Johan Vos

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to @johanvos.bsky.social, the OpenJFX team, @frankdelporte.be, AsharPeshimam and XenFive Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

The October 2026 Critical Patch Update for OpenJFX is out: 27.0.1, 25.0.5, 21.0.13 and 17.0.21. All releases are publicly available, thanks to our LTS subscribers. Don’t forget to update your JDK too! gluonhq.com/news/2026-10... #java #javafx #openjfx

I recently looked deeper in the Java Vector API, and I'm seeing performance improvements when using it for quantum computing (in Strange, github.com/redfx-quantu...). I hope to merge a patch in the near future, and it might make a good talk for the JavaChampions Conference. #java #quantumcomputing

Java for data science at #Devoxx. Hands on lab explaining how to use machine learning and scientific projects with #Java

Preparing for #Devoxx Belgium.

I'm very excited about the Java track at Devoxx Belgium (devoxx.be). This is real content, from human core developers who *understand* what they are doing. It helps understanding how and why Java works the way it does. If you want improve your developer skills, I recommend joining. #java

Appreciating @ciaranm.bsky.social's grounded, pithy rundown of the ghost stories, catastrophizing, and novice security practices dubiously shaping the current cybersecurity + AI landscape 🙏👇 ciaranmartin.substack.com/p/fud-tier-ai

Another 6 months, another major JavaFX release. JavaFX 27 is now available. Read more about this latest feature release here: gluonhq.com/news/2026-09... Download the Gluon SDKs from gluonhq.com/products/jav... or get the artifacts from Maven central. #javafx #java #jdk27

Glad to see the amount of posts with this message (code never was the problem; writing is easy, maintaining is hard) is increasing. The message I keep adding is: coding is cheap, understanding is what makes you valuable.

“Nobody is losing control of an emerging intelligence. They’re redirecting their own agency to the thing they are building.” It’s a myth, a self-affirming form of sense making: they take the action to build it, but insist on describing it as if they are passive witnesses to an inevitable force.

I see headlines like "AI writes the code, humans can spend more time thinking about decisions". IMO writing code never was a problem. On the contrary, while writing code, developers gained a better understanding. If you stop writing code, you lose insights needed for decisions. Understanding is key.

This is huge. Very excited it will be (as a preview feature) in JDK 28. Congrats to all contributors.

Looking for input/feedback from Java developers on 2 different topics: 1. Is there interest in a JavaFX workshop/conference/training in Belgium? 2. Is there interest in a gathering with fellow Java developers working on scientific topics (writing java code, not only using 3th party code) #java

Important: we (Gluon) provide all those builds (with CPU patches) for free. It's a fair amount of work to do this. Please support us by: 1. buy LTS subscriptions (even if you can download them for free) 2. contact us for T&M work 3. spread this news Thanks for keeping JavaFX a community effort.

Gluon's JavaFX CPU builds for JavaFX 17/21/25/26 are available now. gluonhq.com/news/2026-07...

Imho, the role of scientists is very important. Scientific evidence is increasingly ignored by the public and politicians if it doesn't fit agendas (e.g. ignoring climate scientists). But laws of nature don't change because people don't like them. Time to show more respect for scientists and nature.

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to Michael Strauß xdsswar @rgiskard7.bsky.social @frankdelporte.be ZEISS Meditec @wolfgangweigend.bsky.social Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

The last Belgian #Java User Group before the summer stop is in the books! Thank you again to @oniryx.be for hosting us every year in June since we started! A big massive thank you to @glycin.bsky.social and @ted.dev for presenting #spring and #eventsourcing See you all after summer! ☀️

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to @johanvos.bsky.social @ingstudios.dev Striking_Creme864 @dlemmermann.bsky.social @frankdelporte.be @foojay.io Happy reading, and have a lovely #Java weekend!

Absolutely agree. As an OSS dev myself, I know how frustrating this is. I believe one of the problems is that the concept "open source" has been abused by big companies because it sounds friendly, and they make lots of $$ with it, creating different user expectations.

Devoxx Belgium CFP is open! New tracks & info @ devoxx.be ❤️☕️💀

I've spent most of today (and the past few days) on JavaFX 17/21/25 LTS. It's a lot of work, but almost a pleasure because the tools/procedures are so clear. Skara is extremely helpful with backports. And it's deterministic. JavaFX is very well maintained. #openjfx #openjdk

Here is the new #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to Ilmetallaro @leoxiong.bsky.social @brunoborges.bsky.social @rladstaetter.bsky.social Kareem @dlemmermann.bsky.social @foojay.io @frankdelporte.be Lee Wyatt Striking_Creme864 Matt Coley Florian Enner

Often, the real problem in software development seems to me comparable to fixing a system with 5 equations and 6 unknowns, or 6 equations and 5 unknowns. Once you have an equal amount of independent equations and unknowns, consider it done (writing the code is not the problem).

Most recent Quantum Computing headlines focus on "breaking encryption" (negative framing). I wish there was more attention for the positive things QC can do, e.g. in drug discovery, using VQE. #quantumcomputing

Enjoy the latest and safest releases of JavaFX! And if you want to help us building/distributing these releases, consider our LTS support at gluonhq.com/lts

Excellent writing from Markus. "In real Java systems, the hard part was never mostly typing. The hard part is understanding what the system is allowed to do, what it must never do..." -> I absolutely agree.

Glad to see the Headless JavaFX Platform is being used. It really makes automated UI tests on CI much easier.

Understanding code is so much more important than writing code.

This was the thing (actually, it was the //c for me) that got me interested into programming. At different abstraction levels: from PASCAL to assembly (CALL -151). I loved the open, endless possibilities. Never had that feeling with a closed mac, so I moved to Linux later. Wozniak is a genius.

Excellent read. A sufficiently detailed spec is not far from code. I wouldn't be surprised to see a formal grammar for specs emerge, at which point we'll just have invented a higher level programming language or reinvented MDA. And then we'll just need a compiler, not an LLM.

Gluon continues to lead the OpenJFX project. Here is JavaFX 26.

JavaFX 26 SDK's are available, maven artifacts are being published (but it seems to be a busy publishing day ;) )

Just released CameraApp on #windows and #linux appstores! Check out this project which resurrects my old passion of doing work with #JavaCV and #JavaFX 🚀 github.com/rladstaetter... Download Binaries here github.com/rladstaetter... #snap #rpm #deb #msi

We’ve all been there. You’re working on a JavaFX application, and you hit that wall. You search the forums. You check Stack Overflow. You spend days tweaking code, hoping for a breakthrough. There is a faster way! Read more: gluonhq.com/why-spend-a-...

Remember Blackdown?

We're excited to spotlight a fantastic community-driven initiative: the "Java Education Catalog". It wants to bring #Java back into #education, where it belongs! An initiative by @igfasouza.bsky.social and @frankdelporte.be. github.com/foojayio/jav... foojay.io/today/bringi...