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Marit van Dijk
@maritvandijk.bsky.social
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💻 Software Developer | ☕🥑 Java Developer Advocate @ JetBrains | 🏆 Java Champion | 🎤 International Keynote Speaker | 👩‍💻 Pronouns: She/her
https://maritvandijk.com/
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Join me for my last talk of the year next week Dec 4th at
#YavaConf (online); I'll show you how to be more productive with #IntelliJIDEA.
Use code YAVA25SP20 for a 20% discount on tickets.
Speaker banner a picture of Marit van Dijk, JetBrains. The talk is listed as "[Java Champion talk] Be more productive with IntelliJ IDEA". Ya!vaConf is 4.12 online and 5.12 in Warszawa
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Last in person talk of the year: speaking at @jugnoord.bsky.social with @ammbra1508.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Team dinner, part 2. With @sivalabs.in, @antonarhipov.bsky.social, myself & Marco Behler.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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@ericdeandrea.dev taling about TDD at #DevoxxMA
Eric Deandra speaking at DevoxxMA. The slide shows a meme with the text: It's not a bug, it's a 'feature'.
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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It was great fun speaking at @vdthess.bsky.social

Many thanks to the organisers, my cospeaker
@piotrprz.bsky.social for having my back (literally and figuratively), @ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social for the beautiful pictures, the lovely audience for your amazing feedback and other speakers!
Piotr Przybył and Marit van Dijk on stage wearing lab coats and putting a pen in their front pocket. Marit van Dijk on stage wearing a Java Champion polo and smiling. Piotr Przybył and Marit van Dijk on stage wearing lab coats. Piotr is standing behind Marit and fixing the collar of her lab coat. Ratings for the talk "Learning modern Java the playful way". Average rating is 4.77/5, 35 ratings, 84 favorites.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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"Luckily, you don't have to rewrite everything in Rust". @bravit.bsky.social speaking at @vdthess.bsky.social #VoxxedDaysThessaloniki
Vitaly Bragilevsky on stage at Voxxed Days Thessaloniki. The slide behind him shows the talk title: "Luckily, you don't have to rewrite everything in Rust. But what if a touch of Rust is all you need?"
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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It's that time of year again..
@nljug.bsky.social #JFall
J-Fall letters in the cinema in Ede
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Looking forward to doing not one, but two talks at @nljug.bsky.social #JFall this week, one of which is a new talk (😱!) with cospeaker @hilton.org.uk.
Will I see you there?
J-Fall banner with the NLJUG J-Fall logo and the text: Be more productive with IntelliJ IDEA Thu, 06/11/2025 08:00 - Ede, The Netherlands and a picture of Marit van Dijk with her name. J-Fall banner with the NLJUG J-Fall logo and the text: Essential programming jokes Thu, 06/11/2025 08:00 - Ede, The Netherlands and picture of Peter Hilton and Marit van Dijk with their names.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🚀 Another session accepted for @nljug.bsky.social #JFall:
"Be more productive with IntelliJ IDEA" ❤️
@intellijidea.com #IntelliJIDEA
Email header with the text: Your session Be more productive with IntelliJ IDEA has been accepted.
October 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Massive thanks to @stephanjanssen.be and team for organising another great edition of @devoxx.com!
Marit van Dijk in front of a monitor listing her talk. Devoxx Belgium 2025 speaker badge for Marit van Dijk.
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Last session of #Devoxx on Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values by @balarawool.bsky.social @devoxx.com
Bala on stage at Devoxx. The slide shows the talk title
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Found myself in some pretty good company on the
@devoxx.com leaderboard... #Devoxx
Marit van Dijk standing in front of the Devoxx leaderboard. Position 1m2 and 5 are taken by Victor Rentea and position 4 is taken bij Josh Long and Thomas Wuerthinger.
October 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Always a pleasure to see @starbuxman.joshlong.com and @jamesward.com - this time at #Devoxx
Josh Long and James Ward on stage at Devoxx
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Building a #SpringFramework application with #Koog agents by @vadim-briliantov.bsky.social #Devoxx
Vadim Briliantov talking about Koog on the Devoxx stage.
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Omg, thank you @devoxx.com - you were a lovely audience. Thanks for laughing at my silly jokes. 🥰
Screenshot with text: Talk ratings Be more productive with IntelliJ IDEA Image shows: 370 hearts, 31 ratings, 4 comments and a 4.9/5 rating
October 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Starting off my @devoxx.com with Spring Debugger in @intellijidea.com by Marco Behler #Devoxx @spring.io #SpringFramework #Java #IntelliJIDEA
Marco Behler on stage at Devoxx
October 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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From my tram to yours... #Devoxx
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Obligatory selfie @ Antwerp Centraal #Devoxx
Marit van Dijk at Antwerp Centraal train station
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Pocket debugger...
A hand holding a tiny rubber duck.
September 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Starting day 2 of @javazone.bsky.social with @jamesward.com and @starbuxman.joshlong.com
#Java #Spring #SpringBoot #JavaZone #IntelliJIDEA
James Ward and Josh Long on stage at JavaZone. The screen behind them shows IntelliJ IDEA.
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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In person @docker.com help from @shelajev.bsky.social at @javazone.bsky.social - Thank you! #JavaZone
Marit van Dijk and Oleg Šelajev at the JetBrains booth at JavaZone.
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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On my way to #JavaZone
Always nice to travel with @kevlin.bsky.social
A blue screen with the message "Recovery. Your PC needs to be repaired."
September 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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@daniil-tsarev.bsky.social and @antonarhipov.bsky.social showing off the @intellijidea.com Spring Debugger at @amsterdamjug.bsky.social
#Spring #IntelliJIDEA
Daniil Tsarev demoing the Spring Debugger in IntelliJ IDEA.
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Not only can you download JDK EA versions from inside @intellijidea.com - It will also tell you when a new version is available!

How to download #Java JDKs from #IntelliJIDEA: www.youtube.com/live/_nt-z0F...
Top right corner of IntelliJ IDEA with the suggestion: Update JDK "25" to Oracle OpenJDK Early-Access 25+36-3489 (aarch 64)
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Thank you #DevoxxMA ❤️
Email header with the text "[dvma25] Your proposal was accepted: Reading code"
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM