"Agile, How It Became Less Agile?" — Mark Heckler youtube.com/shorts/rMdex... This was a small snippet from a fun, and hopefully thought-provoking, keynote I was honored to deliver @confoo 2025.

I've resigned from my position as Senior Director of Field Engineering at Moderne. I have a few pet projects I plan to nurture & guide and going forward, I'll only choose things to which I feel I can contribute most meaningfully. Best to all, let's make 2026 AMAZING!

Today on Code Remix Weekly, find out how to detect and fix quantum-vulnerable code across massive systems with Moderne's LST-powered analysis and PQC readiness workflows with guest @mkheck.bsky.social.💪 🔴 Watch at 21:00 CET / 3 PM ET.

Join us!! It will be a fun and informative chat among us all, made all the better by you being there!

Migrating to Java 25 doesn't have to be a nightmare. 👻 🎃 No tricks here! Watch how it's done in under 5 minutes.

In this article featured in @infoworld.bsky.social, @mkheck.bsky.social explores what makes OpenRewrite tick, enabling automated, reliable code transformation—and how Moderne scales this power for enterprise codebase evolution. 🦋 Full article:

From dev to deploy, containers are reshaping the way we build. At #Devnexus, @mkheck.bsky.social broke down what it means to go containers all the way down—and why it matters for every developer. Recap here ⤵️ devnexus.org/posts/contai... 🚀 Don’t miss Devnexus '26 is where innovation happens live!

#OpenRewrite v8.61.1 is here! 🚀 ✅ Upgrade to JUnit 6 🌟 `@InlineMe` annotation & recipe 🐘 Rework Gradle dependency model 📦 `classpathFromResources` for Refaster 🗓 Add annotations to TypeTables 🍃 Expand Spring coverage 🐛 Many small fixes Thanks to all contributors! 🙇 github.com/openrewrite/...

Tune into Code Remix Weekly today as @mkheck.bsky.social joins to explore all things Spring AI!🍃 🔴 Watch live today at 21:00 CEST / 3 PM ET.

Join us for a fun and hopefully enlightening #ai adventure! We’ll talk, code, and marvel at the fit and misfits of AI in our world. 😁 Follow the link, click “notify me” for a reminder, and I’ll look forward to seeing you there! 😃🙌🍃🤖

Up next at #KCDC2025: @mkheck.bsky.social with his talk “AI 202: Next-level AI Mastery for Java Developers”. Currently describing how testing AI responses is difficult to do in a way that brings confidence.

Let's make the world of software, and by extension the world in general, a quantifiably better place.

Visionary organizations identify opportunities, then look for ways to increase capacity to take advantage of those opportunities.

#Java peers... @mkheck.bsky.social + @moderneai.bsky.social = get your popcorn ready! It's gonna be an amazing combination!

We're absolutely thrilled to have you join the team!🎉 Looking forward to the impact we'll make together. 🤝

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @moderneai.bsky.social, creators of @openrewrite.github.io, as Senior Director of Field Engineering! Automated refactoring, analysis, and transformation at scale. Learn more: www.moderne.ai Truly honored to join such an amazing team doing amazing things!

It seems the future of agentic platforms will be more deterministic by leveraging traditional automation techniques. In this case Claude Code is adding support for lifecycle hooks, which allow you to write shell commands to ensure certain actions always happen. docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/clau...

Microsoft laid off this legend. Catch him while you can ….

hire this legend

Hire Mark! He is not only a great advocate and speaker, but a wonderful person.

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!

Expanded response timeout to allow Editor agent to go deeper. Repos at the end of the article. #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 15: Application Security thehecklers.com/2025/04/appl... Content generation & editing using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor!

Whoo, this is a big one! All critiques included & repos at the end of the article. ✅ #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 14: Observability & Performance thehecklers.com/2025/04/obse... Content generation & editing using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor!

