# Foojay Podcast #44: Quarkus Club

> Did you know? The Quarkus Clubd initiative started less than a year ago and is already one of the biggest groups in the world dedicated to Quarkus!

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-44/
- Published: 2024-03-04
- Authors: Frank Delporte, Igor De Souza
- Categories: JUGs, Podcast


Once a month in this podcast, we talk about the history of a Java User Group and the people behind it.

In this episode, we have a special group as we visit the virtual Quarkus Club.

Did you know? The Quarkus Club initiative started less than a year ago and is already one of the biggest groups in the world dedicated to Quarkus!

## Video

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## Podcast Apps

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## Links

* <https://discord.com/invite/NUsVvZp7hs>
* <https://www.youtube.com/@QuarkusClub>
* <https://github.com/igfasouza/Choose-the-right-JDK-to-your-Quarkus-application>

## Speakers

### Igor De Souza

* <https://twitter.com/Igfasouza>
* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/igfasouza/>

### Luis Fabrício De Llamas

* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisfabriciodellamas/>

### Podcast Host: Frank Delporte

* <https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte>[](https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte)
* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/>

## Content

00:00 Introduction of the guests   

02:35 About the Java community in Brazil   

03:06 What is the Quarkus Club?   

05:54 Languages used in the group   

06:41 Events by Quarkus Club   

07:45 Why Igor and Luis started as organizers   

10:30 Igor is the "opposite voice"   

11:04 Why use Quarkus instead of other frameworks?   

15:52 Working on a magazine   

19:57 JDK comparison project   
<https://www.azul.com/openjdk-migration-for-dummies/>  

26:10 Plans for the future  

28:04 Number of Discord members   

30:05 Questions to the listeners   
[Foojay Slack](https://foojay.io/today/join-slack-com-t-foojay-signup/)  

33:38 Outro

## Music

* Barbershop John
* Hermine Deurloo
* Synapse by Shane Ivers - <https://www.silvermansound.com>