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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 1d

Surely there is a toggle for that... somewhere?

I have the same with YouTube on my TV, always re-enabling English subtitles for Dutch videos, which... I don't want or need.

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Anouk Wipprecht @anoukwipprecht.bsky.social · 1d

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 4th - #FashionTech Meet-Up, come join! RSVP through the site (free) #Robotics #SmartTextiles #ML #Sensors

events.humanitix.com/fashiontech-...

Melbourne Dec 1 - 6
Brisbane Dec 6 - 10
Sydney Dec 10 - 13
Canberra Dec 13 - 15
NZ Dec 15 - Jan 5

FashionTech Meetup with special guest Anouk Wipprecht

Anouk Wipprecht is a Dutch designer/engineer working at the cutting edge of FashionTech; where couture meets robotics, AI, and interactive design. Her creations

events.humanitix.com

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 1d

Really looking forward to see everybody at J-Fall's speakers dinner tonight, who's going to be there?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 6d

sum = a + b; // Add a and b to get the sum

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 6d

The em-dash is a clear indicator text was generated by AI.

What is the em-dash of generated code?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 7d

Periodic reminder…

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 7d

Respect to the man in the ice cream van! 🚐 🍦

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 8d

Damn, just looked up Apeldoorn, that area is amazing

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 8d

Damn, you need a map to get to a polling station?

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RotterdamJUG @rotterdamjug.bsky.social · 8d

Next up we’re learning how to use Agentic AI/MCP using Kotlin with David Stibbe

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RotterdamJUG @rotterdamjug.bsky.social · 8d

First speaker of the day is @wbauweraerts.bsky.social on moving from fragile to fearless tests.

Perfect breakdown on how testing should be used to be able to test and deploy with confidence 💪🏼

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · 16d

There are still some spots available for the next @rotterdamjug.bsky.social meetup:

www.meetup.com/rotterdamjug...

RSVP now!

📢 Writing Fearless Tests & Agentic AI in Kotlin, Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

**RotterdamJUG** is back with **two** amazing talks: **Wouter Bauweraerts** 🇧🇪 will share how to write tests that truly survive refactoring, while **David Stibbe** 🇳🇱

www.meetup.com

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Oct 6

Drinks with @openvalue.eu at #Devoxx (as usual)...

See you there?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Oct 4

😒

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Oct 3

If you don’t pay for YouTube, you’ll get some unskippable ads…

Sooooo if a software conference doesn’t pay their speakers, should they be allowed to sell in-talk ad-segments? 😂

“This talk is made possible by Squarespace/NordVPN/Raid Shadow Legends/Brilliant”

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 8

I'm once again looking for awesome speakers and topics for upcoming @rotterdamjug.bsky.social meetup(s).

The next one is probably going to be in the week of 27 - 31 October... 👻 🎃

If you're interested, DM me!

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 8

It's just the right amount of poison for humans, makes us awake and alert, is slightly addictive (but not too much), it's perfect.

/me runs downstairs for another doppio for the next meeting

a man in a tuxedo is holding a cup of tea

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is holding a cup of tea

media.tenor.com

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 8

Oh, found it.

bsky.app/profile/paul...

Boe.

Bring back Łink @pauline-vos.nl · Sep 8

Het ging over een man die om 10 uur 's ochtends z'n volledige sealtje sos over straat liet vallen en het vervolgens direct van de grond op probeerde op te snuiven met een stukje papier.

Bring back Łink @pauline-vos.nl · Sep 5

Wil iemand wedje leggen waar de voice note over gaat voordat ik em luister?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 8

Projectielbraken?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 8

☕️ Caffeine is inevitable.

Numerous plants across the world evolved producing caffeine independently. To poison bugs, sabotage rivals, and even hack bees’ memories...

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Sep 5

Seen this series (in progress) @gunnarmorling.dev ?

youtu.be/n-YK3B4_xPA?...

Solving Java’s 1 Billion Row Challenge (Ep. 1) | With @caseymuratori

YouTube video by Marco Codes

youtu.be

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YOW! Conferences @yowconf.bsky.social · Aug 25

Join @royvanrijn.com at #YOW25, where he shows how Java can fly in his talk "Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in Under 2 Seconds"

MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Aug 12

The only fear I have is AI taking away junior positions… creating a gap that new developers can’t easily bridge. We’ll only want medior/senior developers that create great code and the bots will write it all.

But how do we make sure there will be senior educated and experienced devs in the future?

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Aug 12

I’ve survived:

Dependency injection wars
Frontend framework wars
C++/Java is dying
People are only copying from Stack Overflow-era
Everything must be Scrum-era
(And many more)

We’ll be okay 👌🏼

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Roy van Rijn @royvanrijn.com · Aug 12

That’s just the always present existential dread of life 😅

I’ve been a professional dev for over 20 years, and I’ve always seen people (and felt that way myself) talk about how things will derail.

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