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Written by Elric on 2025-01-31 at 15:23

I love #java, I love Checked Exceptions, I love lambdas; but there is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for the treachery that is checked exception handling in lambdas. Argh.

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Written by Elric on 2025-01-12 at 19:23

Suddenly have more free time on my hands. Looking for an interesting FOSS #java project to sink my teeth into. Not interested in AI or annotation-driven programming.

Suggestions and boosts appreciated.

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Written by Elric on 2025-01-09 at 20:56

[#]FOSDEM is nearly upon us. Looks like a bunch of excellent #java folks will be attending. Has anyone planned any pre-FOSDEM Java activities?

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Written by Elric on 2024-12-27 at 12:28

Can we please all agree to stay the fuck away from any code involving Date & Time handling unless you know what you're doing?

I spend way too much time (hah!) cleaning up shit caused by incompetent time handling.

The #java DateTime API (and Joda before), while not terribly ergonomic, has all the components you need. But when I see people convert LocalDate to Instant to Date to Long to subtract a number AND THEN BACK AGAIN, I can't help but feel a wee bit murderous.

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Written by Elric on 2024-11-16 at 21:18

Ah fun with Lenovo again. In need of a new laptop. The P14s Gen 4 AMD is available with a 2.8k screen, but only if you select Windows as an OS. If you configure the machine without an OS, the screen isn't available and you're stuck with 1920x1200.

What the fuck.

I guess their laptop configurator was generated by AI or some such nonsense. Truly awful shopping experience, again.

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Written by Elric on 2024-11-15 at 09:10

Will probably spend my weekend diving into #activitypub implementations. Tempted to run my own mastodon instance, but not a big fan of running Ruby foo. It would be nice if someone had already written a #Java implementation, but I guess that's wishful thinking on my part.

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Written by Elric on 2024-11-09 at 22:35

@cmconseils I found this cute little guillotine in Belgium and I figured you'd like it 😂 🇫🇷

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Written by Elric on 2024-10-14 at 21:27

Quick blog post about a gotcha in InheritableThreadLocal in #java

https://blog.melnib.one/2024/10/14/inheritablethreadlocal-and-bugs/

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Written by Elric on 2024-10-12 at 20:48

Twelve years ago two publishers reached out to me to get me to write a book in the Java sphere. I now regret not taking them up on the offer. I spent a decade working on a great product for a great company, giving it my all, neglecting my personal projects. Then they got acquired and I got booted. The severance package wasn't worth the many sacrifices over the years.

Sometimes I'm a bit slow in realising the important things.

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Written by Elric on 2024-10-11 at 18:24

Back from #devoxx. Great conference as per usual. Lots of interesting talks, to the point that I have a new found appreciation for Oracle and the way they're stewarding #Java.

One negative remark: not enough snacks. First time I've ever LOST weight at a conference.

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Written by Elric on 2024-09-28 at 07:57

I'm getting tired of the direction the EU is taking. #chatcontrol #privacy

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