Recently I made a small shift in my career, exchanging series of jobs and projects as a Java developer for a job to support and promote a great open-source product – Payara server. I made a leap from a developer who just enjoys the quality of lots of open-source software, to become a voice and face of one such product, for the community on github as well as for customers willing to pay for the support. I love that I may become active part of the Java and Java EE community, actively participate in shaping it, present new ideas and possibilities, and last but not least, help to modernize, support and shape the future of GlassFish server extended by the Payara server project. (more…)
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In March, I’ve started working for Payara and I’ve definitely enjoyed it since then. It’s been very refreshing. I really love all the new experience, including
- the startup-like company culture (have a look at the courageous company web site)
- being part of the Payara open-source project and community
- helping customers directly instead of programming in an IT department several layers below
- writing technical blogs and cooperating with our innovative marketing department
- being the face of the Payara project and evangelist in Java EE community
- and all this working remotely from home
I could write several posts about all this new experience. Hopefully another time. But now, I will just share the blog posts and screen casts about Payara Server features that I’ve authored and co-authored. (more…)
In June, I had a public presentation at a Java User Group in Prague. It was the first time I gave my new talk about building reactive applications with Java EE. And as a bonus, I wanted to introduce Payara project and how it relates to the GlassFish project. (more…)