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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 4h

Getting a “kapsalon” in Antwerp.

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Stéphane Nicoll @snicoll.be · 9h

A long spring, 3 core qualities.

@poutsma.bsky.social at #Devoxx

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12h

Good afternoon, #Devoxx. I know that there there are a lot of interesting sessions this afternoon, but only one of them will feature dancing!

You know what to do.

See you in room 4, at 15:00, for my session “A Long Spring: 19 Years of Living with Your Past Mistakes”.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 14h

Listening to The Smiths to get me in the right mood for my presentation this afternoon.

'What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session, 5/18/83)' van The Smiths op Apple Music

Nummer· 1984 · Speelduur 3:13

music.apple.com

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 1d

Goedemorgen Antwerpen!
#Devoxx

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 1d

I certainly have considered that all player characters are idiots, especially as GM.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 3d

Great bollocks of fire.

Am I doing this right?

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, but I set tab width to ⅓, so it all works out.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 3d

I prefer tabs to spaces, to be honest.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 6d

And add another D6 if you’re born in the Netherlands!

Dutch men revealed as world's tallest

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals.

www.bbc.com

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 6d

For my non-comp sci followers: the term algorithm means a lot more than “order in which things show in my timeline”.

It’s pretty much impossible to do programming without using algorithms.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 6d

a cartoon duck is in a white circle on a red background .

ALT: a cartoon duck is in a white circle on a red background .

media.tenor.com

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 6d

Dutch judge rules Meta must offer an “algorithm-free option.”

Finally, software engineering enters the post-algorithm era.

Rechter: Instagram en Facebook moeten algoritmevrije optie krijgen

Bits of Freedom eiste dat in een rechtszaak en kreeg gelijk van de Nederlandse rechter.

nos.nl

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 6d

No worries, Copenhagen.
I will do so tomorrow.

A sticker on a trash can, labeled “Tourists go home”

Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 7d

At #gotocph, you can buy shirts with speaker faces on it. A lovely gift for the family back home, so they remember what you look like.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 8d

One of my first major contributions to Spring, RestTemplate, is finally going away after more than fifteen years of service.

Not a bad run.

Sébastien Deleuze @seb.deleuze.fr · 8d

Highly-recommended reading: The state of HTTP clients in Spring by Brian Clozel spring.io/blog/2025/09...

« This is also a good time to reflect on the state of HTTP clients in Spring, so we will use this opportunity to explain an important announcement: we are officially deprecating RestTemplate. »

The state of HTTP clients in Spring

Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

spring.io

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 8d

On my way to #gotocph, hope to see you there!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 11d

Belgian stew with salad, thick fries, and mayonnaise.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 11d

By the looks of things, they hate you right back.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12d

Finished my slides for next week's GOTO Copenhagen, and Devoxx Belgium the week after.

#Anecdotes #Dancing

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12d

This might be my background showing, but I think throwing a NPE (what requireNonNull does) for a null reference is wrong. An IllegalArgumentException is better.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 12d

Hang on, I always thought that I got free miniatures with my Maoam order!

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 13d

Nomen est omen, they truly are Universal.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 13d

New post: What's in a parameter name?

Frameworks like Spring and Embabel rely on parameter names as a way to implement Convention over Configuration. But in Java and Kotlin, those names are not always available.

I explain the details in this post

#Java #Kotlin #APIDesign #SpringFramework #Embabel

What's in a parameter name? · Poutsma Principles

poutsma-principles.com

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 17d

I can only imagine the stretch goals.

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