Due to personal reasons, I’ll not be able to join VoxxedDays Amsterdam. I’m really bummed to miss it as it is such a great conference! Although this was a last minute change, the organizers were very supportive and understanding! Thanks @amsterdam.voxxeddays.com and see you all next time! 🙏

Estimating value of pi (π) using Monte Carlo Simulation and Vector API Estimating value of pi (π) using Monte Carlo Simulation and Vector API

How does #Java Vector API accelerate parallelizable computations?

I explored it in my new article (with an example):
Estimating value of pi (π) using Monte Carlo Simulation and Vector API

Read it here:
www.balarawool.me/Vector-API-P...

Michel Schudel talking about Clean Architecture at Utrecht JUG

Michel Schudel talking at Utrecht JUG with VoxxeedDays Amsterdam slide in the back

Ana Maria talking about JVM Performance at Utrecht JUG

An evening filled with fun, knowledge, architecture and performance @utrechtjug.bsky.social with Michel Schudel and @ammbra1508.bsky.social

GitHub - balkrishnarawool/20questions Contribute to balkrishnarawool/20questions development by creating an account on GitHub.

A fun “20 Questions” game using @spring-ai.bsky.social

github.com/balkrishnara...

Features include:
* Integration with LLM
* ChatClient
* Prompt separation (system and user)
* Memory for chat (MessageWindowChatMemory)
* Type-safe responses
* Spring Retry integration (for invalid responses)

Thank you. I’m glad that you liked it!

Jfokus Developers Conference Sweden's largest developer conference focusing on Java, AI/ML, DevOps, and emerging technologies.

I’ll be speaking @jfokus.se 2026 about Project Loom. ☕️ 🧵There are so many awesome speakers and so many amazing talks/ workshops. 🧑‍💻👩‍💻 And only last few tickets left, so please hurry up and get yours at: jfokus.se/register.html

A badge from sessionize.com that shows Balkrishna Rawool in Top 3% of most active speakers for 2025

Happy to share that I’m in the Top 3% of the most active speakers on @sessionize.com for 2025! 🤩
A huge thank‑you to all the conference organizers who continuously put their trust in me, the audiences who show up with curiosity, and the amazing #Java community that keeps inspiring me every day. 🙏

My talk ‘Making sense of vector databases’ was in the Top 10 best rated talks at #JFall 2025. 🍁
Thank you @nljug.bsky.social for the opportunity 🙏 and to all the people who joined the session and showed so much love! 🧡

Feeling proud to be in the company of these legends!

Did someone say vector API? lol 😂
BTW Nicolai’s editing skills are 🔥

JFall 2025 Logo

Me speaking at JFall 2025

Had an amazing time at @nljug.bsky.social #JFall 🍁 about 3 weeks ago! 🎉 It’s one of those conferences that feels like a warm community gathering! Gave my talk “Making Sense of Vector Databases” to a packed room: great energy & feedback! Big thanks to the organizers for making it awesome as always! 🙏

OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and TornadoVM (#82) YouTube video by Frank Delporte

At the @devoxx.com and #JFall conferences, I interviewed speakers and attendees for the @foojay.io #Podcast. In part 1, you'll learn more about ongoing #OpenJDK projects and #TornadoVM. Watch on YouTube or listen in your favorite podcast app: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srxy...

lol. That was nice coincidence! 😆

Johan Hutting taking about MADR at JFall

“Documentation has value as much as code” @johanhutting.bsky.social at #JFall talking about MADR

Congratulations to the whole team for this milestone achievement! 🎉🥂

🧵 Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency & Scoped Values: Putting it all together with @balarawool.bsky.social (ING Bank).

Master the threads of Java’s new era ⚡
👉 www.jfokus.se

#Jfokus #DeveloperConference #Java #VirtualThreads #ProjectLoom #Concurrency #SpringBoot

True that. @garnier.wf is amazing!

Nice to see @balarawool.bsky.social 's talk at #Devoxx on the featured talks list 🤩

It's a great overview, often with some hidden gems, as long as you don't focus too much on the viewer numbers. Some subjects and conferences receive more traffic.

The Top-Rated Talks from #Devoxx Belgium 2025 are live! 🤩⭐️See what sessions Devoxxians loved most (login required)
m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...

Indeed! Pleasantly surprised that my @devoxx.com talk featured in the @techtalksweekly.bsky.social list! 🤩

Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values: Putting it all together by Balkrishna R Project Loom brings lightweight concurrency to Java with Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency, and Scoped Values. But how do these features work together ...

1️⃣5️⃣ Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency & Scoped Values — Balkrishna R
🚀 A Spring Boot demo showing how Loom simplifies concurrency in Java.
📺 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=iO7...
#ProjectLoom #JavaConcurrency #VirtualThreads #ParallelProcessing #AsyncJava #JVM #Scalability

Bala Rawool giving talk at Devoxx Belgium 2025

Just back from @devoxx.com!
Met amazing friends, attended incredible talks, and had the joy of giving my own. Big thanks to the programming committee and all the attendees 🙌
The video is already up (www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO79... ) and I'd would love your feedback!
📸 @ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social ❤️

Thank you Marit for being there!

Bala on stage at Devoxx. The slide shows the talk title

Last session of #Devoxx on Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values by @balarawool.bsky.social @devoxx.com

Thank you for attending Simone!

Closing @devoxx.com with the final talk by @balarawool.bsky.social about virtual threads and the new concurrency features of the JDK

Thank you for being there Johan!

Time for the unofficial "closing keynote" at #Devoxx 2025 in room 8 with @balarawool.bsky.social putting together threading in modern Java 🤩

I’m just in time! And indeed, ⏰reminder to all: Submit Now!

Nice to see @nipafx.dev plug the @balarawool.bsky.social talk on Friday at #Devoxx 🤩 If you have the chance go visit Friday!

Thanks @nipafx.dev, @johanhutting.bsky.social for the shoutout!