This week I had the honor of being one more time in the most exciting conference for Apache Kafka in the world, known as Kafka Summit. Only this time was different because I could contribute a lot for this conference.
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Oracle Code One 2019
Last week I had the chance to attend one more time Oracle’s new developer’s conference know as Oracle Code One. It was so nice to catch up with great friends, plus being able to party with people from the Java community. They certainly know how to make things funny and entertaining.
JEEConf, Kiev, Ukraine
This year I had the honor of speaking at JEEConf; one of the most important Java conferences in Europe hosted in the heart of Ukraine. The conference held two days full of content related to Java and related technologies. I was really impressed with the number of smart people that I could shake hands and …
LinkedIn and the Nightmare of Connection Requests
Is this just me or LinkedIn became this annoying social network where recruiters and people you never worked with keep poking you for new connections? Like other professional social networks, LinkedIn was designed to connect people around the globe and empower them with the ability to get jobs, hire talents and be the backbone for …
#1 Apache Kafka Meetup in São Paulo/Brazil
During the week of Dec 2th I had the pleasure of visiting São Paulo/Brazil, a place that I once called home. It has been almost 5 years that I left that city to live abroad — and every time I go there its inevitable not to miss certain things. I went down there to participate …
Confluent Cloud Tools is Alive
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Confluent Cloud Tools is officially released as a Confluent’s repository. The link to this repository is: https://github.com/confluentinc/ccloud-tools In a nutshell, the aim of this project is to allow developers to unfold the true agility that Confluent Cloud can provide –allowing them to focus on writing code instead …
ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock | Suspend Problem
As mentioned in this post; I have acquired a new laptop from Lenovo, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme. Since I will be working from home sometimes, I thought it would be a good idea to buy an dock station for it.
New Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme
“It’s not a laptop. It’s a ThinkPad.” – I really like this slogan because it helps to explain why I took the decision to buy the new ThinkPad X1 Extreme from Lenovo, while there are some good options out there – presumably better ones. But let’s start from the beginning.
Getting Myself Certified in AWS
August 2018 was a very productive month to me, where after some intense dog hours studying like crazy and practicing a lot – I was able to get certified in two of the most interesting AWS exams: Solutions Architect and Developer Associate.