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Java Software engineer ☕ |Speaker🙌🏻 | Green Tech Advocate 🌍 | WomenTechmakers Ambassador👩🏻‍💻 | JetBrains Community Contributor | Foodie lover & F1 🏎 fan ✨️
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What the duck is going on in tech?
We talk about performance. We rarely talk about the pressure behind it!
I wrote about the duck syndrome and why pretending to be fine is exhausting.

🦆 medium.com/@aichalaafia...
Still smiling about this 😄💚
Ranked TOP 3% of most active speakers on Sessionize in 2025. This year took me to 10 events and to some stages for the first time, including BaselOne, JavaLand, Devoxx Belgium, and JCON. Very grateful for the trust, the communities, and all the great conversations!!
#java
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
What actually matters for #Java devs in 2026?
Read all about it in my Hello 2026 article:
medium.com/@aichalaafia...
Hello 2026: From a Java Dev Who Coded (and Caffeinated) Too Much in 2025 ☕🚀
Java devs, grab your coffee! or if you’re like me, after a long sprint, maybe a double shot of espresso. Let’s talk about what actually…
medium.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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📣 Our call for papers is OPEN! Got an idea to share?

This is your moment to inspire the developer community.

Tracks Include:

🔸Java
🔸Architecture
🔸Dev Practices
🔸People & Culture
🔸Data
🔸Languages
🔸Build & Deploy
🔸Mind The Geek

Submit your proposal now ➡️ devoxxuk26.cfp.dev
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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#JUnit 6.1.0-M1 is ready for testing!

✨ New org.junit.start module for usage in compact source files
⚙ Execution mode configuration support for dynamic tests and containers
🏊 New parallel test executor implementation without ForkJoinPool

docs.junit.org/6.1.0-M1/rel...
JUnit Release Notes
docs.junit.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The idea of the internet was to have a decentralized network of computers.
But what we have today is a network with big players like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Cloudflare.
If one if these players fail, like Cloudflare currently, a large part of the internet fails.
We should go back.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We didn't forget Duke's share of #Halloween treats 🍬😏😏
#java
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I call this discipline ✨️
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I am not a devrel; I just love conferences and mostly the people I find there 🥰😍(the goodies are bonus😆)
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Happy Monday!
October 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh, hello, Monday. 😭
Docker hub decided to go full nap mode 💤
everything pulling 503 like “nope, not today.”
perfect start of the week 😌
#DevOps #Docker
a penguin sits at a table with a starbucks coffee mug
ALT: a penguin sits at a table with a starbucks coffee mug
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fun activity for weekend
Building my #java mascot Duke 🤩
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
that face when they ask me about green java 😏
check my #VerboseMode interview at #BaselOne about #Java in the Green Cloud 💚
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/0aXohLj...
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Last conf of the year ✅

Thanks for joining my Green Java in the Cloud session at @baselone.bsky.social 💚☁️
1st time speaking here, and it couldn’t be sweeter, thanks for the Swiss cookies & chocolate 🍪🍫

#Java #Greencode #BaselOne25
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Not me coming back from DevoxxBE straight into urgent tickets 😩 thank god I recently found out about the Spring Debugger plugin in IntelliJ or I’d still be crying in my #java logs 💀 fixed everything somehow; now off to Basel… after this i need a break fr 😮💨
October 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
1 conference left to do !
This week I'll be talking in BaselOne
🌍 Tech causes 3.7% of global CO₂ – like aviation!

At #BaselOne25, @aichalaafia.bsky.social shows how to build eco-friendly Java apps in Kubernetes 🌱💻 Expect tips, fun analogies & live coding.

🎟️ Tickets: eventfrog.ch/BaselOne2025

👉 Full program: baselone.org/en/baselone-...
October 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It’s #WorldMentalHealthDay,
and this week I gave my talk “What the Duck? The Hidden Crisis in Tech” at #DevoxxBE.

Not about only about burnout or stress,
but also that quiet pressure to look fine while you’re barely holding it together. 🦆

📽: youtu.be/aemFEi5N8Ho?...
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My episode on the Women in Tech Talks Podcast just dropped today 🎙️💜
I shared my journey in tech, green programming, and what it means to be part of this community.

Listen here 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/2THM...
#java
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you attended my talk
"What the Duck?🦆 The Hidden Crisis in Tech" please don't forget to rate my session ! m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...
Otherwise you want watch it here youtu.be/aemFEi5N8Ho?...
Thank you 😊
What the Duck?🦆 The Hidden Crisis in Tech by Aicha Laafia
YouTube video by Devoxx
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You can now watch my talk What the duck ? 🦆 via link : youtu.be/aemFEi5N8Ho?...
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is the @jcon.one t-shirt ✨️✨️btw I was asked many times about it 😉
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
People be like where did i vanish after my talk 😬😬 Sorry I am just a 🏎 girl ✨️
October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Omg i just said it again here too looool😅😅 also I'll go for more detailed solutions next time Noted ✅️
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This feedback made my day🥺 for fact they says they felt understood… that’s the real win🦆💛 #DevoxxBE
October 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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And of course the picture didn't get added 🙃
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Damn I forgot to share mine!
#devoxxBe #Antwerp
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM