Creativity and curiosity are becoming the main differentiators for software engineers in the AI era.

It's less and less about technical depth.

Wow, what a great Monday morning - what I once dreamed of has become reality today. I’m extremely honored to join the #JavaChampions program. 🥳🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who voted for me, and especially to my nominator, @hansolo_ 🙏

Thank you so much, #Java DevRel Team at Oracle

🔒 A practical guide to security testing for Java applications — with tools, examples, and commands.

✅ SCA (Software Composition Analysis)
✅ SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
✅ DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
✅ Penetration Testing

👉 https://ionutbalosin.com/2025/03/security-application-testing-for-java-developers

📦 https://github.com/ionutbalosin/java-application-security-practices

#Java #AppSec

🔒 Check out my article on "API Web Application Security for Java Developers". Discover essential mechanisms for securing APIs, authN, authZ, and improving the security of your web applications.

📖 Article: https://ionutbalosin.com/2025/03/api-web-application-security-for-java-developers

💻 GitHub: https://github.com/ionutbalosin/java-application-security-practices

#java #security

🎉 Java turns 30!
Launched on May 23, 1995.

☕ #Java30 #HappyBirthdayJava

Out of curiosity, I just searched for "#Java #performance #course" on both Google 🌐 and ChatGPT 🤖 — and my course popped up among the top results.
Google ranked it 6th 🔥, and ChatGPT listed it 3rd 🚀.

It’s a great feeling to see how it has grown in popularity within the #Java community ☕️.