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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title>elstar IT</title> <atom:link href="http://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://elstarit.nl/</link> <description>Fullstack | Java | Tech Speaker | Tech Coach | Frank van der Linden</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:31:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2</generator><site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">68965479</site> <item> <title>10th anniversary as a freelancer and more…</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:28:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[developement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[java]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>This month I celebrate my 10th anniversary as a freelancer. What an incredible journey it was. In the last 10 year I did some great projects. Mostly in the Java space, upgraded many applications from Java 8 via 11 and 17 to 21. Learned a lot about the Spring Framework and really appreciate the great <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324">10th anniversary as a freelancer and more…</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This month I celebrate my 10th anniversary as a freelancer. What an incredible journey it was.</p> <p>In the last 10 year I did some great projects. Mostly in the Java space, upgraded many applications from Java 8 via 11 and 17 to 21. Learned a lot about the Spring Framework and really appreciate the great work of all the people moving the various Spring projects to the next level. </p> <p>Had the opportunity to speak and attend several international conferences and user groups. Sometimes combined with a road trip. Visited a lot of interesting places in Europe and the USA.</p> <p>This month I will speak (again) at Engage User group event in Antwerp about frontend technologies. A new and updated version of a session I did in 2019 in Brussels.</p> <p>Hope to see you in Antwerp on 23 – 24 April 2024, more information about <a href="https://engage.ug/engage2.nsf/Pages/attend2024">Engage</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><a href="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="762" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-1024x762.png" alt="10th anniversary as freelancer" class="wp-image-1325" style="width:840px;height:auto" title="10th anniversary as freelancer" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-1024x762.png 1024w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-300x223.png 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-768x572.png 768w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image-336x250.png 336w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image.png 1206w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1324">10th anniversary as a freelancer and more…</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1324</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1324</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Engage 2020: Hello are you listening, There is stream for everything</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[engageug]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MongoDB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NodeJS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[redis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring cloud stream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[springboot]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Today I have gave a presentation at Engage Usergroup in Burgers Zoo, Arnhem. My presentation I was in the emerging technology track to share information about Spring Cloud Stream and how easy it is to connect to a message broker like RabbitMQ or Kafka. Engage 2020: Hello are you listening, There is stream for everything <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307">Engage 2020: Hello are you listening, There is stream for everything</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I have gave a presentation at <a href="https://engage.ug/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Engage Usergroup (opens in a new tab)">Engage Usergroup</a> in <a href="https://www.burgerszoo.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Burgers Zoo (opens in a new tab)">Burgers Zoo</a>, Arnhem.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">My presentation</h2> <p>I was in the emerging technology track to share information about Spring Cloud Stream and how easy it is to connect to a message broker like RabbitMQ or Kafka.</p> <iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/wFrooEUtVCKy4X" width="595" height="485" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <p><strong> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="//www.slideshare.net/flinden68/engage-2020-hello-are-you-listening-there-is-stream-for-everything" target="_blank">Engage 2020: Hello are you listening, There is stream for everything</a> </strong> from <strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.slideshare.net/flinden68" target="_blank">Frank van der Linden</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Demo application</h2> <p>The demo application is showing the use of Spring Cloud Stream in a application. For demo purposes I created also a nodeJS application, so there are more flavours in the github repository.</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/flinden68/streams-demo">https://github.com/flinden68/streams-demo</a></p> <p>Check it out and let me know what you think of have any questions</p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1307">Engage 2020: Hello are you listening, There is stream for everything</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1307</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1307</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Spring Cloud Function on Azure run locally</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:34:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[azure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmchampion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>I am busy with a demo application to show the power of Cloud Functions in general and specific Spring Cloud Function. I was already able to deploy the Demo application on IBM Cloud, next step is to run in it on Azure. Prepare the application I found a very good article by Microsoft which explain <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302">Spring Cloud Function on Azure run locally</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am busy with a demo application to show the power of Cloud Functions in general and specific Spring Cloud Function.