Five (and a half) Cool Things You Can Do With Quarkus
- Save the world.
- Lightning-quick CLIs.
- Embed WASM.
- Run Spring code.
- AI, for real. 5½. Use Minecraft as an observability client. Ok, this one isn’t cool, it’s stupid, but Holly’s done it anyway.
In this demo-driven session, Holly will show some of her favorite Quarkus capabilities. Some are established and important, some are less well-known, and some are plain silly. But they’re all cool. Whether you’re new to Quarkus or an experienced user, you’ll discover something you didn’t know.
Code
- Containerised Quarkus vs Spring perf comparison apps, with just files: https://github.com/jponge/volcamp25-quarkus
- Quarkus vs Spring perf comparison apps: https://github.com/quarkusio/spring-quarkus-perf-comparison
- Energy measurement utilities: https://github.com/metacosm/power-server
- Instructions for converting the Spring application to Quarkus, using the compatibility libraries: https://github.com/quarkusio/spring-quarkus-perf-comparison/blob/main/spring-conversion.md
- Meme generator: https://github.com/holly-cummins/meme-generator
- Running Photon image manipulation in WASM in Quarkus: https://github.com/andreaTP/quarkus-photon-demo
- Langchain4j Pet AI-doption agency: https://github.com/holly-cummins/quarkus-langchain4j-pet-adoption-demo
- Minecraft observability: https://github.com/quarkiverse/quarkus-observability-minecraft