Shannon McChristian’s opposition to a new prison in her Arkansas community has changed her thoughts on incarceration generally. “As I’ve come to know more and more, I’ve just been horrified about our entire prison system.”

Think of the money they could have saved by deciding it wasn't worth building based on early feedback. Big releases are really a sign of corporate we-know-what-the-customers-want-better-than-the-customers arrogance. 6/13

Confused by Java’s async options? Threads, futures, reactive, virtual threads… 😵 At #Devnexus, @dhinojosa.bsky.social breaks down Java’s asynchronous ecosystem and helps you choose the right tool for the job—without the guesswork. devnexus.com/events/java-... 🎟️ Get tickets at devnexus.com

THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.

Get started with Project Panama in our easy beginner's guide by Carl Dea. Check it out! #Java #ProjectPanama foojay.io/today/projec...

Is Agile Open Northwest really worth it??? @rayarell.bsky.social has five (sarcastic) reasons why you shouldn't attend this amazing conference. www.nuagility.com/post/is-agil...

Carl Dea updated his blog series "Project Panama for Newbies" from 2022 to include Java 25 and the Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API, which is a standard feature since JDK 22 (JEP-454). foojay.io/today/projec... foojay.io/today/projec... foojay.io/today/projec... foojay.io/today/projec...

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

My first blog of 2026: Tell Don’t Ask and Be Specific About the Return Type donraab.medium.com/tell-dont-as...

Here is the first #JavaFX #LinksOfTheWeek of 2026, published on www.jfx-central.com/links. Thanks to JabRef @logorrr.bsky.social @mapton.org @dlemmermann.bsky.social Lee Wyatt @foojay.io @frankdelporte.be Vlad Protsenko Matt Coley Craig Raw Florian Enner Carl Dea Happy reading!

Check out the latest in JavaFX with our curated links for December 2025! Compiled by @frankdelporte.be in a weekly list for @jfxcentral.com. Catch up on what's happening in the #JavaFX world here: foojay.io/today/javafx... #JavaFX #Foojay #JavaUpdates

☕️☕️🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳🥳☕️☕️ My sincerest thanks to the entire #Java community for making 2025 so memorable. Your participation ensured that Java remained vibrant. Here's to an even more vivid 2026! Please read my article of appreciation: www.linkedin.com/pulse/farewe... ☕️☕️🥳🥳🎉🎉🥳🥳☕️☕️

Happy New Year! 🥂

Happy New Year! 🥳 (These are both things my actual kids said!) BONUS Panel below! 👇

2025 was a great year for #Spring and #Java spring.io/blog/2025/1...

My new little side project is now live: living-architecture.dev Basically: extracting software architecture from code and visualizing it. Demo: living-architecture.dev/eclair/?demo... Currently there is a library, CLI, schema, and web app. 100% open source on github: github.com/NTCoding/liv...

D1) again, this is difficult to pull off at longer lengths. But you don't get good at a thing by not doing it. E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.

I want to print YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT onto little cards and just hand them out in conversation sometimes

For those of you wanting to start a new project in the new year but afraid you're gonna suck, heed the words of the ancient texts:

Another effortless #JReleaser release posted by simply clicking a single button, on New Year’s Eve, thanks to @jreleaser.org itself. If you’re not automating your releases already, don’t wait up! github.com/jreleaser/jr...

Looking for some viewing material over the holidays? I recently uploaded two recent talks to my YouTube channel: 1. Testable Architecture: Ya Gotta Keep 'em Separated 2. Event-Sourcing From Scratch Check 'em out, complete with slides and source code, at ted.dev/talks/#past...

Yesterday, on my live coding #Java stream, I spent some time (more than I expected) creating some very rough benchmarks for my #EventSourcing example app, JitterTicket. I had #Junie write a data generator to create 100 concerts, 1,000 customers, each buying 2-4 tix per concert.

Shifting money from police and prisons to systems that meet people's needs are better for safety and, contrary to what you hear in the media, *one of the most popular policies* over decades of polling. Asking why this is hidden from us is important. equalityalec.substack.com/p/convention...

Find out what happened when I was hiking in Scotland and a stranger asked me to justify whether women had the potential to work in tech on our latest episode of Change, Technically: MATH IS FOR GIRLS. 🥰🔥 www.changetechnically.fyi/2396236/epis...

A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...

