#81: Josh Juneau, Ian Hlavats, @kitomann.bsky.social and @dhinojosa.bsky.social host #OmniFish co-founders Arjan Tijms and @OndroMih to discuss #JakartaEE, enterprise #Java, #OpenSource, #AI, #Quarkus, #WildFly, #Spring and more: www.pubhouse.net/podcast/stac...
I'm not a hardware guy, but I've watched NVIDIA's rise from afar. I recently watched #NVIDIA founder/CEO Jensen Huang’s #GTC keynote and was blown away by the scale of #AI hardware. If you want a sense of where it's headed, watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o... — four months old but still relevant.
NVIDIA GTC Keynote 2026
Watch NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote as he unveils the latest breakthroughs in AI and accelerated computing. See how agentic AI, AI factories, and physical AI are powering the next…
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Upgrading mission-critical apps used to be costly and slow. With #ai coding tools and senior expertise, it doesn't have to be. If your frontend uses deprecated tech with business logic embedded, you may need help choosing the best path and executing it. virtua.tech/services/ric...
#Vidocq: New #JakartaEE and #MicroProfile implementation, generated by #agents, seeded by mature specifications, validated by TCKs. vidocq.dev/posts/the-st... #java Exciting times!
The Story of Vidocq
What if we asked an AI agent to implement the entire Jakarta EE Core Profile and MicroProfile, with zero external dependencies and no runtime bytecode manipulation? The story of a spec-driven…
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In addition to green field development, at virtua.tech we have been doing a lot of #Java #modernization recently. If you or a loved one is still using #RichFaces, which was discontinued 10 years ago, we can help! virtua.tech/services/ric... #jsf #jakartaee #javaee #primefaces
Even though I primarily use #ClaudeCode, I use multiple coding agents. One of my favorites is #ampcode (ampcode.com ) from #sourcegraph. I've been following them since their initial coding assistant, Cody. The future belongs to agents that don't tie you to specific frontier models.
Amp
Amp is a frontier coding agent that lets you wield the full power of leading models.
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Finished another #gtd weekly·ish review...I skipped last week, so I was pleased to see I didn’t miss any important emails or lose track of any projects. I did, however, close a few projects that had one or two lingering, unimportant tasks. Sometimes it’s better to just move on…
Wow, this #AI #IntelliJ plugin was way before its time... 2016! plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/9203-...
AI Predictive Coding - IntelliJ IDEs Plugin | Marketplace
Coding is hard, let AI help Features AI can infer the most relevant method you are calling, and rank it first in autocomplete list Tell AI by writing a line of...
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I'd love to see an #mcp server for #Nozbe (nozbe.com; my task manager). I've been a loyal user for over a decade; we use it at virtua.tech, I use it for my personal tasks, and I finally got my wife to start using it. There's a treasure trove of data I want my agents to access....
Nozbe - best project management and collaboration tool
Best personal and team productivity collaboration tool for smart business owners. Use Nozbe - task management software and increase productivity.
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It's interesting that we're moving from building software to building systems that build software. I wonder how long it'll be before we build systems that build systems that build software.
Working with @AWS has been one of my best uses of #coding_agents. They've helped check services, verify deployments, find root causes and write CDK code; they are AWS CLI experts. They even pointed me to the #AWS_Chatbot when I asked how to push alerts to #Slack. aws.amazon.com/chatbot/?nc2...
Chatops - AWS Chatbot - AWS
AWS Chatbot is an interactive agent that makes it easy to monitor and interact with your AWS resources from your team chat channels.
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The more I use Agent-to-Agent (#A2A), the more I like it. The spec is well thought out and #Quarkus/#Java integration is excellent. I’m excited for SDK 1.0 with protobuf. Kicker: it’s not just for #agents — it works for self-describing services running long tasks. a2a-protocol.org/latest/ #AI
A2A Protocol
The official documentation for the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol. The A2A protocol is an open standard that allows different AI agents to securely communicate, collaborate, and solve complex problems…
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#80: We're joined by magician, software architect, and YouTuber Michael Carducci! We discuss #IBM buying #Confluent, job market, #agent #skills, #JakartaEE 12, #omnihai, #openrouter, #gastown, #java 26, #kotlin 2.3, #Oracle 26a, Michael's show #DevRandomTV and more! www.pubhouse.net/podcast/stac...
Curious about how web applications have changed over time? If so, come to @dev2next in October to see me deliver From Mosaic to Modern: The Evolution of Web App Architectures. Together, we can understand how the future is often a reinvention of the past. www.dev2next.com
Kito D. Mann
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Great read. And something all of us who consume tokens should keep in mind... the honeymoon is almost over. www.thestateofbrand.com/news/ai-subs...
Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise
Every AI lab is losing money serving your company right now. They know it. And they are doing it on purpose.
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When I review code, exception handling often needs attention for humans, and now for agents. That's why my talk "Expect the Unexpected: Handling Exceptions in Enterprise Applications" is more relevant now than when I first gave it 12 years ago. Come see it at www.dev2next.com this October in CO!
One of my favorite (relatively) recent #Java features is use of the underscore for unused variables. It lets developers and agents avoid using senseless one-letter variable names (at least in this case), and makes it clear there is no intent to use the variable. See docs.oracle.com/en/java/java....
Java Language Updates
Unnamed patterns can appear in a pattern list of a record pattern, and always match the corresponding record component. You can use them instead of a type pattern. They remove the burden of having to…
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One thing I've always used #LLMs for is generating utility scripts. Back in the "ChatGPT is amazing!" days, I used them to help me write bash scripts because I'd always forget the syntax. Now, I use them to generate full-blown scripts, but more often I'm using #Java and #JBang (www.jbang.dev ). #ai
JBang
Lets Students, Educators and Professional Developers create, edit and run self-contained source-only Java programs with unprecedented ease.
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Finished another weekly review. This week I performed a mind weep, which useful for determine new, existing, or forgotten projects. If you're interested, here's a guide: gettingthingsdone.com/wp-content/u... . After doing I mind sweep, I usually add or update tasks and projects. #gtd
Finished another weekly #gtd review. Now that it's Spring, I've been doing then outside. Takeway: I have too many stalled projects (project = thing that requires more than one step to complete). I remind myself that devoting small, consistent time beats waiting for big pockets of time.
Wohoo! Completed a short weekly review (makeup for Friday, since I was recording the Stackd Podcast on Friday). No big insights this time, except that once you're in the weekly rhythm, you really start to feel in control. #gtd
Looking forward to speaking at the local RVA JUG tonight! Modernizing the Mission Critical with #OpenRewrite and #AI meetu.ps/e/PTqzv/7Y1c... #java
Modernizing the Mission Critical with OpenRewrite and AI, Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 5:29 PM | Meetup
What’s wonderful about Java is that it's over 30 years old and still evolving—there’s a new release every six months! This means there are countless legacy systems that can
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Finished another weekly·ish review. It was nice reflecting on last week: spoke at the wonderful #ArcOfAI conference, saw the woman who hired me for my first “real” programming job for the first time in over 20 years, and launched the limited speakertrax.com beta. #gtd
