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DaShaun Carter

@dashaun.com

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DaShaun is a struggling triathlete, Raspberry Pi enthusiast, Testcontainer Champion, former professional cheerleader, keynote speaker, and Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom. Deliberately practicing to build, run, and manage, better software, faster.

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Coté @cote.io · 3h

"I would summarize her thesis as such:
Your best marketing and communication should talk about how you make your users awesome, not how you're awesome." https://ma.tt/2025/10/kathy-sierra/

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 2d

OH: They chose the solution that they don't even trust.

DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 3d

OH: "The team of 10k+ developers gave an estimate on the scale 'dev-milleniums'...."

DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 9d

Happy Birthday!

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Coté @cote.io · 9d

Here's slides for the private cloud platform engineering talk I'll be presenting at #CivoNavigate London in about 30 minutes. speakerdeck.com/cote/civonav...

Platform Engineering for Private Cloud, with AI seasoning

Presented at <a href="https://www.civo.com/navigate/london/2025/schedule">Civo Navigate London, September 30th, 2025</a>.

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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · 12d

It's been 5 years since this video ✨

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Devnexus @devnexus.bsky.social · 15d

The "hallway track" can't be streamed 🎯

At #Devnexus, your developers don't just watch - they connect with peers facing similar challenges. Those spontaneous conversations often solve problems faster than any tutorial! 🤝 #TechNetworking #DevProductivity

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Coté @cote.io · 13d

Workers controlling the means of AI ROI // Also, PaaS is still the best. Plus, fun and strange finds from the World Wide Web // my newsletter: newsletter.cote.io/p/workers-co...

Workers controlling the means of ROI

Also, PaaS is still the best. Plus, fun and strange finds from the World Wide Web

newsletter.cote.io

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 13d

You should watch this @starbuxman.joshlong.com video!

youtu.be/ep8IZl8sk5A?...

Resilience Features in Spring Framework 7 and Spring Boot 4

YouTube video by Coffee + Software

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OpenRewrite by Moderne @openrewrite.github.io · 15d

Today on Code Remix Weekly, Kotlin vs. Java: has Java caught up? 🗣️

🔴 Watch the debate live at 21:00 CEST / 3 PM ET.

Code Remix Weekly | Kotlin vs. Java: Has Java Caught Up?

Kotlin exploded in popularity as a more modern, expressive alternative to Java. But with Java 17, 21, and 25 bringing records, pattern matching, and more, is...

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Marcin Grzejszczak @toomuchcoding.com · 16d

Spring Cloud Contract 5 will support WireMock 3 (finally)! Check the blog post for more details toomuchcoding.com/post/2025-09... #SpringCloudContract #WireMock

Spring Cloud Contract, WireMock 3 | TooMuchCoding

Spring Cloud Contract 5 (finally) supports WireMock 3

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 15d

You are exactly right! It has definitely helped with community activation!

github.com/cloudfoundry...

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 15d

There have been 3 releases this year! The project is moving forward! It is definitely getting used in the community. There is still a lot of work to do.

DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 16d

Here it is! Long overdue! #CloudFoundry #Korifi v0.16.0 with #K3s on #Ubuntu 24.04 and @raspberrypi.com

dashaun.com/posts/korifi...

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Frank Delporte @frankdelporte.be · 16d

This was fun, and I learned a lot from @tahvonen.fi again on how to improve a two-year-old #Vaadin + #SpringBoot + #Pi4J application. Links to the code and a recording of the live stream + extra demo video are available on my blog: webtechie.be/post/2025-09...

Live Stream Coding: Improving the Vaadin+Spring+Pi4J demo application with Matti Tahvonen | webtechie.be

webtechie.be

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 17d

Submit your #lightning talk for the next #KansasCityJavaUserGroup October 16th for your chance to win one of the 2 tickets to attend @devnexus.bsky.social in March!

sessionize.com/kansas-city-...

Kansas City Java Users Group: Call for Speakers

The Kansas City Java User Group is a group dedicated to teaching and learning more about the JVM. ...

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Anthony Dahanne @anthony.dahanne.net · 18d

Super happy to announce that #java #paketo #buildpacks now support #java25 !
Have a look at this blog post to start building your OCI images of #spring #boot apps and others with the latest JVM!

blog.paketo.io/posts/paketo...

Paketo Buildpacks add support for Java 25

blog.paketo.io

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 19d

ai.bythebay.io/post/josh-lo...

Josh Long - Hands-On Workshop: Building Agents with Spring AI, MCP, Java, and Amazon Bedrock

Josh has been the first Spring Developer Advocate since 2010. Josh is a Java Champion, author of 7 books (including "Reactive Spring") and numerous best-selling video training (including "Building Mic...

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 20d

#KCJUG was incredible with Phillip Hodges showing us a real-world, in-production, #SpringAI use case.

This group is trending in the right direction!

You should join us next time!

Thanks @garmin and @TEKsystems for sponsoring!

DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · 28d

Have you been following my #CloudFoundry #Korifi on @raspberrypi.com journey?

Did you run into problems trying to use my custom #DaemonSet with the newest versions of @kubernetes.io?

I figured it out. I'll have an updated blog post for #Korifi v0.16.0 on #Ubuntu 24.04 and @raspberrypi.com soon!

#k9s showing #korifi v0.16.0 on #Ubuntu on #RaspberryPi

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Virtual Java User Group @virtualjug.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · Aug 28

Demoing the brilliance of JSpecify and NullAway support in IntelliJ IDEA with #Spring, #Java and #Kotlin at #SpringOne — thanks to Andrei Kogun and @dashaun.com !
Read more in the InteliJ IDEA 2025.2 What’s New: jb.gg/uq8our

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VMware Tanzu @vmwaretanzu.bsky.social · Aug 19

Revolutionize your app journey from idea to code, code to production! Join Tanzu Division VP & GM, Purnima Padmanabhan, @dashaun.com, and Oren Penso at #VMwareExplore 2025 for a deep dive into the latest VMware #Tanzu innovations. brcm.tech/4744LSy

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · Aug 19

a man in a blue tank top is screaming with the words do it in yellow letters

ALT: a man in a blue tank top is screaming with the words do it in yellow letters

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DaShaun Carter @dashaun.com · Aug 18

Yes! @concourse-ci.org released with #ARM support!

blog.concourse-ci.org/posts/2025-0...

v7.14.0 - The First ARM Build of Concourse | Concourse Blog

blog.concourse-ci.org

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