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# Ron Veen
Java engineer at Team Rockstars IT and author of Cloud-native Jakarta EE.

## About

Ron Veen is a software engineer and "Special Agent" at Team Rockstars IT. With over 15 years working across the JVM ecosystem, he has built everything from midrange systems to modern microservices.

He focuses on helping developers navigate the rapid evolution of the Java language. His conference talks break down pragmatic ways to adopt new features—like virtual threads and pattern matching—and prepare codebases for changing baseline requirements in popular frameworks like Spring and Jakarta EE.

Ron is also the author of a recent book on cloud-native Jakarta EE.


## Upcoming Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [Beyond Vibe Coding: Using CLI Tools as Your AI Counterpart in Pair Programming](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1721-beyond-vibe-coding)


## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2025 · July 9, 2025
Berlin, Germany
- [Modern Java 25](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1561-modern-java-25) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording

### World Congress 2024 · July 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany
- [Modern Java](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1202-modern-java) · 30 min · 🎥 Watch recording



## Videos

- [Modern Java 25](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1561-modern-java-25) · Ron Veen
- [Modern Java](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1202-modern-java) · Ron Veen
- [Modern Java: This is not your father's Java anymore](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/667-modern-java-this-is-not-your-father-s-java-anymore) · Ron Veen
- [Using Java 17 latest features in real world projects](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/387-using-java-17-latest-features-in-real-world-projects) · Ron Veen


## Links

- [X](https://twitter.com/ronveen)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-veen)
- [Blog](https://medium.com/@ronveen)