We have to cut subsidies in Germany like hell but I bet that nothing will happen because each subsidy pleases a group of people as an election present.

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

Just got accepted to a Java conference in 2026. My talk will be brand new and build upon my 1BRC presentation. It will try to solve the problem by using all available Java concurrency concepts rather than tuning the code into a C-like hell.

While converting to virtual threads, I learned something. The carrier thread pool can grow up to 256 native threads. That can happen unexpectedly at any time. You can restrict that. The pool grows when it cannot guarantee thread scheduling. It appears early and unpredictable. No pinning!

JUnit is undoubtedly one of the most important projects in the #Java ecosystem. And it's 100% free and open! Let me be frank: If we can't get THIS project to the point where a single maintainer can focus on it, then what does that say about our commitment to Free & Open Source Software? 1/3 ⏩

Asking CoPilot where its intel comes from: "The information about com.xceptance:xlt: 9.4.0 comes from the official Maven Central Repository. ... Version 9.4.0 is the latest stable release available as of November 2025." No, 9.2.2 is the latest, and there was never a 9.4.0. How drunk are you?

The outcome of climate conferences does not change anything. Change comes from a technology that makes fossil stuff so expensive that one can only use the new tech. You can only beat the market with the market. That is our sad world.

Will see you at #jfokus2026. Not as a speaker this time, but as a regular visitor. @devlead.se @jfokus.se

I find LinkedIn extremely stressful for obvious reasons that I would rather not discuss here. It would simply be impolite.

For any of my EU followers, I give away two Seoul T-Money public transportation cards. Charged with two to three rides each, ready to be used when you get into the city. Will mail them to you for free. Frees you of the hassle to buy them and get cash to charge them. They are rechargeable!

Captchas taken to the next level in Korea. I had to screenshot and zoom to see anything.

If you missed my 1BRC talk at Jfokus 2025 Stockholm, here you go: youtu.be/dY0ybuNQKFo?... Enjoy and feedback is appreciated.

Thanks for rating my #jfokus talk 4.52/5.00. Glad you liked it. Slides for public consumption, sharing, and plundering: training.xceptance.com/java/451-the... The repo: github.com/rschwietzke/...

And here you go, the slides to my presentation: training.xceptance.com/java/451-the... Because people asked... they are built using reveal.js. #jfokus

#Jfokus went the extra mile and ordered snow.

How fast can you process a billion rows? This talk will guide you through initial tuning steps to achieve a 5x speed improvement. Learn about the JDK, the JVM, and your hardware, and gain insights you can apply to everyday challenges. You'll also learn when not to do that! #jfokus #jfokus2025

Hello Stockholm, hello #jfokus. Was a pleasant trip.

May the transit stuff be with me.. #jfokus2025 #DB #BER #SAS

Just started to measure all data in my talk again to ensure it is fresh and fits the latest hardware. #jfokus2025

Before you go on a business trip, you ensure that your girlfriend is not running short of quality bread. Freshly baked sourdough bread.

In case you make it to JFokus 2025 Stockholm, I would be delighted to see you at my talk "The First 80% of Reading One Billion Rows Fast Enough". jfokus.se/talks/2178

Load testing with and for customers. performance bad, services crash. Conclusion: Adjust the test cases to do less of this and that. This will help to keep the services running. I don't think people understand the concept of testing.

When IT sucks, I often escape the world by just baking bread.

Greetings into my #Java bubble. Trying to flee X for good. Will see how much is going to happen here and when to cut the cord. Happy to be here!

Die Xceptance GmbH lädt mit der JUG Saxony zur praxisnahen Einführung in Web-Accessibility ein. Die Veranstaltung gibt Einblicke in die Entwicklung, das Testen und die rechtlichen Anforderungen. Do, 28.11.2024, 14:00 Uhr, Xceptance GmbH, Leutragraben 2-4, Jena jugsaxony.org/timeline/202...