</p> <p>I was already able to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="deploy the Demo application on IBM Cloud (opens in a new tab)" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297" target="_blank">deploy the Demo application on IBM Cloud</a>, next step is to run in it on Azure.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Prepare the application</h3> <p>I found a very <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="good article (opens in a new tab)" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/java/spring-framework/getting-started-with-spring-cloud-function-in-azure" target="_blank">good article</a> by Microsoft which explain how to prepare your Spring Cloud Function application before it can be deployed to Azure.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">First run it locally</h3> <p>After the preparations I tried to run the application locally. Microsoft did a great job to make this possible. Helps speed up the development of the application before the actual deployment.</p> <p>But when I tried to run the application locally it failed with a stack trace. After some searching on the internet I found the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="solution (opens in a new tab)" href="https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-java-worker/issues/338" target="_blank">solution</a>. </p> <p>I need to the Main Class to the local.settings.json file, which point to the start class of the application. After I added this line I was able to run my demo application locally.</p> <pre class="wp-block-preformatted">{<br> "IsEncrypted": false,<br> "Values": {<br> "AzureWebJobsStorage": "",<br> "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "java",<br> "AzureWebJobsDashboard": "",<br> "MAIN_CLASS":"nl.elstarit.nl.demo.functions.demo.DemoFunction"<br> }<br>}</pre> <p>The last step, the actual deployment to Azure was very easy. </p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1302">Spring Cloud Function on Azure run locally</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1302</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1302</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Deploy Spring Cloud Function to IBM Cloud</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Springboot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmchampion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmcloud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[springboot]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Lately I was playing around with Spring Cloud Functions by building a small demo application. Locally It runs without any problems. The Spring Cloud team did a great job. Easy to use like most of the Spring Framework projects. Run it on IBM Cloud But why run it locally, it should run in the Cloud. <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297">Deploy Spring Cloud Function to IBM Cloud</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately I was playing around with <a href="https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-function" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Spring Cloud Functions (opens in a new tab)">Spring Cloud Functions</a> by building a small demo application.</p> <p>Locally It runs without any problems. The Spring Cloud team did a great job. Easy to use like most of the Spring Framework projects.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Run it on IBM Cloud</h3> <p>But why run it locally, it should run in the Cloud. Why not run it on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="IBM Cloud (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.ibm.com/cloud" target="_blank">IBM Cloud</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://i.nextmedia.com.au/Utils/ImageResizer.ashx?n=https%3a%2f%2fi.nextmedia.com.au%2fNews%2fIBC.png&w=480&c=0&s=1" alt=""/></figure> <p>To run a JVM based application you need a manifest file with a few settings about the application like host and memory. And push it to the cloud</p> <p><pre class="brush: bash; title: ; notranslate">cf push appname</pre></p> <p>In the beginning it looks like it was delaying, but it ended with an error, complaining about the build pack. Apparently during deployment it is not possible to determine which build pack needs to be used.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Solution</h3> <p>The solution was pretty easy, by adding the build pack with -b parameter</p> <p><pre class="brush: bash; title: ; notranslate">cf push appname -b liberty-for-java</pre></p> <p>Happy coding</p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1297">Deploy Spring Cloud Function to IBM Cloud</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1297</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1297</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Speaking (again) at Engage in a Zoo</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:45:36 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[engage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmchampion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rabbitmq]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Today I received a positive confirmation about one of my abstracts for Engage 2020. So after speaking at the Zoo of Antwerp it will be once again in Zoo. Looking forward to meet all the people, see who they are doing. My session Title: Em02. Hello, are you listening! There is stream for everything Abstract The <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292">Speaking (again) at Engage in a Zoo</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I received a positive confirmation about one of my abstracts for Engage 2020. So after speaking at the Zoo of Antwerp it will be once again in Zoo.</p> <p>Looking forward to meet all the people, see who they are doing.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">My session</h3> <p>Title: Em02. Hello, are you listening! There is stream for everything</p> <p>Abstract</p> <p><em>The world is changing in a event driven world<br>Event driven architecture is not a new technology. IBM MQ is already 25 years old.<br>The popularity is increasing, because it is a robust, decoupled way to exchange data.<br>Today there are new popular ‘new kids on the block’. Kafka is one of them and gets lots of attention also in the enterprise.<br>The principle however are still the same, called Pub Sub principle.<br>HCL will add to the App Dev pack the possibility to consume and produce to a broker/stream.<br>There are frameworks who helps you to focus on the business logic.<br>In this session I will explain this principle and show you that is not that difficult to make use of it. Connect your existing code to a service bus or queue, producing and consuming.