Foojay Podcast #32: Philippines JUG

Once a month we talk about the history of a JUG and the people behind it.

Today we travel to the Philippines. A new generation of developers has taken over the organization of the JUG. And in addition, they are also involved in the organization of the Softcon conference.

Let’s talk about the history and future of the Java community in the Philippines!

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Guests

Tristan Mahinay

• https://twitter.com/ph_tantan
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjtmahinay/
• https://blog.rjtmahinay.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/rjtmahinay/

Calen Legaspi

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/calenlegaspi/
• https://twitter.com/calenlegaspi

Jansen Marson Ang

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jansen-ang/

Kerby Martino

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerbymartino/
• https://twitter.com/kerbymart

Podcast

Host: Frank Delporte

• https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
• https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte

Links

• https://www.meetup.com/java-user-group-ph/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/jugph/
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/jugph
• https://github.com/JUGPH
• https://softconph.com/

Content

00:00 Intro and introduction of the guests

03:40 How big is the Philippines Java community

05:07 History of Java in the Philippines

06:18 Topics presented at the JUG

07:05 Impact of Covid

07:43 About the Softcon conference

10:20 Mixing online and offline

12:02 Most remarkable JUG sessions

13:05 Involving younger visitors and speakers

13:42 Java at Philippine Universities

16:21 Future plans for the JUG

16:59 About LangChain4J
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD1MSLbs9KE (Lize Raes @ Devoxx)

18:59 AI topics on Softcon

19:33 Impact of AI on developer jobs

22:15 How can people join the JUG

24:27 Why being part of the JUG organization

27:38 About the age of different programming languages

30:37 The importance of the Philippines Java community

32:21 New upcoming website for the JUG

35:43 Outro