If I should pick one conference that has been instrumental in defining my career, it would be JavaOne. I have attended almost all editions of JavaOne since my first time in 1999 including the years it was branded as CodeOne. First as an attendee, later as a speaker. What makes JavaOne special is the quality…

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A personal account of attending JavaOne 2026, the second edition since the conference's restart in the Bay Area. The author, a long-time attendee since 1999, participated as a mentor in the Mentorship Hub, hosting a session on getting started with open source. The post highlights the value of the hallway track, community connections, and a Java Community Executive Committee face-to-face meeting held at the Oracle campus the day after the conference.