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Max Rydahl Andersen
@maxandersen.xam.dk
Quarkus co-lead - Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat. Creator of https://jbang.dev
I must honestly say I lived most of my 50 or so years on this planet in peace and always wondered how citizen of countries being on edge of war must feel.

I never thought it would be US that would teach me.

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'It would be war' | LBC
Danish politician, Rasmus Jarlov, has a message for the United States over their possible annexation of Greenland. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App:…
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January 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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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
JavaScript (No, Not That One): Modern Automation with Java
Discover how modern Java has evolved into a powerful scripting language, eliminating boilerplate and enabling instant execution for automation tasks
lomagnette.github.io
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Its a new year - how about coming to work on the Quarkus team ?

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location: Dublin/Ireland
Java Senior Software Engineer
IBM Application Services and Middleware is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team with a focus on integration of Cloud Kubernetes and CI/CD technologies within the…
ibmglobal.avature.net
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
@hschreiber.bsky.social do you still work on japlscript? Got cli working and calendar bindings. Where to push it?
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Robin Tegg wrote a few reasons to give @jbang.dev and @jreleaser.org a try for your next project.

robintegg.com/2026/01/04/j...
JReleaser - Practice makes perfect
A Java developer. Based in Leeds, England. Has interest in Software Architecture, Testing, Automation, Tooling and UI design.
robintegg.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎯 2026: Let's make it the Year of Java in the Terminal

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2026: The Year of Java in the Terminal - @maxandersen
Look, I’m going to say something that might sound crazy to some of you: Java deserves to be better in the terminal. And 2026? That’s going to be ...
xam.dk
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
JBang 0.135.1 release is out which is a bugfix release so I could make JBang based Homeassistant add-ons just work.

Now...what would you build?
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Please be AI please be AI …
trump picks up medal in a weird but Trump normal way. Fuck. Not ai.

How blatantly corrupt.
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I was told to create a Bluesky account to talk about Javelit.
Here you go.
Javelit - A faster way to build data apps in Java
Create interactive data applications in minutes using Javelit. Embed your app in your existing Java project or run it standalone.
javelit.io
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
recording progress here: github.com/maxandersen/...
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This year’s JVM Programming Advent Calendar is open for business at https://www.javaadvent.c... Every day, a new post awaits. I enjoy this eclectic overview of what is new in the Java ecosystem.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

Using LLM one shotted for both parts. Lets see how far I can go this way as I'm too busy spending the time needed as we get closer to xmas :)
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
adventofcode.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"

Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Make pacman in terminal or anything else with Java?

Everyone: ?!

JBang: hold my drink...
jbang.dev JBang @jbang.dev · Nov 28
Latest JBang brings AI improved init:
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
JBang released with new features:

Deps search, print main methods if none found, jdk exec and AI for init methods now works without preview and autodiscovery for openai, googleai, opencode and more.

jbang init Tetris.java make a Tetris game

github.com/jbangdev/jba...
Release v0.134.2 · jbangdev/jbang
Almost too much... Bunch of small fixes and a few "big" features in this round, deps, jdk exec, JBang AI and beginnings of native image build of jbang. deps add & deps search You can now use jbang ...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
One shot gpt-5.1 with upcoming jbang init AI customization.

jbang gist.github.com/maxandersen/...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Passed over 500.000 version checks at jbang.dev/usage

Doubled in less than 90 days.

Happy Friday :)
JBang Usage
Below is a visualization of recent version checks done by JBang users the last 90 days.
jbang.dev
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support.

I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
#opensource #opentowork | Andres Almiray
Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support. I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland (...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
My Moonlander Mark I keyboard I've had for 4+ years suddenly have a dead column (3,E,D,C,<) ...

Now typing on my 26 year old Logitech iTouch Keyboard - everything works...but I have to keep my hands in middle ... will be interesting to see if my back/shoulder pain will return.
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I wish I could start work in cursor locally on my laptop and then when I need to or feel like going on a walk or drive tell it to continue as agent in their cloud. Feels like should be possible but not finding it. Am I blind?
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Quarkus continues to focus on native for swift start-up time and low memory footprint. Learn more in By Severin Gehwolf's blog post, "Continued Focus on Native"

quarkus.io/blog/continu...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Spot on. Native image might not be perfect but it’s much easier to apply and make consistent across the broad use cases Java applies.
Good explanations from @0.5ritter.de about the diffs between Leyden and GraalVM. I think an important thing to surface is that Leyden requires steps which are not easily integrated in a build pipeline: you need to build an app, then profile it, then build the AOT cache, then repackage.
Part 5: Project Leyden, Babylon, Panama - TornadoVM

At Devoxx Belgium 2025, @frankdelporte.be took the camera and microphone to talk with several speakers and visitors: Moritz Halbritter, John Cecerralli, Christos Kotselidis, Michalis Papadimitriou 🎙️☕️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_d...
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you want to stay sane while using windows builders on github actions just always use gradle --no-daemon ...

Don't tell me why I know - just know if I had just used gradle --no-daemon everywhere I would have slept much more the last few days
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Maybe I’m being too naive here…but how is this different from number of users using goggle search ? Difference afaics is ChatGPT can detect it and actually counter it.
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM