https://hectorvent.dev/ Recent content on Hector Ventura Hugo -- 0.157.0 en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-postgres-debezium-2026/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-postgres-debezium-2026/ An upcoming presentation at Postgres MetroPlex Dallas (April 2026) exploring Change Data Capture (CDC) using Debezium to stream real-time updates from PostgreSQL to downstream consumers. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/quarkus-early-contribution/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/quarkus-early-contribution/ Reflecting on my early contribution to Quarkus in 2019 and the excitement of being part of the 'Supersonic Subatomic Java' revolution during its beta phase. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/debezium-contribution/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/debezium-contribution/ Sharing my experience contributing to Debezium, the leading open-source platform for Change Data Capture (CDC), and its impact on real-time data architectures. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/my-journey-linux-instructor/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/my-journey-linux-instructor/ Reflecting on my years as a Linux Administration instructor at Fundación Código Libre Dominicano, where I helped train the next generation of sysadmins in open-source technologies. https://hectorvent.dev/projects/floci/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/projects/floci/ A fast, free, and open-source local AWS service emulator built with Quarkus and GraalVM. Starts in 19ms, uses 42 MiB at idle, and passes 100% of AWS SDK compatibility tests. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/introducing-floci/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/introducing-floci/ A deep dive into Floci — a lightweight, zero-auth AWS service emulator built with Quarkus and GraalVM that starts in 19ms, uses 42 MiB at idle, and passes 100% of AWS SDK compatibility tests. https://hectorvent.dev/projects/telepulse-platform/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/projects/telepulse-platform/ A deep dive into the architecture and design of TelePulse, a custom-built, modular middleware platform designed to interface with Asterisk servers, providing a scalable and responsive alternative to FOP2 for a telecommunications company. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-iac-java-dominicano-2024/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-iac-java-dominicano-2024/ A summary of the talk presented at the Java Dominicano Monthly Talks (October 2024) on democratizing Infrastructure as Code, exploring how any developer can benefit from automation. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-iac-jconf-2024/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-iac-jconf-2024/ A practical talk and workshop presented at JConf Dominicana 2024 on the fundamentals of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), exploring tools like doctl, OpenTofu, Pulumi, and Ansible to automate server provisioning and configuration. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/workshop-modern-java-web-apps-2023/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/workshop-modern-java-web-apps-2023/ A hands-on workshop presented at PUCMM in collaboration with Java Dominicano, focusing on building full-stack Java applications using Vaadin Flow, Spring Boot, and modern deployment practices with Docker and Ansible. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-ansible-barcamp-2020/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-ansible-barcamp-2020/ A talk given at BarCamp Dominican Republic 2020 introducing Ansible — the agentless, open source IT automation tool that lets you configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate complex workflows using simple YAML playbooks. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-quarkus-jconf-dominicana-2019/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-quarkus-jconf-dominicana-2019/ A talk given at JConf Dominicana 2019 introducing Quarkus — the Kubernetes-native Java stack built on GraalVM and OpenJDK, unifying imperative and reactive programming with blazing-fast startup times and minimal memory footprint. https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-vertx-itla-2018/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/posts/talk-vertx-itla-2018/ A talk given at ITLA Santiago introducing reactive systems concepts and Eclipse Vert.x — an event-driven, non-blocking toolkit for building reactive applications on the JVM. https://hectorvent.dev/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://hectorvent.dev/about/ About Hector Ventura — Lead Software Engineer, VoIP specialist, open-source builder