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IntelliJ IDEA: The Documentary | An origin story
IntelliJ IDEA: The Documentary | An origin story YouTube video by CultRepo

I can highly recommend the @cultrepo.bsky.social documentary celebrating the 25th birthday of @intellijidea.com. It offers so many fascinating insights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kour...

06.03.2026 15:57 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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GitHub - SimonVerhoeven/command-entrypoints Contribute to SimonVerhoeven/command-entrypoints development by creating an account on GitHub.

Standardising project workflows is about more than just automation. It’s about reducing cognitive load and manual repetition.

A look at how command runners (Just, Task, Mise, and more) help streamline environment setup and project orchestration:

github.com/SimonVerhoev...

16.02.2026 20:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's nice to read that Netflix Animation Studios is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron. Blender is such an amazing piece of open-source software.

28.01.2026 03:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Ten Year Anniversary and the Next Five Years for Eclipse Collections Celebrating ten years of Eclipse Collections at the Eclipse Foundation.

When you change open source, open source changes you. Make the change, and celebrate the change in you. #EclipseCollections #Java
donraab.medium.com/the-ten-year...

28.01.2026 02:28 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
JChampions Conference Online Join JChampions Conference Online for epic talks by Java Champions. If you are a Java developer or studying Java then this event is for you

Don't forget to reserve your spot for the annual Java Champions conference at www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions... .

This is a free, four-day event where we can learn from and interact with Java champions.

07.01.2026 16:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I hope everyone has a magnificent 2026.

01.01.2026 09:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Spring Framework 7.0 General Availability Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

Congratulations to the Spring team on the smooth release of version 7: spring.io/blog/2025/11...

13.11.2025 20:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From Cowboy Mode to Careful Stewardship - Inside Java Podcast 41
From Cowboy Mode to Careful Stewardship - Inside Java Podcast 41 YouTube video by Java

It's always a treat to hear @mreinhold.org talk about the stewardship of Java given his 3 decades of experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny4C...

28.10.2025 15:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Special Episode 300 - Cracking the Java Coding Interview #javalanguage #javacoding #javatips
Special Episode 300 - Cracking the Java Coding Interview #javalanguage #javacoding #javatips YouTube video by Java

@josepaumard.bsky.social just released the 300th #codingtip on the Java channel, please do yourself a favour and check out this shorts series with your own cup of coffee www.youtube.com/shorts/gGumO...

15.10.2025 14:51 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

I strongly recommend watching the latest Marco show, which was hosted by @jetbrains.com where he interviews Gavin King, the creator of Hibernate, to gain some insights into its myths and ORMs in general.

02.10.2025 02:55 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Online "OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?" by CoffeeJug! ☕️
Online "OOP vs. Data Oriented Programming: Which One to Choose?" by CoffeeJug! ☕️ YouTube video by CoffeeJug

There are certainly worse things to do after dinner than watch @venkats.bsky.social talk about OOP vs DOP on the CoffeeJUG channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1E8...

25.09.2025 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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GitHub - SimonVerhoeven/java25-demo Contribute to SimonVerhoeven/java25-demo development by creating an account on GitHub.

#Java25 is releasing later today, and once again, we get some new treats. Let's take a look together: github.com/SimonVerhoev... .

16.09.2025 03:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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13.09.2025 13:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
European Commission Publishes a Roadmap on Open Source Software The European Commission has recently published a strategic roadmap titled

Just a reminder that free open-source software has value, and is key to a lot of aspects of our daily life: fermigier.com/blog/2025/07...

30.08.2025 05:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to Upgrade to Java 25 #RoadTo25
How to Upgrade to Java 25 #RoadTo25 YouTube video by Java

An interesting and entertaining watch alongside your favourite beverage on a Sunday morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9azN.... #RoadTo25

24.08.2025 09:19 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Please make sure that you're using a Servlet 6.1-compliant container if you're planning to upgrade to Spring Boot 4 in November. The early bird catches the worm.

23.08.2025 16:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What's New in IntelliJ IDEA Explore IntelliJ IDEA's latest features and updates to elevate your professional Java and Kotlin development experience.

For those using Spring Boot Modulith and @intellijidea.com please do yourself a favour and update to version 2025.2 as it contains some nice enhancements for us: www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsne... .

12.08.2025 15:20 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Java at 30: A Crash Course in its Evolution
Java at 30: A Crash Course in its Evolution YouTube video by Bits & Beans

What do Minecraft, credit cards, and NASA have in common? #Java – and it has just turned 30. To celebrate, we made a short video on how far it’s come and what happens when you run modern code on Java 1.0. Episode 1 is live 🎬 youtu.be/SB8WW-PGClE

26.05.2025 14:11 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Not that it wasn't important before, but with the rising usage of AI tools, I wonder how many developers are regretting creating semantic debt.
For example, `i` over a meaningful variable name, magic numbers, et cetera.

27.05.2025 03:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Microservice guru You see systems as stories – split, scalable, and speaking over HTTP. You don’t build apps. You shape universes.

I am Microservice guru. Unleash your inner Duke and win a limited-edition T-shirt! #Java30WithIntelliJIDEA www.jetbrains.com/lp/java-30/m...

23.05.2025 23:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Spring Boot 3.5.0 available now Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

Spring Boot 3.5 is now available: spring.io/blog/2025/05... . Congratulations to the whole team.

23.05.2025 03:32 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Happy 30th birthday Java #30YearsOfJava . It has certainly been quite the journey.

23.05.2025 03:19 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use | The CLion Blog CLion, a JetBrains IDE, is now free for non-commercial use! Learn more in the blog post.

Great news for C/C++ developers: blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2025/0...

07.05.2025 14:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How Netflix Uses Java - 2025 Edition
How Netflix Uses Java - 2025 Edition YouTube video by Java

Paul Bakker shared a lot of interesting insights at #JavaOne www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpun...

27.04.2025 05:54 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Junie, the coding agent by JetBrains Delegate your tasks, focus on the results

@jetbrains.com coding agent Junie has now entered general availability, why not give it a try? www.jetbrains.com/junie/

17.04.2025 11:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Developer Ecosystem Survey 2025 Take our survey, shape the future, and seize the chance to win a MacBook Pro or other rewards!

It's time to fill in the ninth annual jetbrains survey, please share your insights and experiences with them: surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/developer...

14.04.2025 19:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Philosophy of Software Design – with John Ousterhout
The Philosophy of Software Design – with John Ousterhout YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer

Please do yourself a favour and watch this talk on the Philosophy of Software Design with John Ousterhout, there are so many useful nuggets in there.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz45...

13.04.2025 17:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Using Spring AI 1.0.0 M7 Released Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

The final #SpringAI release candidate has dropped with some great enhancements such as docker module runner support and MCP 0.9.0 integration.

spring.io/blog/2025/04...

I can't wait for the GA release at Spring I/O in May.

11.04.2025 04:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

One more day until @javaland.bsky.social ! I hope everyone has a magnificent time.

31.03.2025 07:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GraalVM for JDK 24 Release Stream 🚀
GraalVM for JDK 24 Release Stream 🚀 YouTube video by GraalVM 🚀

Another magnificent @graalvm.org for #JDK24 stream by @alina-yurenko.bsky.social and Fabio Niephaus showing us all the great enhancements at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3a0... . Please do yourself a favour and also check out: medium.com/graalvm/welc...

26.03.2025 18:44 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0