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 12: Development Tools (done two ways!) thehecklers.com/2025/04/deve... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Now using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor. SO MANY CHANGES! 1/2 🧵

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 11: #Architecture and #AppModernization thehecklers.com/2025/04/arch... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Currently using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

New post! #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 10: Cloud-native #Java thehecklers.com/2025/04/clou... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Currently using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 9: AI-assisted Development thehecklers.com/2025/04/ai-a... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Returned to using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences. Onward!

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 8: Java with Generative AI and LLMs thehecklers.com/2025/04/java... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. For this post, using gpt4-o on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 7: Bikeshedding thehecklers.com/2025/04/bike... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Now using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; increased post length to 15 sentences.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 6: The rise of techno-tribalism in the digital age. thehecklers.com/2025/04/the-... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code polishing.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 5: Now, for some "CONS of using #SSE for Model Context Protocol (#mcp) Servers"! thehecklers.com/2025/04/cons... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code cleanup, no change in guidance.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, day 3: Pros of using #SSE for Model Context Protocol (#mcp) Servers thehecklers.com/2025/03/pros... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code cleanup, no change in guidance.

#Agentic #AI blog writing, day 3: Using A to generate blog content thehecklers.com/2025/03/usin... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code polishing, no change in guidance. Added token counts at the bottom of the post for reference. #️⃣

#Agentic #AI blog writing, day 2: REST vs. MCP: Unlocking AI Interaction Potential thehecklers.com/2025/03/rest... 100% agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code polishing, no change in guidance. Stay tuned as things progress!

This week at #JavaOne I had the privilege and honor of sharing the keynote stage with @mkheck.bsky.social. We predented a bit of what #Microsoft sees as the present and future of application development in #Java with #AI. Watch the recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_2...

JavaOne 2025 Wrap up Day 1 Microsoft Keynote #javaone #java @brunoborges.bsky.social @mkheck.bsky.social

Absolutely an honor to tag team with @brunoborges.bsky.social on this. Great material and great fun, check it out!

Working through the meaning of life with @mkheck.bsky.social

Now on stage @mkheck.bsky.social at #JavaOne

Now on stage @mkheck.bsky.social with a live demo of Spring AI and GitHub Copilot #JavaOne

Last talk of the day at another amazing @devnexus.bsky.social edition by @mkheck.bsky.social

🚨 NEW VIDEO ALERT! 🚨 My colleague Ayan Gupta has released "Java in Containers: Deploying Your First ACA App Using Azure Portal" Just curious or need a vector check? Ayan makes it easy to use Azure Container Apps. youtu.be/VY_oVxg8ocg?... Get free Java+containers refcard: aka.ms/javalearn

Finishing strong @confooca.bsky.social with a great keynote by @mkheck.bsky.social

I am giving a talk about the Netty framework today at 10 am at Confoo 2025 in Montreal #confoo

Spring Boot at Confoo 2025 #confoo

Always happy to share, I have always been (and remain) a huge fan!

Ever made a retro arcade game? Would you like to? We are hosting an arcade hack day on the 1st of March and would love to have you join us! For more information (and to register) please have a look at the form below. 👉 buff.ly/40TYBk5

🚨 NEW VIDEO ALERT! 🚨 My colleague Ayan Gupta just dropped a video: "Java in Containers: Prerequisites." It's packed with tips on containerizing Java apps and deploying to Azure Container Apps. Don't miss it! Watch here: youtu.be/R27Coj3Lsv4?... Get free Java+containers refcard: aka.ms/javalearn

🚨 NEW VIDEO ALERT! 🚨 Check out this quick vid from teammate Ayan Gupta on "Java in Containers: Intro to ACA Architecture & Components". Ayan talks tablestakes for your prod app w ACA as an example. Pls like+subscribe! 👍 youtu.be/t9Uq8SZ2FFE?... Get free Java+containers refcard: aka.ms/javalearn

#Java peers, Happy to see @microsoft.com #Azure as the top-level Diamond sponsor at #JavaOne 2025. Register now and hear from @mkheck.bsky.social @bbenz.bsky.social and more. javaone.com