blogged about top skills/attributes for a new programmer after a student on the robotics team asked my opinion www.selikoff.net/2025/11/08/m... #omgrobots

I'll be presenting on JUnit 6 + exploring the testing ecosystem at @devnexus 2026 in March! Come to this great community Java and Cloud conf and see me and other great speakers present. Use this code to get an extra $100 off the registration: SEEMESPEAK

Seeing posts about “issues” on NYC ballot. Not issues. It’s common for a democrat to also run on working families line. Adams dropped out after the deadline to be off ballot. Cuomo isn’t running on a major party so is on line to. Just like “rent is too damn high” party in past.

All done voting; number 12 in district for the day. Two page double sided ballot. Glad I had my notes on the ballot proposals with me. A lot to remember.

🪵 Logging done right! At #Devnexus, @jeanneboyarsky.bsky.social & Victor Grazi broke down how to master logging in Java — from structure to strategy — for cleaner, more reliable apps. Read the recap ⤵️ devnexus.org/posts/master... 🚀 Don’t miss next year’s developer deep dives at Devnexus 2026!

There’s a guy selling Polaroids at the Golden Gate Bridge. Good business

i had a flight that was delayed more than three hours. after i had eaten, united sent a $15 virtual gift card that can only be used for food and expires roughly a day later. appreciating the internet advice on how to add it to a starbucks or chickfila balance which allows it to be used further out

i had a flight that was delayed more than three hours. after i had eaten, united sent a $15 virtual gift card that can only be used for food and expires roughly a day later. appreciating the internet advice on how to add it to a starbucks or chickfila balance which allows it to be used further out

The announcement system is broken and keeps saying “Track number 6”. “Track number 8” and “track number 10”. Sounds like rooting for competing horses to win here!

Watch GOTO Book Club: Barry Burd + Victor Grazi & @jeanneboyarsky.bsky.social on "Real World Java"! Key points: School ≠ real world, master your IDE tools, bridge the gap from syntax to enterprise.

First row of my section at stars of the #usopen exhibition matches. Great lineup.

Had a great time at #KCDC2025! Made 11 live blogs (TOC here: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...). Plus links to my two session slide decks

last live blog post from #kcdc2025 - bugs from Francois Martin www.selikoff.net/2025/08/15/k...

live blogging on designing for behavioral change at #kcdc2025 www.selikoff.net/2025/08/15/k...

live blogging about passkeys at #kcdc2025 www.selikoff.net/2025/08/15/k...

live blogging @venkats.bsky.social on modern java at #kcdc2025: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/15/k...

back on the final day of #kcdc2025 - live blogging on crisis coding: navigating impossible deadlines: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/15/k...

last #kcdc2025 live blog of the day. this time on blog coding: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

live blogging darker side of AI from #kcdc2025 www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

live blogging daily scrum talk at #kcdc2025: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

Live blogging on focusing on predictability vs variability at #kcdc2025 www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

live blogging @todd.ginsberg.com on structured concurrency/scoped values session here at #kcdc2025: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/l...

Great session from @bendechr.ai at #kcdc2025. my live blog notes: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

First live blog post from #kcdc2025 of the day: AI Killed your privacy tools: www.selikoff.net/2025/08/14/k...

saw a film at FestofCinemaNYC that was done with AI. No human actors. Interesting hearing about how that went from the film maker after. The film itself is on youtube if you want to see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZycC...

Hulu live tv prompted me that my tv isn't my home location because it doesn't recognize it. Same tv worked earlier in the week. And many times before that. Weird

i was taking a class today and wanted to make parts of it faster. then at home i was watching a video someone asked me to review. nice to be able to speed that one up!

Blogged about passing the Oracle AI Foundations certification (spoiler: free Oracle certs til Halloween; now for Java ones though) www.selikoff.net/2025/07/21/p...

NYC Buses are time traveling again. The bus that leaves 24 minutes later will arrive at the second stop on the route 8 minutes earlier.

emailed "how attached are you to <a location> and Gmail tells me I forgot to attach a file. Nope. no file. Just a question.

Blogged about my experiences on the first day of the NYC MTA bus redesign along with a fun coding fail: www.selikoff.net/2025/06/29/n...

Ooh. I’m fourth on a line for an nyc bus that didn’t exist yesterday. People know!

First day of new NYC bus route: people at old bus stop a block away, cars at new bus stop, people guessing where the bus will stop at right stop. Growing pains.

Last time on the old q46 fork. It’s being renamed with the bus redesign to a unique number. Yay.

blogged about actual numbers for paper vs e-books sold after someone asked me which format to buy. the results surprised me! www.selikoff.net/2025/06/15/d...

Know someone who recently graduated or is about to? Or a student? Or someone who wants to catch up on the Java ecosystem? Our book is currently 15% off print and 20% kindle on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1394275722

✨ New blog post: "STF Milestone 4: Parameterized test classes" JUnit 5.13 introduced parameterized test classes (in addition to methods). They are a powerful testing tool that has long been missing from JUnit Jupiter... 👉 marcphilipp.de/blog/2025/06...

failed buying #usopen tickets again today. Thanks #ticketmaster for prioritizing the bots and resellers over real people who want to go. Blog about how it went: www.selikoff.net/2025/05/30/2...

The curse of social media: not just for software engineering but other areas as I observe (say, hiring, investing, product management, venture capital etc) Those the best at their craft are usually busy building not writing/posting. Viral posts often wrong in many ways etc Via @icooper.bsky.social

Prompt injection is quickly becoming one of the key security challenges in the world of AI and LLMs. We just published a new article that explores prompt injection, the different types of attacks, and why it’s such a complex issue to solve. snyk.io/articles/und...

dev2next overlooks Pikes Peak, nestled near the glorious Rocky Mountains, and close to Cave of the Winds, and Garden of the Gods 🌄 This is the conf to not only level-up your skills to the max, but rewind and take in nature while here too !🌲 🎟️ Tickets @ dev2next.com

OTD…May 23, 1995 Happy Birthday, #Java! Here’s to 30+ more years with a beautiful combination of technology innovation and community participation!

finished watching @graciano.bsky.social 's java challengers interview (it's 2 hours). Thanks for the shout out for my new book "Real World Java" - with the description "You've learned the language; now what". You were a great reviewer www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSjI...

wrote a blog post about the philosophy "you only have to be brave for 15 seconds at a time" www.selikoff.net/2025/05/17/y...

finally watching @graciano.bsky.social's java challenger's interview. thanks for the shout out. I enjoyed hearing your perspective of my comments on your first talk. that feels like so long ago! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSjI...

Today I learned that my position at Microsoft was discontinued, amongst many others. Please reach out if it makes sense for us to explore something new together. My bio is always up-to-date. reza-rahman.me/about/

want to hear my thoughts on AI in education? check out this @fikaAI interview from #devnexus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_j...

blogged about passing Oracle's AI Vector Search cert (www.selikoff.net/2025/05/02/p...) and also the new exam engine which is also used for the Java OCP cert exam (www.selikoff.net/2025/05/02/o...)

i was looking at a volunteer report and it says I've volunteered at 99 official FIRST events (over 17) years. That's a cool stat! #omgrobots

I'm glad to see that funding for the CVE program has been extended www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... I'm interested to see what happens with the foundation going forward. tldr - CVE Program funding was going to expire, foundation was setup to preserve it, CVE Program funding was extended