Steve Poole

Steve Poole

Herodevs
Developer Advocate, Developer Security Champion, DevOps Lead. A thoroughly seasoned engineer, leader and strategist from operating systems to JVMs to Chat GPT. Open source committer and contributor, Apache, Eclipse, OpenJDK, OpenSSF, OWASP member, Mad Scientist and usergroup leader: A seasoned speaker and regular presenter at international conferences on technical and software engineering topics. Greybeards rule!
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Steve Poole
Steve Poole
Herodevs

Engineering a Modern Java Platform

This session offers a practical guide to upgrading from JDK 8/11 to JDK 21/25, addressing API removals, JPMS issues, and performance changes. It covers tools, migration strategies, and support lifecyc...
Java & Languages Java & Languages Conference 45 min. BEGINNER
Steve Poole
Steve Poole
Herodevs

Free as in Liability: Open-Source Sustainability and the Java Advantage

This session explores the hidden economics and sustainability challenges of open-source Java dependencies—covering funding, infrastructure, EU compliance, and AI-driven noise. It reveals unseen risks...
Security & Privacy Security & Privacy Conference 45 min. BEGINNER