All the links mentioned during my talk for the #jChampions Conference, as well as the recording, are available on my website. “The Wait is Over: Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API brings modern Java to the Raspberry Pi”. It was a lot of fun explaining the history of #OpenJDK #ProjectPanama, showing the most complex implementation of a string.length method, and blinking an LED with @pi4j using the FFM API.

https://webtechie.be/post/2026-01-27-jchampions-talk-ffmapi-on-raspberrypi/

Final day of the #jChampions Conference is today!

Join Java Champions for expert insights, real-world experience & live discussions that continue to shape Java education and the global Java community

https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams
#Java #JavaDeveloper

Join me today, at 15:00 CET, online for the #jChampions Conference for my talk: "The Wait is Over: Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API brings modern Java to the Raspberry Pi." Let's have some fun with #JavaOnRaspberryPi while discovering how the FFM API brings a new way to interact with memory and external libraries with #Java.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5J5h2PPae0

Looking forward to my appearance at the JChampions Conference this year. 🚀

Many strong talks in the pipeline, and participation is completely free.

Conference: https://jchampionsconf.com
Live streams: https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions-conference-online-tickets-1977195901165

#Java #JChampions

Looking forward to my appearance at the JChampions Conference this year. 🚀

Many strong talks in the pipeline, and participation is completely free.

Conference: https://jchampionsconf.com
Live streams: https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions-conference-online-tickets-1977195901165

#Java #JChampions

I finally automated one of the most painful parts of conference prep: generating speaker + talk cards.

For jChampions 2026, I built a full Quarkus-powered pipeline that imports the schedule, processes speaker data, and renders banners as PNGs using HTML templates.

A fun mix of Java 21, Quarkus, Renarde, PostgreSQL, and design automation.

Full hands-on tutorial here:
https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/quarkus-jchampions-speaker-card-generator-tutorial

#Java #Quarkus #jChampions #JavaCommunity #FOSS

Next gig/online free talk at the jChampions Conference.

I will dig deeper into Leyden and how to improve your startup time on Java applications.

JChampions Conference - https://jchampionsconf.com
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JChampionsConf/streams
Tickets from Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions-conference-online-tickets-1977195901165

#Java #OpenJDK #JavaChampion #talk #conference #jChampions #Leyden #demoEffect

Here is the recording of our #JChampions conference talk "Looking at Music, an experiment with #Kotlin, #JavaFX, #MIDI, and #VirtualThreads." My son Vik and I brought it to you live from my home-office-with-piano! ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW6fDQt-8BI