Kito Mann, Josh Juneau and special guest Grace Jansen, Java Champion and Advisory Developer Advocate at IBM, chat about Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMWare, Jakarta EE 11 and the revamped Jakarta EE tutorial, Lit 3.0, JoinFaces, Liberty Tools for IntelliJ, JetBrains AI Service, Quarks and LangChain4J, and JDK 22. They also pick Grace’s brain about how she got into IT, developer advocacy, getting an MBA, mentoring women in tech, and more. About Special Guest Grace Jansen Grace Jansen is a Java Champion, Software Engineer and Advisory Developer Advocate at IBM. Her interests include Java, open source, cloud technologies and developer experience. Especially excited about driving more diversity and inclusivity in the tech industry. Global and Industry News  - Broadcom Acquisition - VMWare Complete (https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-completes-acquisition-vmware) Server Side Java  - Jakarta EE 11 (https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/11/)  - New Jakarta EE Docs Live (https://jakarta.ee/learn/docs/jakartaee-tutorial/current/index.html)  - Ways to contribute to Jakarta EE (https://youtu.be/VdJ-H2VNusw?si=OdybmgW6y80P7cfl) Frontend   - Lit Launch Day: Lit 3.0, Labs graduations, a compiler and more! (https://lit.dev/blog/2023-10-10-lit-3.0/)  - JoinFaces (http://joinfaces.org/) Tools  - Kotlin Advent of Code:  (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlFc5cFwUnmzk0wvYW4aTl57F2VNkFisU)  - Java Advent Calendar (https://www.javaadvent.com/calendar)  - JakartaOne Livestream on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_FqLnyGQEY&list=PLutlXcN4EAwDNN2lVNlfV3u2rBvJMOFCn)  - Liberty Tools for IntelliJ (https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/14856-liberty-tools  - Apache Netbeans 20 Released (https://github.com/apache/netbeans/releases/tag/20)  - JetBrains AI Service and In-IDE AI Assistant (https://www.jetbrains.com/ai/) AI/ML  - LangChain4J (https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j)  - When Quarkus meets LangChain4j (https://quarkus.io/blog/quarkus-meets-langchain4j/) Java Platform  - JDK 22 (https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/22/) Picks   - SnagIt (https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html)  - VisionOS Developer Tools (https://developer.apple.com/visionos/) Other Pubhouse Network podcasts   - OffHeap (https://javaoffheap.com)  - Java Pubhouse (https://javapubhouse.com) Events  - FOSDEM - 3-4 Jan 2024 (https://fosdem.org/2024/)  - Codemash - Jan 9-12, 2024, Sandusky, OH, USA (https://jchampionsconf.com/https://codemash.org/)  - Geekle Java Dev Summit - Jan 16-17, 2024, online (https://events.geekle.us/java24/)  - VoxxedDays Cern - Jan 22nd-23rd, 2024, Switzerland (https://cern.voxxeddays.com/)  - JChampionsConf - Jan 25-30, 2024, online (https://jchampionsconf.com/)  - Jfokus - Feb 5-7 2024, Sweden (https://www.jfokus.se/)  - VoxxedDays Zurich - 7th March 2024 (https://voxxeddays.com/zurich/)  - DevNexus - Apr 9-12, 2024, Atlanta, GA, USA (https://devnexus.org/)  - dev2next Conference - September 30 to October 3, 2024, Lone Tree, Colorado (https://www.dev2next.com/)