Benjamin Nothdurft

Community Ecosystem Builder • 8x @oracleace Pro @iJUGeV #usualsuspects @sfjug @swkthde @jugthde @d4kthde ex @DOAGeV @JavaLandConf @CloudLandOrg @microXchg

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

Hey, are you on mastodon? Join me there @[email protected]

[Heinz Kabutz 🏝 🇬🇷 🇿🇦 ☕️ @heinzkabutz]

Interesting chat with "Mr Maven" - @rfscholte about when programmers write weird code that no one has done before.

https://t.co/7cq7leNvR5

[Charles Oliver Nutter @headius]

If you're near the SF Bay area and into IPAs, take a trip to Oakland and visit Ghost Town Brewing. They have perfected the west coast and hazy styles, on par with the best beers I've had. New to me but winning awards since 2021.

[Kim Fletcher (She/Her) @kc_fletcher]

Look at the first week of May 2027 on the Java community calendar. 👀 That's us. @ReBuild_Con, 5 & 6 May, London.

Thank you @foojayio for the listing, and @FrankDelporte and Dominika Tasarz for making it happen 🩵

https://t.co/Ob7CZjlllm

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

@izzyjhlee if you have the budget

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

@AlesyaMacWaters 100% Go for it!

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

@berndmuller @Java_Champions @java @Oracle If noy you, who else? Teaching all the future builders, developers and dreamers for decades. Besides that making significant and consistent contributions to user groups and conferences! Always there, always accurate and professionell. Always had been a pleasure to be around you.

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

@RichardFichtner You story-telling has truley improved in recent weeks and days! Great job 👏👏👏

[💻☕ Richard Fichtner @RichardFichtner]

Imagine your flight gets canceled. Hundreds of passengers need to be rebooked, connections have to be updated, and everything needs to work. Right now.

Behind the scenes, some of that software might be older than the developers maintaining it.

Assembler or C running on IBM Z. RPG on IBM i. Systems that have been doing their job reliably for decades.

And now someone has to modernize them.

The challenge isn't necessarily the technology. The challenge is understanding decades of business logic, often written by people who have long since retired.

One example I recently discussed was an application that had been refactored to Java after years of work. The original developers were already retired.

And this is also where AI becomes really interesting. Not just generating new code, but helping us understand the millions of lines of code we already depend on.

We had a great discussion about exactly this at IBM TechXchange during our panel "Why IBM Champions Choose Bob as Their Partner."

Maybe the biggest opportunity for AI in software development isn't writing the next billion lines of code. It's helping us understand the billions we've already written.

[Dan Vega @therealdanvega]

Clearing is now live on the App Store! 🎉

A calm day planner for Mac and iPhone. Buy once, get both apps.

Want to try it free? Reply and I’ll send you a code. All I ask is honest feedback.

https://t.co/AmxivWxH6y

Clearing is live on the App Store for Mac and iPhone.

One purchase gets you both. Or DM me and I’ll send you a free code in exchange for feedback.

[Dan Vega @therealdanvega]

Thanks for having us Porto Tech Hub. That was a lot of fun 🤩

[Sergi Almar 🍃 @sergialmar]

Spent the day kicking off preparations for Spring I/O 2027 with @jrigabert at our new home in Valencia.

Mark the dates: 28-30 April 2027. It's going to be a great edition. See you in Valencia!

[Ted M. Young maker of tdd.cards @jitterted]

On the train from Hamburg to Berlin (yes, it's delayed and there's no wifi, so what else is new?) to give my #EventSourcing Ted Talk at the joint Berlin meetup!

https://t.co/FCcKWmshFw

The correct title is "Event Sourcing: Simpler Persistence Without ORMs".

See you there!

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

Thanks for finalizing details so timely. @rieckpil 🤩🥳👏

[Benjamin Nothdurft @DataDuke]

📆🎥 Join XCHG Developer Club for streams with/from user groups and dev communities 🌎🌍🌏 https://t.co/YdLKVEq2YT - 1st event features Event Sourcing by @jitterted. Scheduled tomorrow 5:45 PM CET. In touch with @therealdanvega and @rieckpil for next potential events cc @grohmeo

[Nate Schutta @ntschutta]

It’s official now, honored to be a part of such an amazing group! Thank you @Sharat_Chander for everything you do for the @java community and the @Java_Champions program, we really appreciate all your hard work. Thanks too to @jimgris for getting that package to me quickly!

[Kim Fletcher (She/Her) @kc_fletcher]

We asked devs what they want from sponsors:
"How they can help rather than just sell"
"When they were wrong, when they were right"
"Not another AI widget"

@ReBuild_Con sponsors host a conversation, not a pitch.

London, 5 & 6 May 2027.

Sponsor pack: [email protected]

[Re:Build @ReBuild_Con]

Last week, we ran a few feedback sessions with speakers, community organisers & industry experts to pressure-test two new ideas.

1st The Conversation: a short on-stage kick-off, followed by the room splitting into small tables to talk it through with peers. 🧵 1/4

[Re:Build @ReBuild_Con]

Want real conversations with developers, not just small talk?

Sponsor Re:Build our community-first conference. Every sponsor hosts a table in The Conversation, where attendees rotate through honest, unfiltered discussions.

📩 [email protected] or DM
https://t.co/kTNllwjii3

[Kim Fletcher (She/Her) @kc_fletcher]

30 years of JDBC, & we still connect to databases in much the same way

@rrobetti takes us from connection pools to proxies to database control planes. It’s all history, trade-offs & practical lessons.

📅 Mon 9 Nov, 8pm UTC · live on vJUG
https://t.co/NmEbrlPPZ4

[Ted M. Young maker of tdd.cards @jitterted]

I'm touring North/East Germany next week:

Mon 9 Nov: Hamburg https://t.co/bfCJm4I0Fc

Tue 10: Berlin https://t.co/8d1ZqBorEp

Wed 11: Software Crafters Thuringia (Jena) https://t.co/NU3US5RsJG

Thur 12: Leipzig Software Crafters https://t.co/ji6jwsIwfQ