CFP announced for JavaDay Istanbul (May 2025). CFP closes end of December. Get those proposals going! #javadayistanbul papercall.io/javaday-2025

Running and carbs are a match made in heaven.

A timeless classic

Let’s do a collective thread on typos that lead to potentially funny concepts. I’ll start: troublehoot: the sound made by a rowdy owl.

Zombie code.

Reverse bike shedding: putting a lot of attention in catastrophic edge cases at the cost of leaving mundane issues unattended.

Today marks 532 years since Columbus proved that, if you sail West from Europe, you find land and not the end of the world. This triggered an unprecedented cultural and commercial exchange that shaped the world as it is today, with its good and its evil. Happy #Hispanidad.

Great exercise of retrospection by edburns (@[email protected]) regarding how well Jakarta EE 11 responded to the needs of developers. Summary: not bad, but room to grow. dev.to/edburns/how-we…

This employee quit their new job after one day. Saw the writing on the wall and immediately said nope.

A proposal to standardise logging across enterprise Java applications has been added to Jakarta EE: welcome Jakarta Logging! projects.eclipse.org/proposals/jaka…

shout-out to all the new RuntimeException("this should never happen"); out there

Automated tests demonstrate their best value not when they pass, but when they fail. A failed test is a bug caught early.

"willing to work 80+ hours per week" so the key to cost-cutting is quasi-enslavery work conditions. Makes sense.

Enterprise Java Devs! Jakarta EE has created a new interest group called Future Directions to identify potential new specs to be added to the standards, including but not limited to AI, Robotics, and Quantum Computing. Fancy joining? Check projects.eclipse.org/interest-group…

I’m not saying that I was in the selection committee for JakartaOne Livestream just because of the swag, but I admit it is a good incentive 😀

The LondonJavaCommunity is now a member of the Jakarta EE Future Directions working group, helping shape the future of enterprise Java 🎉🎉🎉

Super proud to be representing the LondonJavaCommunity at the Jakarta EE Future Directions Working Group, the place where we'll explore new specs for Enterprise Java including but not limited to Robotics, Quantum Computing, and AI/ML. Interested? Join! projects.eclipse.org/interest-group…

The CFP is open, and sessions are rolling in! The Dev community is filled with amazing speakers, both seasoned and new, and we encourage you all to submit your proposals. The deadline for submissions is January 10th ➡️ devoxxuk25.cfp.dev/#/ We are looking for inspiring

Project Manager logic: drink five coffees on Monday morning so you only have to go to Starbucks once a week.