1998 — present
A record of what I’ve built, written, taught and contributed with Java. Dated, linked and checkable. Work that hasn’t happened yet is marked as such.
Open source
Projects I created, and merged contributions to projects I don’t own.
| Year | Work | Project / org | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | java-helidon skill Bootstrapping and building Helidon apps with Copilot. Merged into GitHub’s awesome-copilot registry. |
github/awesome-copilot | Helidon Skill |
| 2026 | Copilot SDK Java Examples Contributed to the GitHub Copilot Learning Hub cookbook |
GitHub | Cookbook |
| 2026 | Java and Helidon skill for Grok | AI-Coding-Skills | Repo |
| 2026 | AiCodingSkills.dev, founded Skills, plugins and prompts for AI coding tools, starting with Java |
Own project | aicodingskills.dev |
| 2025 | Helidon MCP server Working example of MCP with Java microservices |
Own project | repo |
| 2025 | OpenJDK.org modernization, proposed and prototyped Shared on the web-discuss mailing list for community feedback |
OpenJDK | Email thread |
| 2020–Present | JAQ Stack, created and maintained Java, Angular and NoSQL under one reusable architecture. Accepted into the Docker Sponsored OSS and GitLab for Open Source programs. |
Own project | jaqstack.org |
| 2020–23 | Merged contributions helidon, spring-boot, elasticsearch-java, carbon-angular-starter, carbon-components-angular, backstage, cloudflare-docs, azure-docs, java-docs-samples |
Oracle, Spring, Elastic, IBM, Cloudflare, Microsoft, Google | Commit history |
| 2020 | Arctic Code Vault Contributor | GitHub Archive Program | Profile |
Writing
Java and JVM articles published on platform and vendor channels.
| Year | Title | Published by | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Anatomy of Helidon MCP + Ollama: Designing AI-Enhanced Java Microservices | Official Helidon publication | article |
| 2026 | Building Helidon 4 Applications with the GitHub Copilot java-helidon Skill (draft) | Official Helidon publication | article |
| 2022 | Helidon with Swagger / OpenAPI | Oracle Blogs | article |
| 2020 | How Much Does Java Cost? 280,000+ views |
DZone | article |
| 2018 | The JAQ Stack: Building Websites & Applications with Java, Angular, NoSQL/SQL | ResearchGate | paper |
| 2018 | How to Preview Blobs with HTTP POST and Angular 5 73,700+ views |
DZone | article |
Talks
Java and JVM sessions. Full speaker profile on Sessionize.
| Date | Session | Event | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | JAQ Stack Upcoming | WeAreDevelopers World Congress NA | details |
| Feb 2026 | Jakarta Tech Talk | Jakarta EE community | details |
| Oct 2025 | Harness Java’s Unmatched Power with JAQ Stack | Commit Your Code Conference | details |
| May 2020 | Architecting Microservices-Based Web Applications with Java, Jakarta and Angular | SATURN, Carnegie Mellon SEI | details |
| Aug 2019 | The JAQ Stack | JavaScript & Friends | details |
Teaching and mentoring
| Years | Work | Where | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–present | Progress Java, created and maintained Free Java teaching: core Java, Jakarta EE, Helidon, engineering practice |
Own project | progressjava.com |
| 2018–present | Mentoring developers Global Mentorship Initiative; Microsoft Community Mentors Program |
GMI, Microsoft | - |
| 2015–present | Answering Java and JVM questions Reputation 3,600+ · 7 gold, 47 silver, 77 bronze |
Stack Overflow | profile |
Community roles
| Year | Role | Organization | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–present | Jakarta EE Ambassador | Jakarta EE | - |
| 2025 | IBM Champion Advocate, Contributor and Influencer badges |
IBM | Credly |
| 2025– | Arm Ambassador | Arm | - |
| 2024– | Voting member | FinOS, Linux Foundation | - |
Early Java
| Year | Item | Issued by | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sun Certified Web Component Developer | Sun Microsystems | - |
| 2002 | Sun Certified Java Programmer, Java 2 Platform | Sun Microsystems | - |
| 1998 | First Java, JDK 1.1 Applets and servlets, during undergraduate study |
Andhra University | — |
Last updated August 2026