Tim Schraepen

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Kotlin tricks: Mandatory varargs - Ivan “CLOVIS” Canet Software engineering, open source and computer security

New article!

Did you know #Kotlin has mandatory varargs?

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The AI Vampire This was an unusually hard post to write, because it flies in the face of everything else going on.

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Sébastien Deleuze | KotlinConf 2026, May 20–22, Munich KotlinConf is the official Kotlin conference by JetBrains. It is a place for the community to gather and discuss all things Kotlin.

Looking forward to see you at @kotlinconf.com 2026 with my new talk « Idiomatic Kotlin applications with Spring Boot 4 » where I will share all my related recipes and guidelines.

#spring #kotlin

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GitHub - DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities: A Claude Code skill for deliberate skill development during AI-assisted coding A Claude Code skill for deliberate skill development during AI-assisted coding - DrCatHicks/learning-opportunities

Key to efficient learning is realizing how we ACTUALLY learn, not just what FEELS like learning. I wrote a Claude Skill for some friends to help them think about this and they've liked it -- see Principles for some directions you could explore

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Occam’s razer is telling me the absence of those EAP incompatible plugins are causing the performance gains. 😂

Video die dan ook uitlegt wat dat spel zo moeilijk maakt youtu.be/5e7P4bqo7GU?...

Gamer PTSD triggered toen Els het unbeatable level in The Lion King vernoemde. Dat was dan ook wel de énige correcte motivatie voor een genrieke AI gamer aid. Al de rest simpelweg niet mee akkoord omdat je jezelf ontzettend veel vreugde ontneemt van iets moeilijk te hebben gedaan maar te volharden.

What the fuck?!

What’s going on with Discord?

Belgian Kotlin User Group Vilvoorde, Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup Hi Kotlin enthusiasts! I am happy to be facilitating our **second BEKUG Meetup** at **DPG Media**. We'll figure out what works best for our community as we go along, so y

This Thursday is the first Belgian #Kotlin Meetup of this year @ DPG Media! 8 spots left!

Devs DPG will share how they have adopted #KMP in their iOS and Android apps, and after we’ll have an open space & networking event. It’s going to be super fun.

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You “can” ask for “water from the tap”, which should be free, but nobody does that and the waiter will probably give you a weird look.

That’s on you for ordering water, when you could’ve had beer for the same price!

Came back to the office after quite a while to find this on my desk 😍 @kotlinlang.org #kodee

Belgian Kotlin User Group Vilvoorde, Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup Hi Kotlin enthusiasts! I am happy to be facilitating our **second BEKUG Meetup** at **DPG Media**. We'll figure out what works best for our community as we go along, so y

Thursday 12/02 we’re hosting the first BEKUG MeetUp of 2026 at DPGMedia in Vilvoorde!
Interested or curious about @kotlinlang.org ?
Register for free: meetu.ps/e/PNbwy/sYjb...

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RIP. So sorry for your loss. :(

A Slovenian magazine depicting Trump with oil leaking out of his nose, which makes it look like a Hitler moustache

Strange looking dog that one!

Simplifying Full-Stack Kotlin: A Fresh Take with HTMX and Ktor | Anders Sveen YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains

🚀 Build dynamic web apps without the SPA overhead!
Anders Sveen shows how the combination of HTMX, Ktor, and kotlinx.html can simplify full-stack Kotlin. A must-watch! https://kotl.in/7stxd6

YEEESSSSSS! My prayers have been answered!

Code first. Use ApprovalTests to catch yourself accidentally breaking the contract/schema. This way you don’t get handcuffed by code generation libraries.

Kick-Off Belgian Kotlin User Group, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup Hi Kotlin enthusiasts! I am so hyped to be hosting our first BEKUG Meetup at Kunlabora. This will be an important first time event where we'll welcome you all as members

In 2 weeks we’re kicking off the Belgium @kotlinlang.org User Group with @sch3lp.bsky.social!

The first session since 2019 😍

We’re starting off with a talk, and afterwards we’ll have an open space.

There’ll will be lots of Kotlin and Kodee goodies 😁 See you there!

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Helping Decision‑Makers Say Yes to Kotlin | The Kotlin Blog Want to show Kotlin’s value in plain terms? Learn how to link productivity, quality, and developer satisfaction to measurable ROI.

blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2025/... great blog post that proves why moving to Kotlin is a good choice. @jlengrand.bsky.social and I can vouch for that 😉

Adding Kotlin to a Java project – tutorial | Kotlin

🤔 Curious about Kotlin but worried about rewriting your Java code?

No need – Kotlin and Java work seamlessly in the same Spring project.
Start with a single service and expand from there.

Check out our updated tutorial 👇 https://kotl.in/rzdau2

The reason you might want to optimize for non-google search engines is because I think your target audience mostly doesn’t use google as a search engine anymore.
You can search SEO duckduckgo and check the differences with google. Most seo helps all engines.

🤔Maybe for your blog it’s more interesting to optimize SEO for duckduckgo instead of for Google.