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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a wrap for day one of #SocratesBE
Here’s a FOMO inducing photo of today’s marketplace.
What you don’t see is Vincent’s legendary lightning talk on Limburgse Vlaai. That happened Thursday evening already.

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Mathias Verraes @mathiasverraes.bsky.social · 4d

1/ Experiments are useful to learn what's possible, to discover your blind spots, to generate optionality (aka the availability of options even when you don't need them), and to allow innovation. Without experimentation for the sake of discovery, there's no science, art, philosophy.

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 3d

I was wondering the same thing. When you know it’s a human that wrote it, there’s empathy: “whoever wrote this was under lots of constraints at the time and I’ve been there myself once. I’m happy to fix this code that does something valuable”.
But I can’t apply that when it was vibe coded.

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 4d

Cheeky :)

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 4d

What is keeping _your_ teams from using Kotlin? Wrong answers only.

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dan @danabra.mov · 15d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

overreacted.io

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 15d

Hmm. There’s also Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, or Jennifer’s Body.

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 16d

We watched Barbarian the other day and I can recommend it. Horror yes, sci-fi no.

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 17d

Too bad there isn’t an action shot of @serranofp.com acting out a Venn diagram with his entire body to explain Union Types. #NeverForget 😉❤️

KTConf @ktconf.bsky.social · 17d

The photos of our first edition are up over at ktconf.be/photos
Feeding your FOMO so you decide to come next year. 😬

Photos KtConf 2025

View all photos from our amazing event

ktconf.be

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for sharing. That’s also my experience. We’ve been doing that for 4 years in my current team of 8 and organize ourselves in pairs to “swarm” on a feature. We first mob to define contracts. Sometimes there still are conflicts but they’re only really bad when we didn’t communicate well enough

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 18d

Curious to learn what your experience with it was like. Is it different from how you’re working today?

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 18d

I’m not saying it’ll fix your merge conflicts, but trunkbaseddevelopment.com is a thing that you might want to try at some point.

Trunk Based Development

A portal on this practice

trunkbaseddevelopment.com

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 20d

😭

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Simon Vergauwen @vergauwensimon.bsky.social · 22d

I had an amazing time connecting with everyone at KtKonf! And Looking forward to building a stronger Kotlin community in Belgium together.

Special shout out to @sch3lp.bsky.social for taking the initiative, and everyone for making this happen ❤️

Hope to see you all again soon!

KTConf @ktconf.bsky.social · 22d

Couldn’t be happier with yesterday’s 1st edition of KTConf.be.

Some quick stats:
We had a total of 59 Kotlin fans attend, including 8 speakers, of which 5 international ones.

Big shout out to Kunlabora, Triple D, DPG Media, PTV Logistics and of course @jetbrains.com for their amazing support.

KTConf 2025

Belgium's Premier Kotlin Conference

KTConf.be

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · 29d

This was such a fun evening! Thanks for giving me the stage for a little bit. #OneJvm 💜

Loïc Magnette @lomagnette.bsky.social · 29d

Second talk of the night at @bejug.bsky.social 👉 @sch3lp.bsky.social on #Java for #Kotlin developers.
Bridging two worlds, one JVM 🌍☕💜

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · Sep 9

This ended up being a massive spoiler for me but I still laughed my ass off seeing it.

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Elias Nogueira 🇧🇷🇳🇱 @eliasnogueira.com · Sep 5

The new @bejug.bsky.social season is here! 🎉
They are back at IBA in Louvain-la-Neuve!

✨ @kevindubois.com – Creating AI-infused (Agentic) Apps, the Easy Way
✨ @sch3lp.bsky.social – Java for Kotlin developers

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RSVP:

Creating AI-infused (Agentic) Apps, the Easy Way 🤙 + Java for Kotlin developers, Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

The holidays are officially over, and September is here. But don't worry, the good news is that **BeJUG** is back and ready to kick off the new season! We're starting thin

www.meetup.com

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · Aug 29

See you there!

Loïc Magnette @lomagnette.bsky.social · Aug 29

The @bejug.bsky.social ‬ season is officially underway! 🎉 Join us for our next meetup at IBA in Louvain-la-Neuve.

We have two great talks:
- @kevindubois.com : AI apps with Java
- Tim Schraepen: Java for Kotlin devs

Food, drinks, and networking included! More info: www.meetup.com/belgian-java...

Creating AI-infused (Agentic) Apps, the Easy Way 🤙 + Java for Kotlin developers, Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

The holidays are officially over, and September is here. But don't worry, the good news is that **BeJUG** is back and ready to kick off the new season! We're starting thin

www.meetup.com

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Sébastien Deleuze @seb.deleuze.fr · Jul 24

The « Building a RESTful Web Service » #Spring guide is now available in #Kotlin in addition to Java. We are collaborating with JetBrains to add Kotlin code snippets to the 10 most popular guides. spring.io/guides/gs/re...

Getting Started | Building a RESTful Web Service

Learn how to create a RESTful web service with Spring.

spring.io

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Ivan “CLOVIS” Canet @ivcanet.bsky.social · Jul 3

Join us this September!

ktconf.be/speakers/iva...

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KTConf @ktconf.bsky.social · Jul 2

KTConf 2025 schedule is live! 🗓️🔥
Talks by Ivan Canet, Simon Vergauwen, Duncan McGregor, Alejandro Serrano Mena and others.

🎤 Kotlin, FP, MongoDB, and smart code insights.
📍 Sept 19 – Terhills Hotel, Belgium
🎟️ Tickets available: ktconf.be

#ktconf #kotlin #devconference #programming #belgium

KTConf 2025

Belgium's Premier Kotlin Conference

ktconf.be

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · Jun 6

Reminds me a lot of the GreenHeart in Thornwatch: gamesaplunder.com/products/tho...

Thornwatch: Eyrewood Adventures

Thornwatch is a graphic novel adventure game for 2-5 players and a Judge. Players are manifestations of the Thornwatch: scarred veterans of the Eyrewood who now live as spirits summoned by the ancient...

gamesaplunder.com

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · May 26

Sound for reference. I bet you'll recognize it when you hear it. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Metal Gear Solid Alert Sound Effect

YouTube video by Matteo's Sound Stuff

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Tim Schraepen @sch3lp.bsky.social · May 26

Anybody else has that MetalGearSolid alert sound play in their head when they read `!!`? #kotlin #bangbang

A screenshot from a SpringBoot http POST-handler in IntelliJ, showcasing Kotlin's nullability escape character: !! aka the "bang-bang" operator

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · May 23

Strengthening Kotlin for backend development: @jetbrains.com partners with the Spring team! 🎉

🤝 This strategic partnership is a part of our continued efforts to make Kotlin a top choice for professional server-side work.

Read the full news: blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/...

Strengthening Kotlin for Backend Development: A Strategic Partnership With Spring | The Kotlin Blog

We’re excited to announce a deepened collaboration between JetBrains and the Spring team as part of our continued efforts to make Kotlin a top choice for professional server-side work.

blog.jetbrains.com

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