Recent content on Hector Ventura
A dev.to write-up on the open-source stack behind Floci's ~24 ms startup: Netty, Vert.x, Quarkus, and GraalVM Mandrel, and how years of production hardening in those projects make it possible.
A dev.to write-up on why Floci is built with Java 25, Quarkus, and GraalVM. A choice driven by hard constraints (cold start, memory, single binary) rather than preference.
A dev.to write-up on the design philosophy behind Floci: how it stays tiny while still behaving like real AWS, instead of forcing you to choose between fast-but-fake and heavy-but-faithful emulation.
A dev.to write-up on Floci's four storage modes (memory, hybrid, persistent, and WAL), how to choose the right durability versus speed trade-off per service, and why none of it sits behind a paywall.
A shorter, community-friendly intro to Floci that I published on dev.to, the fast, free, zero-auth AWS emulator. Cross-post with links to the original and the full deep dive.
A developer-focused look at building reactive systems by capturing database changes with Debezium and Java.
An interactive presentation about Change Data Capture (CDC) using Debezium to stream real-time updates from PostgreSQL.
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.
Sharing my experience contributing to Debezium, the leading open-source platform for Change Data Capture (CDC), and its impact on real-time data architectures.
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.
Floci is a suite of fast, free, MIT-licensed local cloud emulators for AWS, Azure, and GCP. Built with Quarkus and GraalVM, each starts in ~24ms and idles around 13 MiB, with no accounts, auth tokens, or usage limits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lead Software Engineer specializing in Java, Quarkus, cloud-native backends, and real-time VoIP systems. Creator of Floci.
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