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Tom Cools
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DevRel @Timefold | Conference (Keynote) Speaker 🗣️ | #Java Champion | @BeJUG Organizer | Kind of a weird guy 😅
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Nov 28
Suddenly there is a 1000 of you following me! Welcome 😁

I'm Tom, geeky guy from Belgium, very passionate about programming with a heavy focus on
#java
technologies. I post about software development, public speaking and career.

Glad to have you here! <3
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 2h
Enjoy the island! 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 1d
A @kevlin.bsky.social during my informal #speakertour after the @devoxx.com conference! Seen on the Meir shopping street.

Spotted by @lomagnette.bsky.social, picture by @hanneslowette.net. 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 1d
Most welcome! 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 5d
Yeah... You as well I thought? Alex, Josh... 😅
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 6d
First talk of my #devoxx, @mydeveloperplanet.com talking about...what else... AI agents.
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 6d
This is the way 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 6d
Excellent choice! See you soon.
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 6d
#Devoxx talk trial run in front of a "live" audience. 😅 If you are at the conference, do say hello when you see me. 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 18d
Better be sure and just submit it 😉. Even if there already is one... another one to review doesn't hurt.
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 19d
Bring me MORE! 😅 #jfokus #cfp
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 20d
Suggest the room yourself? With some friends? 😊
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 20d
Been reviewing submissions for @jfokus.se and while I've seen a lot of great talks pass by, I can't shake the feeling there are some viewpoints missing. 😉

So don't hold back your quirky, silly, weird or serious ideas for talks and submit them anyway! sessionize.com/jfokus-2026.
Jfokus 2026: Call for Speakers
Jfokus is a general topics conference for a developer and tech audience. Jfokus conference, set to take place on February 2-4, 2026, at Stockholm Wate...
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 20d
About as German as you are Finnish. 😅
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 20d
Nope, Vergauwen belongs to Belgium mostly. 😅 I am surrounded by these people since I live in the green area.
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Sep 9
# Meetup telling me interesting group in Belgium no longer has an organizer.

Me:
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Sep 1
Not me FOMO submitting to #jfall on the very last day 🤣.

If you haven't yet, you got a couple more hours to do so! It's a great conference!
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Belgian Bluesky Wins @belgianblueskywins.bsky.social · Aug 22
Tom Cools - DevRel @Timefold | Conference (Keynote) Speaker 🗣️ | #Java Champion | @BeJUG Organizer

@tomcools.be
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18
Our team managed to some on the rebound. Yearly stress moment is behind us again! 😅
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18
What was that, like.. 3 seconds? 😅
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18
45 more minutes folks! 😅
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Devoxx Belgium @devoxx.com · Aug 17
reg.devoxx.be/event/dvbe25 🔥🚀👀
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 7
"Change of heart" is a nice way to express it.

Like: "I'm usually not a person who likes to insult, but I shrunk my heart three sizes and now I'm gonna be a little bit of grinch towards happy people who live in icy landscapes"
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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 5
My 2y old kid out of nowhere tells me to "Dad, sit" in the middle of the floor. (He had never asked me to sit before)

Then he just had the biggest smile as he gave me a hug.

Little man just wanted me within hugging range/on a hugging level.
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Ana-Maria Mihalceanu @ammbra1508.bsky.social · Aug 4
Amazing news 💥!!!

JavaOne returns in March 2026 ❣️
Checkout all its details and save the date 🎉!!!
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Sharat (Shar) Chander @sharatchander.bsky.social · Aug 4
#Java peers, #JavaOne IS BACK AGAIN IN 2026 (March 17-19). Read our blog to learn more and sign up w/interest if you want to attend, speak, or sponsor: social.ora.cl/6011fdkbH
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