back with @balarawool.bsky.social on Making Sense of Vector Databases at @utrechtjug.bsky.social meetup

Yesterday, @balarawool.bsky.social and @johanhutting.bsky.social had a chat with @starbuxman.joshlong.com at VoxxedDays Amsterdam. Less than a day later, he comes at ING for an impromptu live coffee and coding session. Over 150 people joining the call, that's the power of communities! Loving it!

Leave it up to @starbuxman.joshlong.com to cover almost a dozen Spring components including Modulith, native builds with @graalvm.org and @richard.fichtner.dev 's music plugin in an inspiring session within 1h45m! Could it be the ☕ 🤔

Big shoutout to @balarawool.bsky.social for hosting in-person 🤩

@starbuxman.joshlong.com now has a new favorite coffee place at ING #java

Thanks Julien! I’ll see you tomorrow at VoxxedDays Amsterdam!

Always cool to see ING speakers on stage! Gogo @balarawool.bsky.social !

Good to see the Java Vector API covered by @balarawool.bsky.social at #JavaLand

JEP-489 is available in JDK 24, released two weeks ago.

Llama3 Java is amazing. I’ll remember to mention in next time in my talk! 👍