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poutsma.bsky.social
Former Spring Framework committer, now writing Call of Cthulhu scenarios.
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Congratulations on wining the CL, @hastati100.bsky.social ! If only your men’s team would have had a Dutch coach as well!

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New post: Fluent APIs Are More Than Just Chaining In Part 2 of Crafting Fluent APIs, I show how narrowing return types leads to safer, more usable APIs, with examples from Spring's RequestEntity. #Java #Spring #APIDesign #tech

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Apparently last Friday was World Eel Day. Did you do anything special, @clownf1st.bsky.social ?

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Millennials are getting old.

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Dutch: "De ambassadeur werkt in de ambassade" French: "L'ambassadeur travaille à l'ambassade" Spanish: "El embajador trabaja en la embajada" English: "The ambassador works in the a... embassy."

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What to do about the grammatical errors in the mail sent by my eldest’s teacher? I am tempted to send a corrected copy back to her.

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New blog post: Designing for Short Completion Menus Code completion is how developers explore your API. Fewer, more focused options lead to better usability. A look at fluent API design using RestTemplate vs RestClient. #Java #Spring #APIDesign #tech

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I have been conscious of my em dash use ever since reading this article—I have no desire to be mistaken for an AI. Darn.

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Mother’s Day breakfast of homemade granola with strawberries and yoghurt.

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If you see this, post a tank.

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@floorrusman.bsky.social “Je graast erop los en probeert iets zinnigs te zeggen over zaken waarvan anderen veel meer verstand hebben.” Prachtig beschreven! Dank voor de goede column vandaag.

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“Let’s GO, shall we?”

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In Spring 5, HttpMethod became a problem. In Spring 6, we could finally fix it. New blog post on enums, backward compatibility, and quiet corrections: poutsma-principles.com/blog/2025/05... #Spring #Java #APIDesign #BackwardCompatibility

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Spring Framework uses Bubble Sort—on purpose. New blog post: why "inefficient" algorithms can sometimes be the right choice, if you understand your constraints. #Spring #Java #tech

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Well, @oldscouserp.bsky.social, what are your thoughts one year later?

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Working on handouts for the penultimate chapter of my #BlackLancers campaign, set in Scotland!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

King’s Day 2025.

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Manchester had crypto back in the 1930's. www.gracesguide.co.uk/Lancashire_D... /cc @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social

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Why does Spring have multiple ways to specify URLs in its HTTP clients? It is not just API sugar—it is a design principle: use types to signal when data is correct. New blog post on URLs, encoding, and avoiding stringly code. #Spring #Java #APIDesign #tech

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New keyboard, a Keychron K15 Pro, as recommended by @tastapod.com The red keys remind me of my first computer, the Toshiba HX-10.

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