Marcus is a long-time Java and web developer. He's curious to learn technologies and excited to share his insights with others. He is the VP of DevRel at Vaadin and an international speaker.
Proving business value remains a long-standing challenge for DevRel teams and leaders. I've heard anecdotes of DevRel professionals spending over half their working hours justifying their roles. That's clearly not great. This lack of trust can become...
It's remarkable how quickly you can go from an idea to production with the help of AI tools. Earlier this week, I had a thought: what could I learn about trending topics in Java if I analyzed accepted talks at Java conferences? Thanks to ChatGPT and ...
As a frequent conference speaker, I was curious to know what the hot topics are in the Java ecosystem. To find out, I analyzed accepted talks at four large Java conferences held in 2023: JFokus, DevNexus, Devoxx UK, and JCON Europe. The most popular ...
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have transformed the landscape of product development seemingly overnight. They've made it easier and faster to convert ideas into products. But as tools help us write more code quicker, we need to keep our focus on b...
Using vector embeddings for context
The new six-month release cadence that Oracle announced for Java in 2018 marked the beginning of a new era for the language. Instead of getting big, breaking releases every few years, we now receive a steady stream of new features and improvements. T...
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to configure and use Google OAuth authentication in a Hilla project that uses Spring Boot and React. This tutorial is based on Hilla 2.0 with React. Source code You can find the completed source code on GitHub: http...
Sometimes it's easy for me to forget I'm using JavaScript when building React apps. I've been using Lit for a long time. In Lit, it's plainly clear that I'm using JavaScript and working with the DOM. In React, that gets abstracted away. But it doesn'...
