whoami

Hi, my name is Chad Arimura.

I am a husband, father of 3, follower of Christ, boss of a few dogs, and commander-in-chief to 15-20 chickens. I am also a 3x entrepreneur, most recently co-founder and CEO of Iron.io where we grew a multi-million dollar business pioneering serverless computing. We sold the business in 2017 and joined Oracle.

And now, as mentioned in my "thanks and onward" post, for the first time in 20 years, I'm a free agent without a destination! We live in a wild, exciting, and somewhat scary time with the rapid pace of change. I'll be building, exploring, and talking to folks at companies of all stages thinking about what's next.

You can contact me on LinkedIn, X, or [email protected].

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Speaking

JavaOne 2026 Opening Keynote JavaOne 2026 Keynote JavaOne 2025 Opening Keynote JavaOne 2025 Keynote OpenJDK: Where the Magic Happens, JavaZone 2022 OpenJDK at JavaZone 2022

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Writing

Thanks and Onward, 2026
Claude Butler
Building Gus: A Lightweight Terminal Agent in Modern Java
Getting jpackage to Work with CrowdStrike
The Lost Art of Slow Gaming

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