NLJUG – Nederlandse Java User Group NLJUG – de Nederlandse Java User Group – is opgericht in 2003. De NLJUG verenigt software ontwikkelaars, architecten, ICT managers, studenten, new media developers en haar businesspartners met algemene interesse in alle aspecten van Java Technology.
Many developers spend a lot of their time on side projects. It’s an opportunity to learn new techniques and get involved in communities.
But sometimes it can also lead to a new job.
Or even starting a business based on such a project.
Today we are talking to people who achieved such a transition and became famous and rich, or at least some of each…
Guests
Tim te Beek
Maarten Mulders
https://twitter.com/mthmulders
Lukas Eder
Podcast host
Frank Delporte
https://twitter.com/FrankDelporte
https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
Content
00’00 Intro
00’31 Introduction of the guests
02’28 What projects are the guests working on?
Maven Central Search: https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs
https://foojay.io/today/introduction-to-maven-toolchains/
https://foojay.io/today/5-great-reasons-to-use-jooq/
06’34 How Tim got a job at Moderne
08’23 The connection between OpenRewrite and Moderne
09’23 How jOOQ became a company
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-cathedral/0596001088/
https://foojay.io/today/vaadin-and-jooq-match-made-in-heaven/
https://foojay.io/today/multiple-spring-boot-apps-same-project/
14’44 Building a product is more valuable compared to offering support
https://entreprenerd.lowagie.com/index.html
21’22 About open-source licenses
23’48 Why and how Info Support allows Maarten to work on open-source within working hours
27’47 What you can learn from an open-source project
https://s.apache.org/for-the-grabs_maven
28’54 Does every developer have to do be an open-source contributor?
32’13 Becoming rich thanks to open-source? Projects versus Products…
https://s.apache.org/for-the-grabs_maven
48’33 About the Fosdem talk about OpenRewrite
https://foojay.io/today/foojay-io-at-fosdem-2023-trip-report/
https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/migrations/
48’53 Benevolent dictator for life and how to make money from a programming language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
51’22 Outro
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