A prompt, tools and a loop are all you need add to an llm to make an AI agent. The magic behind AI agents nicely explained in this blog post "Demystifying the AI agent" inspired-it.nl/blog/demysti...

Hej #Jfokus Join me today at 11:10 in Room A2 to learn how you can level up your Java Streams with Gatherers. www.jfokus.se/talks.html?s...

Digital Waste Spotting Shows Why More Computing Never Solves the Problem by Wilco Burggraaf medium.com/p/digital-wa...

I think all these AI agents should make micro-managers happy. Finally a justified need to provide detailed instructions and check every tiny detail of the outcome. Which is good, maybe they'll get busy there and leave us alone ;-)

Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail https://lalitm.com/post/...

wrote some things I've been thinking about ai ... and it ended up feeling very personal roe.dev/blog/the-go...

Closing the latest chapter in my career. Actively looking to get started with the next one. If you’re looking for a seasoned developer for DevRel, DevOps, and/or engineering roles, let’s chat!

Looking forward to speaking at @jfokus.se 2026! I’ll be presenting “Level Up Your Java Streams with Gatherers” and show how gatherers can make your Java streams even more powerful. 📆 Feb 2–4 📍 Stockholm 🇸🇪 www.jfokus.se/talks.html?s... Rumor has it there are still some tickets available 👀

European alternatives for digital products https://european-alterna... #Europe #sovereignty

Just published a new article on using #Java for scripting ☕ If you’ve ever wanted to automate something quickly but didn’t feel like fighting with Bash or Python syntax… Java might be a better option than you think. Shebangs, single-file execution, @jbang.dev and more 👇 👉 tinyurl.com/h3xskenf

"Ways in which GenAI has changed my (tech) life so far" -> GenAI changed a lot: harder to find quality content, social media flooded with bots, lost communities. But maybe it's making us more human again? #GenAI #TechCommunity

After a year of work, we are happy to share that Spring Framework 7.0 GA is now available! spring.io/blog/2025/11... Time to celebrate, get a bit of rest and help the team to prepare Spring Boot 4.0 GA release planned November 20th 😊 #spring #java

I have a technique I call incompetence-based-mutation-testing. Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass. Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.

What a week! Thank you to all our amazing speakers for taking us to infinity and beyond at #Øredev2025💙🚀 #Innovation #TechCommunity #Techevent

On my way to @oredev.org in Malmö, Sweden! Looking forward to meeting great people and giving my talk, "Level Up Your Java Streams with Gatherers", tomorrow at 1:00 PM #oredev #oredev2025

Will AI take my job? I don't think so, and in my second talk at @devoxx.com yesterday, I explained why. The slides are in the companion app and also at speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/w.... Enjoy!

Best practices to kill your #team proactivity

techtrenches.substack.com/p/the-great-... An eye-opener read for whoever is working with tech and sees the AI hype rise above control.

On my way home from the energizing #JavaCro25 conference. Saw quite some interesting sessions and had great conversations with a lot of amazing people.

Interesting panel discussion on the topic of "Software Development in the Age of AI" as opening session of #JavaCro25

On my way to #javacro in Rovinj Croatia. Will be using quite some transportation modes today:🚶‍♂️ 🚉 🚌 🛫 🚗 ⛴️. I'm only missing out on the typical Dutch bike 🚲

✨ It’s almost time! The first limited batch of Super Early Bird tickets released next week Wed Oct 8 @09:00 CET Speakers: @alina-yurenko.bsky.social @victorrentea.ro @hollycummins.com @venkats.bsky.social @jamesward.com @starbuxman.joshlong.com @jeroenegelmeers.bsky.social amsterdam.voxxeddays.com

🎉 Lights, camera, ACTION! 🎬 - Videos -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYUWh38kUI&list=PLRsbF2sD7JVqG1GRbL7KeFscgt72uLmgI - Photos Day 1 -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/bejug/albums/72177720329329915/with/54820642358 - Photos Day 2 -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/bejug/albums/72177720329329915/

The @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social wrapped up just a few days ago, and what an incredible blast it was! A deep dive into culture & tech that everyone enjoyed to the fullest. Check the comments for the full 2-day photo gallery! Feel free to share & credit! #vdcrete #dimitrisdoutsiopoulos

Highly-recommended reading: The state of HTTP clients in Spring by Brian Clozel spring.io/blog/2025/09... « This is also a good time to reflect on the state of HTTP clients in Spring, so we will use this opportunity to explain an important announcement: we are officially deprecating RestTemplate. »

The final one on stage at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social is @danielroe.dev with a recognizable topic: "Beyond the Framework: Building for the Next Decade of the Web" ##vdcrete25

Let's see how many people fancy some Java Stream Gatherers on a Saturday afternoon at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

