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Java/JDK/OpenJDK developer, Oracle Corporation. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle. Mostly on @[email protected] ; formerly @stuartmarks on Twitter.
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#Java peers, I ask you to please follow @thedonraab.bsky.social. His expertise and experiences are worth learning more about.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

submitted 3 days ago • 326 comments

mood

submitted 4 days ago • 266 comments

Time does fly

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

As we say on the internet, "some personal news." After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor. In this thread I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career. Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. 1/

submitted 8 days ago • 110 comments

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

submitted 13 days ago • 235 comments

Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon

submitted 23 days ago • 40 comments

OTD…May 23, 1995 Happy Birthday, #Java! Here’s to 30+ more years with a beautiful combination of technology innovation and community participation!

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

I've enjoyed most of that 30 years working on Java, first on the early http server side, then downsizing Java for Mobile devices, and now as a developer of the core libraries. Keep it coming!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The documentation for these commands is actually online! See p. 201 of this document: www.bitsavers.org/pdf/hp/2000T... (Yay BitSavers!)

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Watching through Andor season two and imagining a future companion book "The Andor Guide to Business" with chapters like: "Effective Meetings" by Major Lio Partagaz, ISB "Get the people you need when you need them" by Luthen Rael

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Sanity-checking where we are with Leyden(-adjacent) improvements for small HelloWorld-style apps. We have breached through my own psychological 20ms barrier now!

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

We integrated #java 's new Stable Values feature just now! This will allow developers and library developers to benefit from the "secret" @Stable annotation that the internal JDK code has been using for years. This can bring significant performance improvements to your code! openjdk.org/jeps/502

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

There's this urban legend that when Dijkstra wrote "Go To Considered Harmful", he was thinking of the FORTRAN-style "wild goto" that could jump between functions or into the body of the loop. I only learned it's a myth after making that claim and getting corrected by Mat Klad and @without.boats 1/🧵

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Whether you take this version of the other, I encourage you to read the content. Great reflection on complex API design!

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

In ~24 hours, the hardback 📙 drops. Watch for blog update! Bigger pages. Bigger fonts. Bigger pictures. Full color, w/ premium paper. "Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game", the hardback version, stands on its own. Thank you for waiting! Enjoy! 🙏

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment