Thessaloniki Java Meetup

01/05/2026

Another fun Thursday of SKG Java Meetup!
Thanks to everyone who joined us! It's always great to see the community coming together 🙌

🎤 When Kostas presents, you always know it's gonna be fun!
Thanks for sharing your great journey of building Taat Kosta!

I think involving your kids and your wife in it really makes the difference and makes it worth even more! Kudos for that.
I think it's fair to say it's a "family business", right? 😊

Feel free to check out Taat at Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220160/taat/

🎁 Congrats to the lucky winners of:
1) 3 Taat licenses
2) JetBrains license
3) JPrime tickets

The presentation slides and the code from the demo have been published on our GitHub repository: https://github.com/skg-java-community/meetups so feel free to take a look.

Get involved
🎤 Submit a talk or suggest a topic: https://forms.gle/9Hq5bJnYZuHsBBn16
💡 Vote for topics in the backlog: https://trello.com/b/9uQt5Tex/topics-voting
💻️ Github Repo: https://github.com/skg-java-community/meetups
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 page: https://www.facebook.com/ThessalonikiJavaMeetup
💖 Sponsorship & Donations: https://opencollective.com/skgjug/contribute/meetup-event-sponsor-94613

Our next meetup will be "Spring AI & LangChain4j" at 28th of May so save the date and until then... keep learning! 🚀

14/04/2026

Everyone has started a side project..
But how many finish them?
This one made it to Steam! 🎮

Join our next SKG Java Meetup to hear the real story behind Taat, a PC Game that started as an idea and is now published on Steam by Kostas Georgiadis!

📅 Thu, 23/04/2026 | 19:00 - 21:00
📍 OKThess | Thessaloniki (Greece)

🍕 Pizzas and Snacks
🎟️ Free Steam licenses giveaway
🎁 JetBrains license giveaway

21/03/2026

🚀 Our latest SKG Java Meetup was a success!

A big thank you to everyone who joined us.. It's always great to see the community coming together 🙌

🎤 We explored Spring Modulith through a talk & live demo by George Charitakis, thank you George for the insights!

🤝 We connected, exchanged ideas, and caught up with friends and colleagues

🎁 Congrats to the lucky winners of:
1) Devoxx ticket
2) JetBrains license
3) Domain-Driven Design book

🍕 And of course, we enjoyed delicious pizzas kindly sponsored by PRODYNA! Thank you for supporting our community!

We are already looking forward to the next one.. Until then... keep learning! 🚀

17/03/2026

🚀 SKG Java Meetup | March 2026

Is the Monolith really dead, or just misunderstood?

At our next SKG Java Meetup, we’ll explore how Spring Modulith helps bring order, structure, and elegance back to monolithic architectures.

🎤 George Charitakis (Software & Cloud Architect @ PRODYNA) will show how to build modular and maintainable applications without the operational complexity of microservices.

📅 Thu, 19/03/2026 | 19:00 - 21:00
📍 OKThess, Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης

🍕 Pizzas and Snacks, kindly sponsored by PRODYNA 🙏
🎁 JetBrains license giveaway
🎟️ Tickets for Devoxx Athens 2026

Great developers never stop learning...
See you there!

19/02/2026

Our next meetup is a BIG one! We are joining forces with 6 more SKG tech communities for an interesting round-table debate about.... AI (what else? 😅)

- Will AI take our jobs?
- Are juniors in danger? What about seniors?
- Are we becoming 10x... or irrelevant? 🤖

Honestly? Nobody knows.
But we’re living through insane technological acceleration and we are right in the middle of it!

After the debate? Networking, pizza & beer 🍕🍺
Plus 🎉 5 Devoxx Greece tickets for lucky winners!

📅 Tuesday, 24th of Feb 2026 at 18:30
📍 OKThess Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης
👉 RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/thessaloniki-not-only-java/events/313099364 or in the LinkedIn event: https://www.linkedin.com/events/willaitakeourjobs-themeetupofme7424121781709463552/

SKG Meetups Communities that participate:
- Software Testing & QA Meetup
- Java Meetup
- .NET Meetup
- GDG Cloud Meetup
- PyThess Meetup
- SKG Javascript Meetup
- Shift Happens Community

We’re inviting you to our next meetup, and this one is designed to spark real debate: 🔥 “Will AI Take Our Jobs?” We’re teaming up with multiple software-focused tech comm

25/01/2026

Our January meetup on GitOps & ArgoCD was a success! Great discussions, lots of questions, and hands-on insights! 🙌

A big thank you to Patroklos Papapetrou for the talk and for sharing your experience, and to Chubb for sponsoring the pizzas 🍕!

We also had our Vasilopita cut, and the lucky winners (including the giveaways) have already received their gifts!

Cheers to the next one! 🚀

16/01/2026

🚀 SKG Java Meetup | January 2026

GitOps is everywhere - but do we really understand it?

Join us for our first meetup of the year as we explore the power of GitOps and ArgoCD, with a live demo, real-world insights, and lessons learned from a very special guest: Patroklos Papapetrou!!

📅 Thu, 22/01/2026 | 19:00 - 21:00
📍 Ok!Thess | Thessaloniki

🍕 Pizzas and Snacks, kindly sponsored by Chubb 🙏
🎁 JetBrains license giveaway
🥧 Vasilopita & lucky prize

02/01/2026

Explore, Learn, Engage, Socialize.. Another vivid year is loading! 💯
Happy New Year and see you soon everyone!

29/11/2025

A huge thanks to everyone who joined our SKG Java Meetup! 🙌

Great energy, great discussions, and an amazing topic & presentation about Kubernetes Operators by Nikos Ntemkas and George Binas!

Also, thank you Vodafone for sponsoring Pizzas & Snacks for our event! 🙏

See you at the next one! ☕🚀

24/11/2025

Pizza, Kubernetes, and automation 👉 a perfect Thursday combo! 🍕☸️🎤

🔥 Join us at our next SKG Java Meetup as we explore how Kubernetes Operators turn messy infrastructure into automated, self-healing systems!

🎯 Ideal for anyone interested in modern infrastructure automation, from developers curious about Kubernetes, to engineers already managing cloud-native systems

🗓️ Thursday 27th of November, 19:00-21:00
📍 OKThess Thessaloniki
🍕 Pizzas & Snacks by Vodafone Greece!
🎁 Free JetBrains license!

Read the full description of our upcoming event and RSVP your spot: https://www.meetup.com/thessaloniki-not-only-java/events/311976243/

Keep calm and let the Kubernetes Operators handle it ☸️

See you all there!