This is DevNexus’ 20th anniversary!

Wednesday

• Women in Tech Breakfast – I facilitated a table discussion about people’s personal experiences. It was fun.
• Keynote – What Makes Software Architecture so Intractable – Neal Ford (missed most of this as I needed to deal with an errand)
• A Glance at the Java Performance Toolbox – Ana Maria Mihalceanu
• Survivorship Bias – Hanno Embregts and Maarteen Mulders
• Moving Java Forward Together – Sharat Chander
• Tech Dos and Don’ts for Teaching your Kid Programing (from the Perspective of a Kid) – Cassandra Chin
• Tales from the Dark Side: AI is bad guy’s best friend – Steve Poole
• <missed a breakout because was learning in the hallway track. no blog on that>
• Maven 4.0 – Chandra Guntur and Rodrigo Graciano

Thursday

• Knowledge Management for the Technically Inclined – Jacqui Read
• Breaking AI: Live coding and hacking applications with Generative AI – Micah Sliverman
• AI Proofing your Career with Software Architecture – Kelly Morrison
• <missed a breakout as did two webcast/interviews>
• Refactoring After Fowler: Some Large Refactoring Patterns – Aaron McClennen & M. Jeff Wilson
• Preparing for the Java 21 Certification and Learning New Features – Jeanne Boyarsky (link to speakerdeck)