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Tom Cools

@tomcools.be

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DevRel @Timefold | Conference (Keynote) Speaker 🗣️ | #Java Champion | @BeJUG Organizer | Kind of a weird guy 😅

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Nov 28

Suddenly there is a 1000 of you following me! Welcome 😁

I'm Tom, geeky guy from Belgium, very passionate about programming with a heavy focus on
#java
technologies. I post about software development, public speaking and career.

Glad to have you here! <3

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 2d

One of the coolest things about our @bejug.bsky.social community? Everyone can participate and help out. Check out this amazing banner @lomagnette.bsky.social made!

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 2d

But sir, this is D&D, we use 20-sided dice here.

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 3d

Enjoy the island! 😊

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 5d

A @kevlin.bsky.social during my informal #speakertour after the @devoxx.com conference! Seen on the Meir shopping street.

Spotted by @lomagnette.bsky.social, picture by @hanneslowette.net. 😊

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 5d

Most welcome! 😊

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 9d

Yeah... You as well I thought? Alex, Josh... 😅

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 9d

First talk of my #devoxx, @mydeveloperplanet.com talking about...what else... AI agents.

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 9d

This is the way 😊

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 10d

Excellent choice! See you soon.

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 10d

#Devoxx talk trial run in front of a "live" audience. 😅 If you are at the conference, do say hello when you see me. 😊

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 21d

Better be sure and just submit it 😉. Even if there already is one... another one to review doesn't hurt.

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 23d

Bring me MORE! 😅 #jfokus #cfp

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 23d

Suggest the room yourself? With some friends? 😊

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 24d

Been reviewing submissions for @jfokus.se and while I've seen a lot of great talks pass by, I can't shake the feeling there are some viewpoints missing. 😉

So don't hold back your quirky, silly, weird or serious ideas for talks and submit them anyway! sessionize.com/jfokus-2026.

Jfokus 2026: Call for Speakers

Jfokus is a general topics conference for a developer and tech audience. Jfokus conference, set to take place on February 2-4, 2026, at Stockholm Wate...

sessionize.com

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 24d

About as German as you are Finnish. 😅

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · 24d

Nope, Vergauwen belongs to Belgium mostly. 😅 I am surrounded by these people since I live in the green area.

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Sep 9

# Meetup telling me interesting group in Belgium no longer has an organizer.

Me:

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Sep 1

Not me FOMO submitting to #jfall on the very last day 🤣.

If you haven't yet, you got a couple more hours to do so! It's a great conference!

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Belgian Bluesky Wins @belgianblueskywins.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tom Cools - DevRel @Timefold | Conference (Keynote) Speaker 🗣️ | #Java Champion | @BeJUG Organizer

@tomcools.be

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18

Our team managed to some on the rebound. Yearly stress moment is behind us again! 😅

Dunk Put Back GIF

ALT: Dunk Put Back GIF

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18

What was that, like.. 3 seconds? 😅

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Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 18

45 more minutes folks! 😅

Devoxx Belgium @devoxx.com · Aug 17

reg.devoxx.be/event/dvbe25 🔥🚀👀

Tom Cools @tomcools.be · Aug 7

"Change of heart" is a nice way to express it.

Like: "I'm usually not a person who likes to insult, but I shrunk my heart three sizes and now I'm gonna be a little bit of grinch towards happy people who live in icy landscapes"

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