Andres' conference topics

Andres Almiray: What they mostly have in common is that they're based on the experiences that I have had in trying to solve a particular problem. I have definitely talked about many different types of tech. When I started doing this, I talked a lot about the Groovy programming language.

I was quite new to the language. I had fallen in love with it based on the capabilities that you get by using it.

As time passed by, I jumped into alternative Java virtual machine (JVM) languages. I did a little bit of Swing and I've done meta programming also. Now I'm doing benchmarks, Java Microbenchmark Harness (JMH), and testing. So, there are many different things that I've covered these past 12 years.

Geertjan Wielenga: Don't you also do a session about the best Java libraries?

Andres Almiray: Yes, that's a session that I created a few years ago. It's been very popular and well received. That particular talk is...