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Maarten Mulders 💙💛

@mthmulders.bsky.social

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Architect, developer, trainer & speaker @ Info Support. Also Java Champion and Oracle ACE Pro. Other: food, music & photography. Views are my own; interpretations are yours.

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 13h

Hope to see you in Paris again, @aheritier.net!

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 19h

At least, this year we had some properly-sized #DevoxxFish again! Thank you @ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social for capturing the moment!

Maarten on stage at Devoxx, his arms widely spread, as if to show how big an imaginary fish was.

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 21h

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!

Why I am not afraid AI will take my job (Devoxx BE)

Large language models (LLMs) are here to stay. So is their impact on many professions. Our work in IT is no exception to that rule. Some doomsayers pred…

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 21h

Another question was dealing with integration tests not running in parallel. That's a bit harder to answer without seeing the actual setup. One thing to check: are you running those with Surefire or with Failsafe?

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 21h

One question I got through the #Devoxx app: where did you run Jaeger? In my setup, I have used the "jaeger-all-in-one" Docker image on my local machine. You can also connect Maven to an existing OpenTelemetry Collector if you have one readily available.

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 1d

Slides should be visible in the Devoxx app. They're also available at speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/a.... Enjoy! #snail2rocket

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 1d

Now I have the song stuck in my head, thank you!

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Sandra Ahlgrimm @sandraahlgrimm.bsky.social · 1d

Why MCP

Fun at Devoxx with Lize, Dimitris, @glaforge.dev and @jdubois.bsky.social

@devoxx.com @langchain4j.dev

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 1d

1 down, 1 still to go #Devoxx #speaking

Thanks, everyone, for joining early Thursday morning to learn about speeding up your @maven.apache.org builds. Remember: there is no silver bullet. Apply common engineering practice: measure, analyse, improve.

Slides to follow soon!

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 3d

Yay for more perspectives!

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 3d

One doesn't simply attend (or speak) @devoxx.com without posting this picture

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, super annoying. At least I got one step further - I now know *why* the domain was deactivated. Now I need to restore it, but it requires the cooperation of the domain name registrar.

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 4d

I wish I knew! Last Friday, it was made inactive as a result of an "accuracy verification procedure". I'm trying to figure out what that means, how I could've prevented it and how I can restore my domain, but haven't heard yet.

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 4d

This also affects my personal website & blog. As of this weekend, please refer to mthmulders.nl.

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Lars Rosenquist @calvobianco.com · 5d

There’s no magic 8-ball behind Generative AI. It’s transformer architecture. It can do lots of things, but intelligent or sentient it is not.

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not saying it like it's a good thing, more of an observation. One that increasingly annoys me.

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 6d

If you're trying to reach me over email and getting delivery failures, thank Italian bureaucracy. They've decided to cancel my domain name. Reach out in DM for alternative means of getting into touch.

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 6d

For most conferences, the audience *is* paying already. So why tell them ads?

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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news! 🎉 Oracle ACEs will be presenting at #Devoxx Belgium 2025 from October 6–10, sharing their latest insights and expertise with the developer community. 🌍✨
Check out the full lineup and register to be part of one of Europe’s leading tech conferences!
🔗 devoxx.com/events/dvbe25
#OracleACE

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 22d

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

Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 22d

#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!