🚀 mcs 0.9.0 has just been released! Check https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs/releases/tag/v0.9.0 for the details.

#ThrowbackThursday Can't believe it's already been two weeks since I was on stage with @bmarwell.de at @javazone.bsky.social. We've discussed a structural approach to speeding up your #Maven builds. Missed it? See vimeo.com/1115842570. Thanks to @maritvandijk.bsky.social for capturing the moment!

Ever wondered what a dependency update brings in? Use latest Toolbox to figure out. #maven #java #maveniverse

Happy Birthday @sharatchander.bsky.social from all of us at the Virtual #Java User Group! 🥳

Used an app, pressed the "Delete my profile" button afterwards. One day later, I got an "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender". Their system sent an email internally in name of my email address, but it was rejected due to my own DKIM policies...

Sigh. Some websites still do not allow + signs in email addresses when signing up. Reason enough to have my article from 2013 translated into English. Only slight updates, captures the situation of 2005-2013, mostly. blog.bmarwell.de/2025/09/05/r... #PHP #mail #email #validation #blog

Demos: github.com/bmarwell/sna... Check out my repost for blog posts :) And Maarten's blog, too, of course! ;)

Are you still spending a lot of time in testing? That does not need to be the case. Find out how to let them run in parallel! blog.bmarwell.de/2024/05/23/p... #snail2rocket #parallel #maven #java

Here is the article on how to "feed the daemon": blog.bmarwell.de/2025/04/24/f... Be sure to check out the examples as well!

Thanks to everyone @javazone.bsky.social who joined @bmarwell.de and myself in going from snail's pace 🐌 to rocket speed #maven #snail2tocket. The slides are here - closing slide also has reference to demos. speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/a...

Can we all agree that @bmarwell.de was best dressed for the occasion @javazone.bsky.social today?

During September 3 - 4, join JavaZone, one of the world's biggest Java conferences! Get to hear from our Oracle ACEs 👉 2025.javazone.no/en @theguywiththeduketattoo.com @ixchelruiz.bsky.social @francoismartin.bsky.social @mthmulders.bsky.social @brianvermeer.nl #OracleACE

From our train to yours! #IYKYK /cc @javazone.bsky.social @koturk.nl @maritvandijk.bsky.social

This is an update of #MCS that you don't want to miss! From this version, your search results are ordered by version number, so you'll see the latest version on top :-)

🚀 mcs 0.8.0 has just been released! Check https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs/releases/tag/v0.8.0 for the details.

Just shared these two great talks with some colleagues, if you want to improve Maven productivity go check them out 🐌🚀 Andres - Maven productivity tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Mb... Maarten/Benjamin - Accelerating Maven Builds: From Snail's Pace to Rocket Speed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Eb...

So, as we move into an AI-assisted future, it becomes critical for programmers to learn how to do something they've avoided learning to do for three-quarters of a century: to write well-crafted expository prose. 6/7

LES LLM NE SONT PAS FAITS POUR FAIRE DES MATHS. ILS SONT INCAPABLES DE DISTINGUER LE VRAI DU FAUX, LE RÉEL DE L'IMAGINAIRE. TOUT CELA N'A AUCUN SENS POUR UN LLM. C'EST UN MODÈLE STATISTIQUE QUI RÉDIGE DU TEXTE SELON CE QUIL ESTIME LE PLUS PROBABLE ÊTRE LA RÉPONSE QUE VOUS ATTENDEZ. C'EST. TOUT.

That's a first: 100% acceptance rate for @devoxx.com! I'm super happy to see my new talk, "Why I Am Not Afraid AI Will Take My Job", has also been selected! See y'all in Antwerp this October!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but here's your periodic reminder that Java 25 (like 21, 17 or 11) is not an LTS version: youtu.be/x6-kyQCYhNo?... Thank you, @nipafx.dev, for once again making this very clear!

Building a CLI with Quarkus, Kotlin and GraalVM · Maarten on IT buff.ly/NdehZP6 #Java #Kotlin #Quarkus #GraalVM

Here's a fresh new blog post to start your week just right: Building a CLI with @quarkus.io, @kotlinlang.org and @graalvm.org. Check it out at maarten.mulders.it/2025/07/buil....