</em></p> <p>Looking forward to see you on Wednesday March 4th around 13:30.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="469" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Presenting.png" alt="engage 2020" class="wp-image-1293" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Presenting.png 800w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Presenting-300x176.png 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Presenting-768x450.png 768w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Presenting-426x250.png 426w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></figure><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1292">Speaking (again) at Engage in a Zoo</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1292</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1292</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Congratulations, you’re an IBM Champion (again)!</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:02:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmchampion]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I received an email from IBM with the above subject, especially from Libby Ingrassia. For me it came as unexpected suprise. So I will be an IBM Champion again in 2020. This now for the fourth time in row, but for the sixth time in total. It remains an extreme honour to get such <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290">Congratulations, you’re an IBM Champion (again)!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I received an email from <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="IBM (opens in a new tab)" href="https://developer.ibm.com/" target="_blank">IBM</a> with the above subject, especially from Libby Ingrassia. For me it came as unexpected suprise.</p> <p>So I will be an<a href="https://developer.ibm.com/champions/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" IBM Champion (opens in a new tab)"> IBM Champion</a> again in 2020. This now for the fourth time in row, but for the sixth time in total.</p> <p>It remains an extreme honour to get such a recognition from IBM. In 2020 I will continue to share my knowledge about development topics.</p> <p></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://milanmatejic.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/screenshot2014-12-0221-53-15.png" alt="IBM Champion"/></figure><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1290">Congratulations, you’re an IBM Champion (again)!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1290</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1290</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Spring One Platform as a first timer</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spring]]></category> <category><![CDATA[springone]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Last week it was the first time I attend Spring One Platform conference in Austin. It is the conference all around the Spring Framework. A very vibrant open source framework which coordinates by Pivotal. Road to Austin A friend of my has joined me (again), so we flew on a direct KLM flight to Houston <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281">Spring One Platform as a first timer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week it was the first time I attend <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Spring One Platform conference (opens in a new tab)" href="https://springoneplatform.io/2019/sessions" target="_blank">Spring One Platform conference</a> in Austin. It is the conference all around the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Spring Framework (opens in a new tab)" href="https://spring.io/" target="_blank">Spring Framework</a>. A very vibrant open source framework which coordinates by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Pivotal (opens in a new tab)" href="https://pivotal.io/" target="_blank">Pivotal</a>.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Road to Austin</h2> <p>A friend of my has joined me (again), so we flew on a direct KLM flight to Houston and drove over to Austin. We stayed in a very pleasant hide-away in the very nice neighbourhood Travis Heights. The swimming pool was very useful as the weather was very hot even for Austin.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/airbnb-1024x768.jpeg" alt="AirBnB" class="wp-image-1284" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/airbnb-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/airbnb-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/airbnb-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/airbnb-333x250.jpeg 333w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Spring boot runs everywhere</h2> <p>The power of Spring Boot application was the ability to run almost everywhere. Now they expand it even further.</p> <p>Good to see that Spring Boots app not only requires a Cloud Foundry environment, as the applications will also natively on Google Cloud, Azure, AWS and even Heroku.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Everything is reactive</h2> <p>The overall theme was reactive. The last years there was a rise of non-blocking way of communicating between front end and back end. Pivotal is taking it to the next level, with introducing the Reactive way in all the Spring modules. </p> <p>The <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="project Reactor (opens in a new tab)" href="https://projectreactor.io/" target="_blank">project Reactor</a> is the base of the JVM based projects. But also by using <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="http://rsocket.io/" target="_blank">Rsocket</a>, which is an alternative for http communication. This protocol opens up lots of new possibilities like 2 way communications. And it can ends the use of connection pools.</p> <p>On the database connection, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="R2DBC (opens in a new tab)" href="https://r2dbc.io/" target="_blank">R2DBC</a> is a new project which makes even the calls and transactions to a relational datastore non-blocking.</p> <p>In all these Reactive projects Pivotal is heavily involved.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Streams everywhere</h2> <p>Another big topic was Streams. Pivotal have introduced <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Spring Cloud Stream (opens in a new tab)" href="https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream" target="_blank">Spring Cloud Stream</a> to make it super easy to connect your application to a Business Event Bus, like Kafka or RabbitMQ. </p> <p>Eventually it is nothing more a binder. You only have to focus on your business logic and let the Framework worry about to connect. