the autumn conferences: Oracle Cloud World, IBM Tech Exchange, the Oracle operator for WebLogic, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile on Azure, Oracle Cloud World vs. JavaOne, Java EE, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile on Azure, WebLogic on Azure, JavaOne and Oracle Cloud World, the beginnings of open source at Microsoft, Microsoft Open Tech, the first JUG meeting in Seattle by Microsoft in 2013, the program manager for Java …and Node, program managers vs. evangelists, GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat, the slash commands and Copilot Chat, the effectiveness of AI in software development, Semantic Kernel and data indexing, Ampere CPU and 30% power reduction, the hoover dam and solar power

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