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Alex
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Father of 2, geek, software engineer, FP enthusiast
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Keep your dirty Haskellisms away from #Java!
void main() { do { var a = IO.readln("Enter first:"); var b = IO.readln("Enter second:"); IO.println(a + b); } while (true); }
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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TIL that @kotlinlang.org allows for method overloading like this.

And it breaks Java reflection based libraries like Mockito.

Honestly, I'm not sure it's even a feature and not a bug in the compiler...
Kotlin method overloading example.
October 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Desktop UX designers: more horizontal screen real estate
Vertical screen designers: more vertical real estate
Both: i.imgflip.com/a8rg7b.jpg
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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This sums up my experience with #Spring
Security. #Java
A AI generate meme illustrating a person adding a Spring Securing to his project and how it immediately causes his project to collapse as a jenga tower.
August 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Oooh, type use Java annotations are cursed
August 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Java programmers are at it again
FP programmers getting any type: I guess it's nothing, can't work with it Java programmers getting Object type: if (data instanceof A a) {} else if (data instanceof B b) {} else if (data instanceof C c) {} else ...
July 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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WAT
This repository is empty. Care to check out the GitHub Channel on YouTube while you wait?
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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IntelliJ telling lies
IntelliJ screen showing a quick refactor tooltip suggesting to replace .collect(Collectors.counting()) with .count()
February 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Something magical just happened. Had two Mac’s on my desk. MBP and Mac Mini. Mac Mini was connected to external monitor, MBP wasn’t. The mouse is a usual USB wired mouse, was plugged into the monitor. I moved the mouse to the edge of the screen and mouse jumped to my laptop screen. 🤯
January 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Working from office today.
Sydney opera house observed from an office building
January 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I gotta say, this feels like coming home
Keychron K8 keyboard photo on a desk
January 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Thanks to anon on the internet I got MacOS Sequoia tiling working with my Moonlander keeb. Just needed to create a few extra shortcuts:
macos keyboard shortcuts settings screen configuration screenshot
January 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Steady as she goes
https://git-wrapped.com/profiles/simy4
December 28, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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Santa almost got to us: www.flightradar24.com/R3DN053/3875...
Flight radar map tracking Santa flight
December 24, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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Monkey bars on nightmare difficulty
Very difficult monkey bars
December 16, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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Looks about right
blueskywordcloud.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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Me in the last couple of days
December 15, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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Day 7 in #Clojure caught me on not remembering how to deal with bitwise ops. #AdventOfCode
advent of code 2024 day 7
December 7, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Doing a little bit of #Clojure this time #AdventOfCode
advent of code 2024 day 4
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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Once again the day was saved by a massive regex. #AdventOfCode
December 3, 2024 at 5:32 AM
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Smooth so far #adventofcode
advent of code challenge day 2 puzzle
December 2, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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Starting this year a bit late.
Advent of code day 1 puzzle solution
December 1, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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Not even Elon’s mobile. Elon didn’t start this none sense.
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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Once you start you can’t *return*
November 18, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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Moving interstate soon, spending my weekends sorting my kids stuff in three piles
Things that were… Things that are… And some things that have not yet come to pass.
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 AM