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Conference overall</h2> <p>Over the past years I attend a lot of conferences, like IBM Think or IBM Connect. I must say it was a pleasant new experience. Well organised, good food. BUT the coffee was typical ‘see-through’ American style.</p> <p>The customer stories were very interesting. JP Morgan shared their shift to Devops on a large scale in the financial world, which has their own compliance challenges. Dick’s Sport Goods did a live failover of their Search service during a key note with a top quote ‘Or we learned something or we are the hero’s.</p> <p>Netflix shared their experiences with the Spring framework and services they initially developed, who are now inside the core of Spring Cloud. For example Hystrix and Circuit Breaker</p> <p>Nevertheless I enjoyed it very much and looking forward for Spring One 2020 in Seattle (21-24 September).</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sessions recordings</h2> <p>On YouTube you can <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="view all the sessions (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNXbua0EJh0&list=PLAdzTan_eSPRlQ8t4TU5c-AB4SHV939M6&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTmpRNU5EY3pOakUxT1RSbSIsInQiOiJMTFhOa0FwNklXVXc4blViOGh6QjNFRlhDcHBJZ0dacUlyRmdwY0hqY25KUEkyaUZ2a1AyTnViZllcL0JMZTUwcGRhUXRXNkJiQUdFK1czOUY4SERNS3Z5UnhSTFJPNzFrZitJalRjVmFoRU00cGNGQ2lIdjlpbXJxS3hVSkF1QkoifQ%3D%3D" target="_blank">view all the sessions</a>, which will be available or in the near future.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/springone-1024x768.jpeg" alt="Spring One" class="wp-image-1278" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/springone-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/springone-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/springone-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/springone-333x250.jpeg 333w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Unconferencing</h2> <p>After a busy conference I like it do something else before heading home. This year we drove down to Galveston to stay on the beach for more then a day.</p> <p>On Friday the temperature dropped dramatically with 20 degrees, but nevertheless it was worth to enjoy the beach before we flew back from Houston back home</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="227" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1664-1024x227.jpeg" alt="Galveston" class="wp-image-1280" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1664-1024x227.jpeg 1024w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1664-300x66.jpeg 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1664-768x170.jpeg 768w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1664-1128x250.jpeg 1128w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1281">Spring One Platform as a first timer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1281</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1281</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Going electric</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2019 15:12:16 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Tesla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tesla]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>At the end of 2018 we were looking around for a replacement for our Skoda Octavia. A very nice car, but as we are almost commute to work by bicycle and train, the car is a not making lots of kilometers. Then a diesel car not to expensive to have in operation. But what next <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271">Going electric</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the end of 2018 we were looking around for a replacement for our Skoda Octavia. A very nice car, but as we are almost commute to work by bicycle and train, the car is a not making lots of kilometers. Then a diesel car not to expensive to have in operation.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">But what next</h2> <p>A few years ago we had installed solar panels, may be an electric car? The downside was always the actieradius of the a full battery. I was always amazed by Tesla and their different approach on electric cars. They really disrupt the car industry. But the price….</p> <p>End of 2018 there was new promising models on the market in the Netherlands. Hyundai has their <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Kona (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.hyundai.nl/kona-by-hyundai" target="_blank">Kona</a> and their sister company Kia has a bit larger <a href="https://www.kia.com/nl/modellen/e-niro/ontdekken/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="e-Niro (opens in a new tab)">e-Niro</a>. Both with a ideal range around 400 km. Now we are talking <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p> <p>And the price was very attractive, below 50.000 euros. Which gives you here in the Netherlands a very attractive tax cut.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Will I fit</h2> <p>The next step was to see if I fit in the car, and my kids could still sit comfortably at the back bench. In the Kia that was the case. So we did a test drive. </p> <p>Driving electric is very different experience compared to the traditional cars. In short we made a reservation for the next batch, expected end of 2019. No problem at that time.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Times goes on</h2> <p>In the first half year we did not expect any news from Kia about our e-Niro. After our great vacation through Central America we returned end of August back home.</p> <p> I was wondering what the status of our reservation. Still no good news. They have really delivery problems, to keep up with the demand. Especially after the government has announced new plans around the popular electric cars. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">New plans</h2> <p>As Kia good not meet the expectations I was reading about other electric cars. And there was Tesla again. Their <a href="https://www.tesla.com/nl_NL/model3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Model 3 (opens in a new tab)">Model 3</a> was very popular as their other models. </p> <p>In 2019 they decreased the price below the important 50.000 level, but the most important thing was THEY COULD DELIVER.</p> <p>So we went to Tesla in Amsterdam, because the first requirement was that I must fit with enough room for the rest of the family. I was really surprised by inner room of the Model 3. I could easily fit in the driver seat, and it leaves enough room in the back so my 15 years, not so short, daughter could sit comfortable. Will I get a real Tesla of my own??