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Ted M. Young (he/him) aka @JitterTed

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#Java coach/consultant/streamer. Maker of "JitterTed's TDD Game" https://tdd.cards Live streaming my coding mistakes at https://JitterTed.Stream and https://JitterTed.TV #Refactoring #JUnit #TDD #TestableArchitecture #DomainDrivenDesign #Ensembling #LGM

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Ted M. Young (he/him) aka @JitterTed @ted.dev · Nov 14

The "Refactoring" Expansion to tdd.cards is going into Play Testing soon! I think it's going to be fun and instructive (and fun).

If you buy a physical copy of the game now, you'll get a discount on the expansion.

You'll also get early access to the online version.

#TDD #Refactoring #BoardGames

JitterTed's TDD Game by Ted M. Young

Have fun learning how to do Test-Driven Development with JitterTed's TDD Game!

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 13h

This Brian Potter post provides a thorough break down of the data on rising pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/construc...

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

open.substack.com

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Maarten Mulders 💙💛 @mthmulders.bsky.social · 13h

Slides should be visible in the Devoxx app. They're also available at speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/a.... Enjoy! #snail2rocket

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Gitte Klitgaard @nativewired.com · 13h

Last week I spoke at Agile Cambridge, and it was great being back.

I arrived in 18 degrees so started with a walk on campus :)

As always the people and the discussions were the best parts. Some people I had not seen since before the pandemic, some were new, and some I got closer to 💕

#agilecam

Art outside a building. It consists of three tall triangular stone shapes in dark grey with various squares and stripes in lighter grey

Pathway next to a building with a alley of trees

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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 14h

I'm (finally) working on new articles/talks.

As a part of that, I'd like to hire a new artist for every article to create a unique hero image for each piece

Do you all have any resources/sites to find artists for these purposes these days?

I'd also like to hire those most in need of work.

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Oliver Drotbohm @odrotbohm.de · 14h

Here are the slides of my “Domain-centric? Why Hexagonal, Onion, and Clean Architecture Are Answers to the Wrong Question” #Devoxx session.

Domain-centric? Why Hexagonal, Onion, and Clean Architecture Are Answers to the Wrong Question

To separate technical from domain code, architectural approaches like Hexagonal or Onion Architecture are currently all the rage. However, discussions a…

speakerdeck.com

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 1d

People do not want to admit how dangerous driving is because it undermines their entire reality. So they pretend speed limits are about money.

Brigid Howe @bnhowe.bsky.social · 1d

And when we try to make changes, neighbors organize with rhetoric like this. Kemp Mill Civic Association is riling up fear of having to pay tickets (avoidable by not speeding) while people are killed on these roads. It’s disgusting.

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Oliver Drotbohm @odrotbohm.de · 14h

Here are the slides of my “What's New in Spring Modulith?” #Devoxx session… 🍃📦 speakerdeck.com/olivergierke...

What's new in Spring Modulith?

Spring Modulith is a relatively new addition to the Spring ecosystem and guides developers in structuring their applications to create more maintainable…

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Newcrafts Conference @newcrafts.bsky.social · 18h

A learning hour is a short training session for a group of software developers. Each one has a specific learning goal - an idea to discuss or a skill to practice. Technical coaches and senior developers can use these as a regular opportunity to level-up their teams.
👉 Join: buff.ly/YlEEVtg

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 15h

Never forget the time Rush's Geddy Lee posted a selfie with this mug

Geddy Lee looking into the camera and holding a mug that says FUCK OFF UNTIL I GET COFFEE

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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 20h

Are you a technical leader with too much on your plate? Are you burning out?

Hey, maybe you’re not actually super-human? Maybe the amount you’re trying to do is not possible?

Read my latest post for one simple tip that might help. >>>

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 21h

"where for some the mantra is 'one feature per release', we might instead practice 'one hypothesis per experiment'. The learning’s from each experiment are fed back into another pass, where we formulate a new hypothesis if ours was refuted by the data."

codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/i...

If Releases Are Experiments, What’s Your Hypothesis?

