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Hashtag Jakarta EE #322 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 speaking and attending the JUG Leader’s Summit and the Java Champions Summit. Devnexus is the premier Java conference in the US. I am looking so much forward to meeting old and new friends …

ConFoo 2026 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 covers multiple languages and technologies. Of course, the ever present topic of AI was prevalent here as well this year. I had some very interesting discussions with Kito Mann and Andrew …