</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Lets order the car</h2> <p>So fast forward, I ordered the car. A Standard Range, which easily meets our range requirements.</p> <p>At Tesla almost everything goes through your account. Upload of required documents and so on.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Will it be delivered</h2> <p>Yesterday I received a SMS, and later an email, that next Saturday I am invite to get my Tesla Model 3 at the Tesla Delivery Center in Tilburg. </p> <p>Now it is time to read the manual and looking at video’s about what to expect and how to drive the car.</p> <p>A very good <a href="https://www.teslamodel3kopen.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="blog (opens in a new tab)">blog</a>, in Dutch, about everything around a Model 3 </p> <p></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Referral Program</h2> <p>Tesla has a referral program to promote Tesla. If you order through such a referral URL you get free Tesla supercharger kilometers. But also the person who’s referral code you use will get extra supercharger kilometers. Very nice program.</p> <p>So if you want to order a Tesla, feel free to use my referral code <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f609.png" alt="😉" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p> <p><a href="https://ts.la/frank28712">https://ts.la/frank28712</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="767" height="291" src="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TeslaModel3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1272" srcset="https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TeslaModel3.png 767w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TeslaModel3-300x114.png 300w, https://elstarit.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TeslaModel3-659x250.png 659w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px" /></figure> <p></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1271">Going electric</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1271</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1271</post-id> </item> <item> <title>5 years as a freelancer</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 06:29:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[busines]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>As of today I have my 5 years anniversary as a freelancer How it starts In the beginning of 2014 I was thinking to go freelance. At Lotusphere, or what ever name it has back then, in Orlando I remember I had a short conversation with Stuart McIntyre and later via Skype a longer one <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269">5 years as a freelancer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As of today I have my 5 years anniversary as a freelancer</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">How it starts</h2> <p>In the beginning of 2014 I was thinking to go freelance. At Lotusphere, or what ever name it has back then, in Orlando I remember I had a short conversation with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Stuart McIntyre (opens in a new tab)" href="http://stuart-mcintyre.com/" target="_blank">Stuart McIntyre</a> and later via Skype a longer one with <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Bruce Elgort (opens in a new tab)" href="https://bruceelgort.com/" target="_blank">Bruce Elgort</a>.</p> <p>These 2 conventions gave me the confidence to make the big step to go freelance</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Times flies when you having fun</h2> <p>See now it is already 5 years. I enjoyed till now every day. Learned a lot, did a lot of interesting projects. Had a great and long holidays with my family to destinations around the globe.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Next</h2> <p>Tomorrow I will start a new project at a small bank in Amsterdam after almost 3 years at Rabobank. </p> <p>And will continue to enjoy life and planning our next family adventure.</p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1269">5 years as a freelancer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1269</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1269</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Social Connections 15: New technology track</title> <link>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263</link> <comments>https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[flinden68]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:00:15 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ibmchampion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[newtechnology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[soccnx]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Social Connections is THE user group event about everything around IBM Connections. This year will be edition 15 in Munich on September 16 and 17. New Technology Track Since last edition, as far I know, there is a new track, New Technology. In this track you can share all your experience about new technology and <a class="read-more" href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263">Read More</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263">Social Connections 15: New technology track</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://socialconnections.info/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Social Connections (opens in a new tab)">Social Connections</a> is THE user group event about everything around IBM Connections. This year will be edition 15 in Munich on September 16 and 17.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Technology Track</h2> <p>Since last edition, as far I know, there is a new track, New Technology. In this track you can share all your experience about new technology and don’t have to be related of IBM Connections. </p> <p>Last edition I shared my experience about Reactive Programming. So if you want share some thing new, <a href="https://socialconnections.info/submit-abstract/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="submit an abstract (opens in a new tab)">submit an abstract</a>. The deadline is 30th of June</p> <p>May be I will see you in Munich, as I hope that my abstract will be accepted.</p><p>The post <a href="https://elstarit.nl/?p=1263">Social Connections 15: New technology track</a> appeared first on <a href="https://elstarit.nl">elstar IT</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://elstarit.nl/?feed=rss2&p=1263</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1263</post-id> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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