A view I share with a small but growing number of people is the idea that software releases are experiments. An experiment needs a hypothesis, and that hypothesis needs to be falsifiable – ot…

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OpenRewrite by Moderne @openrewrite.github.io · 1d

Tune into Code Remix Weekly today when sharatchander.bsky.social (Oracle) takes us through the milestone Java 25 release, from key improvements and updates to the future direction of the language.☕️

🔴 Watch at 21:00 CEST / 3 PM ET. buff.ly/61eQukr

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Oliver Drotbohm @odrotbohm.de · 1d

The recording of my yesterday‘s “Tactical Domain-Driven Design with #Java and #Spring” at #Devoxx is already up on YouTube… youtu.be/k3o1nSh3g2Q?... ☕️🍃⚗️ #DDD #jMolecules

Tactical Domain Driven Design with Java and Spring by Oliver Drotbohm

YouTube video by Devoxx

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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 21h

Are you in a technical leadership position? Do you worry you’re not technical enough?

You’re not alone! It’s an incredibly common concern, and it can have a huge negative impact on your ability to do your job effectively.

Your career is worth investing in. >>>

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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 19h

Hey, fancy a day out in Manchester? There’s a great new event called Outpace Conf, created by Softwire and happening next Thursday in central Manchester.

I’ll be speaking about ensemble programming (aka mob programming)...

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Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 21h

An interesting observation - the people I see most optimistic about the impact of AI (aside from those selling it, of course) tend not to have held roles that involve working in teams, leading organisations, or being accountable for delivery.

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Arjen Poutsma @poutsma.bsky.social · 22h

My Devoxx talk "A Long Spring: 19 Years of Living with Your Past Mistakes" has been published on YouTube.
Enjoy!

A Long Spring: 19 Years of Living with Your Past Mistakes by Arjen Poutsma

YouTube video by Devoxx

www.youtube.com

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Ana-Maria Mihalceanu @ammbra1508.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you to everyone who joined our session on boosting Java performance with Project Leyden, Java 25, and Spring Boot! 🚀

@0.5ritter.de and I hope that you will apply the optimizations and tips we shared today. The slides we used:
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/su...

#JDK25 #SpringBoot #Performance

Supercharge your JVM performance with Project Leyden and Spring Boot

Many modern applications and tools rely on Java. Yet, their startup time and time-to-peak performance remain challenging, especially for microservices and Kubernetes workloads that require fast scaling and responsiveness. Project Leyden, an ambitious OpenJDK initiative, aims to overcome these performance bottlenecks. In this session, Ana and Moritz showed how you can take advantage of Leyden’s optimizations using Java 25 and Spring Boot. You also got practical techniques you can apply today, along with a peek into the ongoing work inside Leyden and what that means for the performance of your Java application. - Download as a PDF or view online for free

www.slideshare.net

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Siva @sivalabs.in · 1d

🚀 Introducing the Review Buddy Program!

I’ll review your Java projects on GitHub, share constructive feedback, and record the review to explain the why behind my suggestions 🎥

Want your code reviewed by an expert?
👉 Submit here: github.com/sivaprasadre...

#Java #CodeReview #DevCommunity

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Ted M. Young (he/him) aka @JitterTed @ted.dev · 1d

Good thing @odrotbohm.de’s workshop/talk is a long one for this long flight I’m on…

youtu.be/k3o1nSh3g2Q

#Java #DDD #Modulith #Spring

Tactical Domain Driven Design with Java and Spring by Oliver Drotbohm

YouTube video by Devoxx

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

Former USAID official here.

The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.

It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.

The facts, below. 🧵

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1d

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Adam Bien @adambien.blog · 1d

The Java shorts selection process for tomorrow's Devoxx session "The Best of Java Shorts Show: 100 Snippets in 50 Minutes": is semi-productive. 0 shorts selected, 5 new shorts created. I'm now thinking about building a selection app 😊 See you tomorrow at Devoxx!
#java #devoxx

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Alina Yurenko @alina-yurenko.bsky.social · 1d

My @graalvm.org Native Image deep dive recording is already up: youtube.com/watch?v=1J6m... 🐰🚀

It includes the very public first demo of Project Crema, Open World for Native Image, at 2:19:54 😅

Thank you, @devoxx.com!

All demos and notes are here: github.com/alina-yur/gr...

Deep Dive: GraalVM in Practice by Alina Yurenko

YouTube video by Devoxx

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Anghel Leonard @anghelleonard.bsky.social · 2d

Is "type inference" one of your strong #Java points? If not, then you should Java Coding Problems, Chapter 4
#Java #coding #interview

github.com/PacktPublish...

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Andrew Cairns @acairns.co.uk · 1d

Your data team wants to build reports and dashboards but your events live in an append-only log...

They want a relational schema.

Solution: project events into a dedicated reporting database!

Why? 👇

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