Ken Kousen
@kenkousen.foojay.social.ap.brid.gy
Software developer, technical trainer, and author of Mockito Made Clear, Modern Java Recipes, Help Your Boss Help You, Gradle Recipes for Android, Kotlin […]
[bridged from https://foojay.social/@kenkousen on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://foojay.social/@kenkousen on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Tales from the jar side: Spring Boot 4, Agentic Java coding, Launch Library API, Spring AI Skills, Stand with Minnesota, and the usual social media nonsense […]
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January 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Tales from the jar side: Spring Boot 4, Agentic Java coding, Launch Library API, Spring AI Skills, Stand with Minnesota, and the usual social media nonsense […]
Tales from the jar side: AI and Jevons paradox, AI violinists, the JVM Weekly magnum opus, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-and-jevons?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: AI and Jevons paradox, AI violinists, the JVM Weekly magnum opus, and the usual social media silliness
Aliens are going to be so confused when they show up to overthrow our leaders and we offer to help. (rimshot)
kenkousen.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Tales from the jar side: AI and Jevons paradox, AI violinists, the JVM Weekly magnum opus, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-and-jevons?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-shock-wave?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-shock-wave?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-false-measures?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-false-measures?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-gemini-cli?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
December 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-gemini-cli?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-that-dont?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-that-dont?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Spring AI, Vlogging through history, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-spring-ai-60b?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tales from the jar side: Spring AI, Vlogging through history, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-spring-ai-60b?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales fromt the jar side: Gemini 3.0, Nano Banana Pro, Antigravity, Wispr Flow, Death by Lightning, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-fromt-the-jar-side-gemini-30?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tales fromt the jar side: Gemini 3.0, Nano Banana Pro, Antigravity, Wispr Flow, Death by Lightning, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-fromt-the-jar-side-gemini-30?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Vibe coding, AI companionship, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-vibe-coding?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Tales from the jar side: Vibe coding, AI companionship, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-vibe-coding?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: P6Spy, Cursor for Java, Fun with timezones, Halloween gags, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-p6spy-cursor?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tales from the jar side: P6Spy, Cursor for Java, Fun with timezones, Halloween gags, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-p6spy-cursor?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter stats and NotebookLM, Cursor for Java, Claude Agent Skills, A chess tragedy, and the usual social media posts https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter-d0d?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter stats and NotebookLM, Cursor for Java, Claude Agent Skills, A chess tragedy, and the usual social media posts https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter-d0d?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: The Developer Ecosystem 2025, Claude Code skills and plugins, Greatest Sho On Earth, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-the-developer?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
October 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tales from the jar side: The Developer Ecosystem 2025, Claude Code skills and plugins, Greatest Sho On Earth, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-the-developer?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Video generation with Sora 2, Making LLM's feel bad, Diane Keaton, and the usual social media stuff https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-video-generation?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Tales from the jar side: Video generation with Sora 2, Making LLM's feel bad, Diane Keaton, and the usual social media stuff https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-video-generation?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: The $$$ of AI CLI tools, Ethereal Voices, and the usual Social Media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-the-of-ai?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tales from the jar side: The $$$ of AI CLI tools, Ethereal Voices, and the usual Social Media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-the-of-ai?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter recommendations, AInception, Projection Bot, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter recommendations, AInception, Projection Bot, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-newsletter?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Scary Awesome AI, Sports announcers, Venkat comes to class, Conway's Game of Life, Thinking modes, and the usual social media nonsense […]
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foojay.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tales from the jar side: Scary Awesome AI, Sports announcers, Venkat comes to class, Conway's Game of Life, Thinking modes, and the usual social media nonsense […]
Tales from the jar side: Junie Joy, Nano Banana, LM Studio, and the usual social media posts, by https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-junie-joy?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
September 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Tales from the jar side: Junie Joy, Nano Banana, LM Studio, and the usual social media posts, by https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-junie-joy?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: AI Codecon, Agents and MCP servers, My new semester, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon-d59?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon-d59?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
September 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Tales from the jar side: AI Codecon, Agents and MCP servers, My new semester, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon-d59?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon-d59?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: AI Codecon, CLI Agents, Yard Goats, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
August 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tales from the jar side: AI Codecon, CLI Agents, Yard Goats, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-codecon?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I'll be speaking at the O'Reilly AI Codecon: Coding for the Agentic World on September 9 at 11:00 AM ET. Join us for an intensive exploration of the tools, workflows, and architectures defining this next era of programming. Sign up now to save your spot—for free! https://bit.ly/4mjJVTE
August 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'll be speaking at the O'Reilly AI Codecon: Coding for the Agentic World on September 9 at 11:00 AM ET. Join us for an intensive exploration of the tools, workflows, and architectures defining this next era of programming. Sign up now to save your spot—for free! https://bit.ly/4mjJVTE
Tales from the jar side: Groovy 5, Claude Code issues, NFJS, and the usual silly social media posts https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-groovy-5?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
August 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Tales from the jar side: Groovy 5, Claude Code issues, NFJS, and the usual silly social media posts https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-groovy-5?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Claude Code status line, Spring redirects (or not), OCP employees, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-claude-code-181?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
August 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tales from the jar side: Claude Code status line, Spring redirects (or not), OCP employees, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-claude-code-181?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This week’s Tales from the jar side includes info about GPT-5 programmatic access, the new gpt-oss models, more Suno AI generated theme songs for my channel, and the usual social media silliness […]
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foojay.social
August 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This week’s Tales from the jar side includes info about GPT-5 programmatic access, the new gpt-oss models, more Suno AI generated theme songs for my channel, and the usual social media silliness […]
Tales from the jar side: More theme song variants, Veo 3 Fast videos, Gradle 9, my WNBA team is leaving, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-more-theme?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-more-theme?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
August 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Tales from the jar side: More theme song variants, Veo 3 Fast videos, Gradle 9, my WNBA team is leaving, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-more-theme?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-more-theme?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: My visit to the Star Trek museum, UberConf coming, New Tftjs theme song, An AI opera, and the usual social media nonsense https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-my-visit?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
July 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Tales from the jar side: My visit to the Star Trek museum, UberConf coming, New Tftjs theme song, An AI opera, and the usual social media nonsense https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-my-visit?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true