Look what the mail man brought today! So appropriate 🤩

Happy π day to all who observe!

🚀 mcs 0.7.6 has just been released! Check https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs/releases/tag/v0.7.6 for the details.

Underrated feature of @maven.apache.org !

RIP Java Applets. You made Java popular and helped it grow to what it is today. JEP 504: Remove the Applet API has been proposed to target (openjdk.org/jeps/504), so there will be no more applets with the next JDK (JDK 26).

Dutch parliament: passes law that makes it illegal to help undocumented immigrants. Dutch police: this is a bad idea and we don’t want to cooperate with this. www.politie.nl/nieuws/2025/... Resistance is a matter of wanting to.

Woohoo 🎉🥳🙌🏻 I just confirmed the Talk at @javazone.bsky.social 2025 with @mthmulders.bsky.social! I'm so excited! #Java #Maven #Talk #SnailToRocket

Now that's the type of email I love to receive! @bmarwell.de and I proposed a talk about accelerating @maven.apache.org builds for @javazone.bsky.social and it got selected! 🎉 #Java #Maven #SnailToRocket

I'm in this post and I like it! Corporate translation: I'm beyond excited to share that I've been renewed as an Oracle ACE Pro for Java!

Make sure to get this update! It integrates a new API endpoint that returns more up-to-date information about your favourite artifacts on Maven Central.

🚀 mcs 0.7.5 has just been released! Check https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs/releases/tag/v0.7.5 for the details.

Releasing a new version of MCS from a driving train - because it's that easy, thanks to @jreleaser.org!

A few days after #Devoxx #Poland it's time to reflect upon the experience. Are you curious about which talks caught my attention? I wrote about them in my latest blog post: "Coding, Thinking and Adapting: My Take-Aways from Devoxx Poland 2025". Enjoy! maarten.mulders.it/2025/06/codi...

Co's websites: "note that the chatbot may give inaccurate or incorrect answers, please verify the answers" Can developers also give a similar disclaimer "this software may or may not work, please ensure the results yourself"? @venkats.bsky.social keynote @devoxxpl.bsky.social #devoxx #ai #genai

Enjoyed an unexpected airport lunch with @horovits.bsky.social while waiting for the flight back home.

It’s worth saying again and again… Giving some their flowers doesn’t wilt yours

Shoutout to @piotrprz.bsky.social for having an unofficial city tour through Kraków with an official start, an official end and a second official end, plus including rants on various stuff, ranging from "America" (the USA) to Italy claiming Chinese food to be theirs and a few things I prob forgot.

Missed my talk today about improving your Maven build speed at @devoxxpl.bsky.social? Or liked it, and want to revisit some materials? Either way, you can find the slides here: speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/a...

Thanks to everyone who joined! You can review the slides at speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/y...

Hi @devoxxpl.bsky.social, you know you don't need to rush for lunch at 12:00, right? There's lunch 'till 15:00. This gives you time to join me at 12:15 in room 4A to learn how to start your speaking career!

Running over the demos for my #snail2rocket @devoxxpl.bsky.social while awaiting boarding for my flight to Krakow, and running into a wild @jagovreede.bsky.social.

I am Stack trace therapist. Unleash your inner Duke and win a limited-edition T-shirt! #Java30WithIntelliJIDEA www.jetbrains.com/lp/java-30/s...

🚀 mcs 0.7.4 has just been released! Check https://github.com/mthmulders/mcs/releases/tag/v0.7.4 for the details.

Should Senior or Senior+ level developer inspire their junior colleagues to go to meetup or conferences? Tell me why…..

Thanks to the organisers of @dev2next.bsky.social for not accepting my talks. Oh sure, I would've loved if they had accepted either one or both. But they're the first to provide meaningful feedback on why the talks weren't selected and what they think are key improvement points. And that's great!

Had to share this today: youtu.be/RQ9Losfmbfw

Even linkedin is starting to get it

🐌🚀 Speed up @maven.apache.org builds! My new post shows how using Reactor Modules for #ParallelProcessing unlocks 👇 ✅ Parallel Builds ✅ Dramatic Speedups ✅ Better Architecture Read the guide: blog.bmarwell.de/2025/04/24/f... #Maven #Java #BuildTools #SpeedUp #SnailToRocket #Performance