Your brain is the most wondrous thing that biology and this universe has ever created. It's your most precious tool. But it must be *used* to stay in good shape. If you don't use it, if you outsource your thinking, you atrophy your critical thinking skills, and that drop off is steep.

73% to goal with the end goal in sight. Thank you to all that have donated and shared.

Something to take into 2026: there's no credible evidence of *anybody* being "left behind" by "AI"-assisted coding. Don't buy the FOMO. Wanna use these tools? That's your choice. It won't 10x you. Or 5x you. Or even 2x you. It may well 0.8x you, though, if you lose that engineering discipline.

Thinking about Devnexus 2026? 🤔 This post breaks down exactly why it’s worth attending—from deep technical sessions to real-world takeaways and networking that actually matters. A must-read before you plan your year. 👉 devnexus.com/posts/why-yo... 🎟️ devnexus.com 📨 atlj.ug/DevnexusConn...

If you’re looking for editing help on a book, or a publishing-related crowdfunding campaign, I may be able to help! glog.glennf.com/editing-serv... My best abilities are budgeting, print/ebook production, and logistics. I raised & helped clients raise millions over the last decade in crowdfunding.

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart. www.joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of...

Need something to watch during the holiday break? Two of my favorite talks are now available to watch on my YouTube channel. 1. Testable Architecture: Ya Gotta Keep 'em Separated 2. Event-Sourcing From Scratch Find them with slides & source code at ted.dev/talks/#past...

Merry Christmas, to those who celebrate! As a gift, the recording of my talk on "Testable Architecture" that I recently gave at the Calgary Software Crafters meetup is now available! youtu.be/dT3jORSx6C4 #TestableArchitecture #Hexagonal #TestDoubles

To all non-profit orgs: please, I beg of you, make it clear that you’re a 501(c)3 (or similar) and make it easy and obvious what your EIN and name used in IRS filings so folks like me can donate more easily.

@flaminghydra.com Are y’all a non-profit? I’d like to donate regardless, but would be useful to know either way. (Please make this clear on the donation page and “about us”?)

please fill out if you're a working artist 🫡 (portfolio submission is to screen out non-professionals and they will send you the study survey after verification) re: concerns about data collection, I know the researchers and have already participated in the survey myself, it's just for verification

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:

Always remember: The United States is the only major car manufacturer on earth with no safety standards for cars. Our rules are voluntary, carmakers self-certify. The only way cars get safer in the United States is by letting carmakers *kill lots of people first,* get sued, and change designs.

Gonna drop this here since I created it: leavesubstack.com

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

Protecting the presumption of innocence in the U.S. is imperative to correcting course and ending mass incarceration. Learn more here – and come back tomorrow for more criminal justice reforms!

On the one side, we have games that center clear, precise actions. These are games that, when well-designed, scaffold learning and mastery. I was deeply influenced by @raphkoster.bsky.social's "Theory of Fun," which he recently recapitulated (www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g...). 2/▶️

Spring Security OAuth 2 Tutorial - 1 : Getting familiar with OAuth 2 concepts https://www.sivalabs.in/spring-security-oauth2-tutorial-introduction/

🌱 Spring Boot 4 is taking Kotlin support to the next level! Thanks to a Kotlin 2.2 baseline, deeper null-safety, better serialization, and coroutine context propagation, Spring is now even more Kotlin-friendly. Dive into the latest improvements 👉 https://kotl.in/im2t40

As an early Christmas present (if you're celebrating), also to ourselves, we have overhauled our User Guide, Release Notes, and Javadoc. Check it out on docs.junit.org! Thanks to the @sovereign.tech agency for making it possible and to the @antora.org project for the excellent tool!

Let's talk about AI Hype and the Theory of Constraints. From a business perspective, the key metric is "lead time." The time it takes to get an idea to the point where it's producing revenue ("in the customer's hands"). 1/10

We recorded a podcast episode about the research on gender and math ability yesterday. I did so much research for it I felt overwhelmed trying to summarize it. These issues and discriminatory experiences are too massive -- like they destabilize you with their gravity.

GS Collections was open sourced by Goldman Sachs 14 years ago. The 10th anniversary of #EclipseCollections first release @eclipse.org is in 4 days. If you're waiting for new Collections in #Java after 30 years, the wait continues, while EC continues to grow & evolve. 💗🦋 medium.com/javarevisite...

Guinea Pig Baseball is free for less than week! A 2-4 player dice and paper game full of chaotic casual fun. Download your copy here patreon.com/posts/144647797