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title: [Developer Newsletter] A New Look, Camunda Community Summit, Useful Resources for Devs, Community Contributions, & More
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Here are the latest updates from the Camunda Universe. Details inside!

| View in browser Hi there,   We hope you are enjoying the changing seasons this time of the year. As you can see, our developer newsletter has a new look, but we promise the content is as interesting and informative as ever! 😀   Thank you to everyone who joined us during Camunda Community Summit and a special shoutout to all the amazing speakers and session leaders. We had a blast, learned a lot, and hope you did, too!   Your feedback is important to us. Please take our 2022 Product Survey to help us continue to advance and improve our products and services.  ON DEMAND Camunda 8 Release Webinar: Live from Berlin   Earlier this month, we hosted a Camunda 8 release webinar live from Berlin. If you missed the event, you can watch the recording now. WHITEPAPER   Decoding Microservices: Best Practices Handbook for Developers Our latest developer guide provides details on everything you need to know to get started with microservices orchestration. BLOG   Why Performance of Parallel Tasks in Camunda Platform 8 is so Good   Niall describes how eliminating  optimistic locking affects performance. Spoiler alert: there’s a big difference.   NEWS FROM OUR DEVS: PRODUCT UPDATES Camunda Optimize 3.9.0-alpha1 With this release we've updated the pre-installed sample data, included Optimize in our Helm Charts, and introduced some bug fixes. Camunda Automation Platform 7.18.0-alpha1 This latest release features access to process comments via REST API, support for Quarkus 2.8.2, Groovy script engine updates, and more. UPCOMING EVENTS May 24 Meetup Nürnberg: Introducing Camunda 8 May 25 Meetup Northeast & West, USA. Camunda 8 in action June 30 Camunda Question Corner Save your seat now Oct 5-6 CamundaCon Live 2022 Tickets on sale soon View All Events COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS We’re always blown away by how many amazing people contribute to our community on a regular basis. Here are just a few highlights of the month: If you missed Camunda Community Summit check out the recordings here. Novatec updated their three Micronaut projects to be up-to-date with our latest release. Camunda Champion Simon Zambrovski added a new extension for message correlation. As always, our amazing Meetup organizers set up a variety of fun and insightful Meetups to exchange ideas and share knowledge. Will you join next time? KEEP IN TOUCH Our community is what makes us who we are. We encourage you to ask questions and share feedback. Reach out to us at community@camunda.com. Like this newsletter? Tell your friends about it!   Luca Buchholz Community Manager at Camunda       © 2022 Camunda - All Rights Reserved Camunda Inc., Suite 2600, 275 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA, +1 415-513-0111 Manage preferences |
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