Greach
Greach canceled due to COVID-19
March 5th:
Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), we have decided to cancel Greach conference scheduled for 26-28 March, 2020 at Madrid.
Pre-conference workshop is also canceled.
Registration fees will be refund to each attendee.
😞. More info at Greach website. I am sorry for the inconvenience that the cancellation will caused to those of you who were coming to the conference.
Micronaut
Micronaut 2.0 Milestone 1
If you are using Micronaut, please try 2.0.0.M1 and give us feedback. We are really excited about this release but we need to find the upgrade pain points to have a great 2.0.0.GA.
Micronaut Servlet
Micronaut Servlet provides support for replacing the Netty-based HTTP server that comes with Micronaut with either Jetty, Tomcat, or Undertow, which may be of interest to those who are already familiar with the thread-per-request model of traditional servlet containers and have an existing large investment in the servlet ecosystem.
Additionally, the Jetty and Tomcat implementations can be used with GraalVM native image to produce native servlet applications that start in milliseconds and consume very little memory.
DevOps
Telegram Bot to exchange currencies
I wrote a Telegram Bot with Micronaut (more about this in a future issue). You can use it obtain foreign exchange rates published by the European Central Bank.
I keep my accounting books in EUR but I get paid most of my income in USD so exchanging currencies is a daily task for me.
Today Greach 2020 should have started. However, on March 5th we canceled Greach due to COVID-19. At the moment, I doubted if it was too extreme for such a small event; 100-150 attendees. Now, it looks crazy that I had such doubts.
Today is my 15th day at home. I have been in home confinement for the past two weeks with my two kids. The older 4 years. My wife is the one going out. She is still working in the hospital and she goes out to buy food. Spain situation is really bad (more than 500 death a day and growing) and I am not optimistic. Myself and my beloved ones are, so far, safe.
If coronavirus has not hit your country or region yet, take it seriously (it is not just a flu), prepare to isolate, protect the more vulnerable and protect yourself. It is the plague. If you are at home by yourself, you are not alone. Reach out to the Micronaut and Groovy community through the Internet. Sun always shines after the storm.
Please, find next a couple of links about the latest Micronaut release. It is a good think to distract our minds from COVID-19.
Sergio del Amo