The second stop of the US South JUG Tour 2024 with Jakarta EE was Jacksonville Java User Group, or JaxJUG, for short. This time, I was very careful making sure that the address I gave to the Uber was the correct one and made it to the venue 10 minutes before the pizza arrived. Perfect timing!

I did the same Jakarta EE meets AI presentation here, and it was received equally well. I think I am on to something with this talk. It is very simple, and the demo has a nice progression making it easy to follow.

I was not the only speaker at this event. Ed Burns from Microsoft drove up from Orlando to give a talk as well. At the end of his presentation, he gave a pre-announcement of the General Availability of Java experiences on Azure Container Apps. Check it out, and see how easy it is to run your Java workloads in a cloud environment. It pays out to be attending JUG events. Sometimes you get the announcements before the general public. Join your local JUG, and if you really want to enhance your career, get engaged and help out organizing events!