Relieved that we're not going to lose our job to AI. At least according to @tedneward.bsky.social showing in his session "Artificial, yes; Intelligent, no." on stage at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

Let's see what we can learn about building a CLI in the session "Building a personal CLI" by @danielroe.dev at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

Now, that's a harcore way to start the weekend. Getting a shot of Java in the session "StructuredTaskScope And ScopedValue - Get The Most Out of Virtual Threads" by Christian Wörz at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

Next up, a comparison between OpenTelemetry instrumentation mechanisms "Java Agent vs. eBPF: A Deep Dive into OpenTelemetry Instrumentation Technologies" by Fabian Stäber at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

The opening slide is already promising. Looking forward to @glycin.bsky.social session "What is multimodal RAG, and can we build a village with it?" at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

That was an interesting session about communication patterns for developers by Zaharenia Atzitzikaki at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

Although I already knew about MCP, I still enjoyed the clear overview of MCP by Alex Shershebnev in his session called "LLMs, Meet Your Tools: The Magic of Model Context Protocol" at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social #vdcrete25

That was a weird, but fun, collection of "esoteric" languages that @tedneward.bsky.social showed in his talk "Busy Developer's Guide to Esoteric Languages" at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social I promise... I won't use these languages in my job ✌️ #vdcrete25

Sander Hoogendoorn is a kind of prophet... He had a slide on outages, while there was actually a power outage on stage at @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social a few minutes before this slide. Oh... and it was great content on "How to survive as a developer in the exponential age of AI" #vdcrete25

The 7 Habits of Effective Java Coding #article Handbook to write productive, secure and high quality #Java code while using Generative #AI dev.to/jonathanvila... #codequality #Sonar #7habits

Excited that I get the opportunity to present at the first edition of @voxxeddayscrete.bsky.social this week In my talk "Level Up Your Java Streams with Gatherers" we’ll dive into Java Streams and see how the Gatherers can make your streams even more powerful. Schedule: m.devoxx.com/events/vdcre...

🚀 We're proud to announce our theme: NEXT Accelerate to the next level! Join us April 1st and 2nd for talks on #Java, #Architecture, #Community & more! 📢 CFP opens Oct 8th 🎟 Super Early Bird tickets on sale Oct 8th at 09:00 Subscribe to the newsletter 👉 amsterdam.voxxeddays.com#newsletter

Thanks to all the speakers, volunteers and participants from 12 countries for another great ING backend summit today - we had such a strong and inspiring program 🤩

📢#Java 25 is now available!📢 Your: ☕️ FREE ☕️ Multi-platform ☕️ Open source ☕️ Production ready ☕️ Binary release ...made available by @Oracle. Learn more ➡️ blogs.oracle.com/java/post/th... #Java25 #JDK25 #OpenJDK

I'm once again looking for awesome speakers and topics for upcoming @rotterdamjug.bsky.social meetup(s). The next one is probably going to be in the week of 27 - 31 October... 👻 🎃 If you're interested, DM me!

We are having a great time at our #Java speakers BBQ / unofficial speaker dinner! 🍖 with @coduinix.bsky.social @maritvandijk.bsky.social @ammbra1508.bsky.social @jlengrand.bsky.social @johanhutting.bsky.social @balarawool.bsky.social @louella.dev

🚀 Ready to get inspired by the tech wizards at Voxxed Days Crete? Here's a sneak peek into the minds that will ignite your passion for innovation! 📍 Mark your calendars and make sure you get one of the last early birds until August 31st  https://crete.voxxeddays.com/speakers/ #Vdcrete #vdcrete25

AI chat memory attacks! See the full video: youtu.be/P2oI6gd0mlo?...

Vibe Coding Is The WORST IDEA Of 2025 | @davefarley77.bsky.social 📅 Tonight @ 7pm (UK) Susbcribe & hit the bell notification 🔔 so you never miss an upload ➡️ youtu.be/1A6uPztchXk

Really looking forward to present at Øredev this year

You may know I’m a big fan of #OpenTelemetry. I noticed massive differences in configuration and results across frameworks inside the same programming language. I want to compare the different 0-code approaches on the #JVM, covering the most widespread.

100+ sessions. 3 days. Malmö. Øredev 2025 is loaded with tech talks that go way beyond buzzwords. Curious minds, this one's for you! 🎟️ Explore the full program and find your spark: 👉 oredev.org/program What session do you have circled in red? 🔴

We are in the middle of the summer but we work hard to make sure that the very first Voxxed Days Crete will be a blast.  Make sure to browse the full speakers list and grab your early bird ticket with a 25 discount https://crete.voxxeddays.com/speakers/ #vdcrete25 #voxxeddayscrete