Author: kabutz

Idea of founding official Mumbai’s Java Users Group came to me when I attended Jcrete Unconference in 2017 http://www.jcrete.org/ At Unconference I met with Christos Manios ( @maniosolr ) and Giorgos Gaganis ( @ggaganis ).  I was really impressed with activities they carried out under Thessaloniki JUG, they founded. It made me think “do we… Continue reading Jiten Gala’s JCrete® 2017 Report

After years missing it, I finally went to JCrete last year for the first time. I went with my family and we had a great time. This year, I went back again but alone. For those who never went, it is hard to describe the event. The boring way would be to say that it… Continue reading Henri Tremblay’s JCrete® 2018 Report

I was at JCrete two weeks ago. For those who don’t know, it is an awesome Java unconference where everyone with their family to talk about Java. It has been created by Heinz Kabutz a.k.a The Java Specialist. I was really happy to see a bunch of heads I haven’t seen since moving back to… Continue reading Henri Tremblay’s JCrete® 2017 Report

So I went to JCrete and had some really interesting discussions. Then I watched a bunch of the JVM Language Summit recordings. Then I looked at some of the frameworks that are alternatives for implementing concurrent applications. Then I looked through a bunch of libraries which provide new collection classes of all sorts. And after… Continue reading Jack Shirazi’s JCrete® 2016 Report

  Just came back from wonderful JCrete® 2018. This year didn’t disappoint, we had close to 110 people openly sharing ideas and knowledge on both technical and soft skills matters. Here’s a picture of the final schedule, captured by fellow Java Champion Badr Elhouari: If you are wondering what was the schedule of @JCreteUnconf 2018!… Continue reading Andres Almiray’s JCrete® 2018 Report

A unique, unconventional conference Can you imagine a conference without a list of featured speakers? Would you attend a conference without an agenda? I was lucky enough to attend JCrete 2017, a 5-day conference for Java developers that is held in Chania-Greece, and see for myself how such a unique conference (also called unconference) works… Continue reading Ioannis Kolaxis’ JCrete® 2017 Report

JCrete 2017: A once in a lifetime experience In late 2016 I was chatting with @GeertjanW about #JCrete and what I have to do to get there: I’m neither a Java Champion nor has my book already been published. For whatever reason however @HeinzKabutz invited me to the special 2017 edition of JCrete with a… Continue reading Michael Simons’ JCrete® 2017 Report

As the conference grew nearer the thought of joining up with so many talented people from the Java community was quite daunting. I believe at least 20% of attendees were Java Champions and many had made very important contributions to the Java ecosystem. The setting for the conference was the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC)… Continue reading Nick Ebbitt’s JCrete® 2016 Report

I don’t know if JCrete is the best conference in the world, as they say, but for sure is the best conference I ever attended. This is year it was my third time and I really enjoyed. Friends, Programming and Food! Thanks to Heinz and the whole team who made this possible: Dimitri, Rabea, Ixchel,… Continue reading Uberto Barbini’s JCrete® 2017 Report

I don’t always write conference reviews. But when I do, they are about awesome ones. And JCrete was truly awesome. I got invited by Heinz Kabutz himself and this is pretty much the only way to get there. JCrete is an uncoference with no tickets and no designated speakers. Besides there is no conference fee… Continue reading Tomasz Nurkiewicz’s JCrete® 2016 Report