Brian Demers's Avatar

Brian Demers

@bdemers.io

Father, Geek πŸ€“, Beekeeper 🐝, Java Champion ♨️, and Developer Advocate πŸ₯‘ at Gradle

935
Followers
211
Following
47
Posts
22.06.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Brian Demers @bdemers.io

Preview
AsciiDoc - Callouts A documentation page for AsciiDoc.

Why does GitHub Markdown not support callouts? πŸ˜–
</complaint>

docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoc/lat...

26.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After a few days of looking, I couldn't find my headphones 🎧

I figured if I ordered a new pair, I would find the old pair.

Sure enough... Ordered a replacement, found the old pair 10 minutes later, canceled the order πŸ˜‚

11.12.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just made my lunch using an AI recipe. 🍎πŸ₯£

It sucked… there is probably an analogy in there somewhere πŸ™ƒ

10.11.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
American Airlines Cancel 145 Flights Across United States, Mexico, United Kingdom and More, Leaving Thousand of Passengers Stranded, What You Need To Know - Travel And Tour World American Airlines has canceled 145 flights across the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., and more, leaving thousands stranded. Learn how to navigate the cancellations and what steps to take.

I wish I had noticed this a couple of days ago... 🫣

www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

22.09.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

XDEV is heading to πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @kcdc.bsky.social 2025 (Aug 14-15)! Richard Fichtner will deliver talks on #Maven productivity (with co-speaker @bdemers.io) and #Java modernization. Join him to learn tips for faster builds and #Java updates without overhauling.

Tickets: www.kcdc.info

#kcdc2025

15.07.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a man with a beard is wearing a red and gold iron man costume ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a red and gold iron man costume

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft.

If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you.

Onward and upward!

13.05.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7
Preview
woody from toy story is sitting on a shelf looking at a book that says 1984 Alt: Woody from Toy Story is sitting on a shelf, picking up his limp arm

Tetanus and COVID vaccines yesterday πŸ’‰
One in each arm.

Happy to get the boosters, but I'm sore. 🫩

10.04.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Breaking change: GroupMembership.type and UserGroup.type are now Strings by bdemers Β· Pull Request #781 Β· apache/directory-scimple In previous versions: GroupMembership.type was an enum, containing the canonical values: User and Group UserGroup.type was an enum, containing the canonical values: direct and indriect Those are ...

No worries!

Just a heads up there is a minor breaking change pending for the next release:
github.com/apache/direc...

Hopefully it won't cause any issues on your end!

08.04.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
SCIM Profile for Security Event Tokens This specification defines a set of SCIM Security Events using the Security Event Token Specification RFC8417 to enable the asynchronous exchange of messages between SCIM Service Providers and receive...

Either way we should make sure SCIMple has a test for it. (This patch logic will also be used in the near future with the SCIM related security events)

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ie...

08.04.2025 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup!
I noticed your post on the SCIM mailing list yesterday. Was that related to an issue with SCIMple?

08.04.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hadn't see that before! Very cool
(but I don't think I can handle another time format) 🀣

03.04.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I thought audio books were the only option πŸ™ƒ

03.04.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YES!

01.04.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
mr bean is standing in a field of yellow flowers and asking what time zone are you in . ALT: mr bean is standing in a field of yellow flowers and asking what time zone are you in .

Timezones are hard enough...

When are we going to end daylight savings?

01.04.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a cartoon of a woman using a computer with a screen that says " inventory investigation " on it ALT: a cartoon of a woman using a computer with a screen that says " inventory investigation " on it

I was running into issues with diffoscope on my mac (installed with brew).

Solution: install newer perl (brew install perl)
which brings in a newer version of zipdetails

#reproducible-builds

01.04.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie . ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a very angry face and a tie .

Another day, another notification of my personal information being leaked...

1 year worth of free credit monitoring is not a sufficient consolation prize

17.03.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for coming to the @bostonjavausers.bsky.social @andresalmiray.com!
🍯

12.03.2025 22:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Going to @devnexus.bsky.social is always a great time!

See you next year!

07.03.2025 12:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dog tax photo

Dog tax photo

The pet microchip registry we used just shutdown. 🐾

Anyone have a recommendation for new one in the US?

#coderdogs

14.02.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Youve Earned It Deserve It GIF Alt: You've Earned It Deserve It GIF

Congrats!!!

05.02.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a robot with the number 11 on its back Alt: robots playing soccer/football poorly

My car mechanic uses an AI phone bot (when the lines are busy). πŸ›»

It's _almost_ good, it answered with "Hello Brian"
I could hear fake typing while it was "thinking". πŸ€–

My call was a little off script, so it was still a fail, but it was less frustrating than a phone tree. πŸ€”

22.01.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Joey Joey Tribbiani GIF ALT: Joey Joey Tribbiani GIF

Spent the morning trying to figure out why I couldn't ssh anywhere...

Apparently my `pinentry` was broken 🀷

'brew upgrade' fixed it, but didn't leave me feeling confident...

15.01.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
JChampions Conference Conference organized by Java Champions and featuring Java Champions in the presentations.

#Java peers:
Members of the #Java_Champions program are hosting their annual #JChampionsConf in late Jan w/speakers such as @brunoborges.bsky.social @hanno.codes @horstmann.com @elias-nogueira.bsky.social @kevindubois.com @danieloh30.bsky.social @hollycummins.com

➑️ jchampionsconf.com/index.html

14.01.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes!
Deleting and replacing old code isn't something we talk about enough!

06.01.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a close up of patrick star 's face with his eyes closed ALT: a close up of patrick star 's face with his eyes closed

Welcome back from vacation everyone...

Now to get through a couple weeks of email...

06.01.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a group of hockey players are sitting in a locker room with sticks in their hands . Alt: The Hanson brothers

Played hockey tonight, but I forgot my contacts…

Playing with foggy glasses kinda sucked…
πŸ€“πŸ‘“

05.01.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a macbook is open to a web page that says captcha ALT: a macbook is open to a web page that says captcha

After starting a "Customer Service Chat" with Amazon, it still took multiple messages and four clicks to convince the bot that I wanted to talk to a human...

10.12.2024 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please ping @bmarwell.de if you're local JUG is missing from this pack

27.11.2024 11:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a pair of black headphones on a white and green surface ALT: a pair of black headphones on a white and green surface

New pair of glasses... now wearing headphones hurts.
πŸ‘“πŸŽ§
Any advice?

26.11.2024 19:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
dory from the movie finding dory says i suffer from short term me-memory loss ALT: dory from the movie finding dory says i suffer from short term me-memory loss

Very cool!
I'm going to start trying this out with the camera and flashlight.

I just need to use it before I forget about it...

22.11.2024 11:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0