Dervis Mansuroglu
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Dervis Mansuroglu
@dervis.bsky.social
Leading the Norwegian JUG in Oslo, Java Champion, speaker, developer and principal officer at NAV IT (Norwegian gov).
I'll be giving several talks in the weeks ahead, about how modern Java helps writing more expressive code with higher code quality, through a combination of "back to basics" ideas & FP-inspired data structures. To help my own community, I'll be focusing on Norwegian conferences, meetups and events.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk about higher code quality using modern Java for the students at Oslo Metropolitan University. A lot of questions before and after the talk made the evening even better! Thanks for having me OsloMet 🙏🏼
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Yesterday we had the honor of hosting @venkats.bsky.social with his highly relevant talk about design tradeoffs. Being able to fill a room of ppl in a Monday evening in Oslo is unusual! I’m grateful for Venkat’s energy and passion from the stage. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Here some photos from the event. #javabin #oswa
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Dervis Mansuroglu
If you're in the Oslo area, I hope to see you tomorrow (Monday January 26th) at the

Oslo Software Architecture (OSWA) group

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Design Trade-offs in Modern Architectures - by Venkat Subramaniam, Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
As architects, one of the most critical skills is making thoughtful trade-offs when designing solutions. Venkat Subramaniam joins us to unpack the real-world compromises be
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January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
In addition: I volunteered on projects specifically focusing on helping underrepresented & multicultural women closer to Java & JavaScript jobs. For me, championing means building community through volunteering to helping others. I met with so many great devs this year, feels deeply meaningful.
My 2025 review:

🎄 18 JavaBin & Oslo Software Architecture meetups
🎄 9 conference & meetup talks
🎄 70 hours of free mentoring to underrep. developers
🎄 60 hours as voluntary JUG steering committee member
🎄 400 more JUG members, totaling 3550
🎄 67k people reached on LinkedIn, with 330k impressions
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My 2025 review:

🎄 18 JavaBin & Oslo Software Architecture meetups
🎄 9 conference & meetup talks
🎄 70 hours of free mentoring to underrep. developers
🎄 60 hours as voluntary JUG steering committee member
🎄 400 more JUG members, totaling 3550
🎄 67k people reached on LinkedIn, with 330k impressions
December 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A few weeks ago, I gave a keynote talk at the DataSmart 2025 conference in Trondheim. I discussed a multi-agentic system I built with #Java and open-source tools (no frameworks), emphasizing the importance of ethics. It was one of my first tech keynotes ever, and I’m grateful for the support.
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
More photos! Our Christmas meetup was great! For me, being a #Java Champion, is all about community. It’s about the people, our speakers and members. Also important is honoring heroes such as Steinar Kjærnsrød, on the picture with me, who was one of the original founders of JavaBin 30 years ago 🙏🏼🏆🎄
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Our JavaBin Christmas meetup about #AI and #Java was a huge success, with a record turnout on our event🎄🏆 Our speakers, local heroes from our community, did amazing 👏🏼 We also served free Christmas dinner for all the attendees in true JavaBin tradition and quality. Super proud of my JUG and our team.
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And I especially welcome my female peers in tech to send in proposals.
We'd like to see more proposals for #JavaZone. An updated list of categories you can consider:

- Core Java/JVM
- All coding languages
- Security
- Backend / frontend
- Architecture
- Frameworks, techniques, processes
- Project experiences
- Leadership, mentoring & DEI

Hope to see more suggestions!
March 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We'd like to see more proposals for #JavaZone. An updated list of categories you can consider:

- Core Java/JVM
- All coding languages
- Security
- Backend / frontend
- Architecture
- Frameworks, techniques, processes
- Project experiences
- Leadership, mentoring & DEI

Hope to see more suggestions!
March 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A seriously good talk by @venkats.bsky.social today 🏆 It’s not another hype talk; you really learn how to use of AI with techniques in TDD in a way that give you control & understanding of the code. Two incredible hours of live coding, discussions & inspiration. Congrats Venkat, and thank you 🙏🏼
March 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We, the Norwegian JUG, are hosting the “Test Driving Code with the Help of AI” talk with @venkats.bsky.social. The room is packed & Venkat is talking about how to model, build and test the Game of Life problem with AI & TDD. Venkat’s ability to convey knowledge is without comparison. Thanks Venkat 🙏🏼
March 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here is a few categories you can consider when sending talks to JavaZone:

- Core Java/JVM
- Frameworks and languages
- Techniques & processes (technical)
- Experience talks (such as projects)
- Leadership and mentoring
- Diversity, inclusion and equity

2025.javazone.no/en/speaker
JavaZone2025
2025.javazone.no
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We, the Norwegian JUG, would love to see more proposals for #JavaZone. Send your suggestions from our website:

2025.javazone.no/en/speaker

I advise especially my female peers to send proposals.
JavaZone2025
2025.javazone.no
March 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Norwegian JUG will organize a meetup with @venkats.bsky.social on 12. march! We'll speak about AI & TDD which is more important & relevant than ever. Thank you, Venkat, for sharing with our user group!

📍Oslo, Rebel 3rd floor at 6pm cest
🌍 www.meetup.com/javabin/even...

Hope to see you there!
TDD og Copilot med Venkat Subramaniam , Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Legendariske Dr. Venkat Subramaniam kommer tilbake til Norge, og 12. mars fra klokken 18:00 har du mulighet til å lære mer om TDD sammen med Copilot. Venkat er en prisbeløn
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March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Remember to send in your proposals to Java Day Istanbul 2025! Just a week left:

www.papercall.io/javaday-2025
PaperCall.io - Java Day Istanbul 2025
Java Day Istanbul is one of the most effective international community driven software conference of Turkey supported by Istanbul Java User Group (https://www.jugistanbul.org/). The conference helps d...
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December 24, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by Dervis Mansuroglu
The Norwegian #Java User Group in Oslo concluded the year with our annual Christmas meetup. I did a talk with Jørn Baltzersen about AI & automation.

A huge thanks to all the amazing people in our community who made 2024 great. Community is team work and people who believe in & help each other.
December 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I did my very first keynote talk on engineering management, and the importance of applying kindness into engineering practice. I believe it’s more important than ever before. My deepest gratitude to Remarkable for inviting me and trusting me with the honor of sharing this important topic.
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Meeting Bjarne Stroustrup was a lifetime memory & among the many insights he had was the history of OO, including the Simula language. Among the things we talked about were the origins of the “class” keyword. Here is the Simula-paper from 1967 telling you about that 🙂

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November 28, 2024 at 1:13 PM
It has been an amazing evening, as I met & had dinner with Bjarne Straoustrup. Listening to his talk on modern #C++ in Univ of Bergen today + hearing his thoughts & advices about coding means so much. I rarely met anyone with such a deep insight into coding langs. A day to remember & a nice memory!
November 26, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Did a talk about FP-style coding with #Java 23 for our Norwegian community in the west coast of Norway a week ago. Amazing nature, scenery, fjords and the cleanest and coldest water straight from the river. If you wanna see fjords then Sogndal is the place, & with a community talk is even better.
November 26, 2024 at 10:57 PM