"Agile, How It Became Less Agile?" — Mark Heckler youtube.com/shorts/rMdex... This was a small snippet from a fun, and hopefully thought-provoking, keynote I was honored to deliver @confoo 2025.

"Agile, How It Became Less Agile?" — Mark Heckler

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I've resigned from my position as Senior Director of Field Engineering at Moderne. I have a few pet projects I plan to nurture & guide and going forward, I'll only choose things to which I feel I can contribute most meaningfully. Best to all, let's make 2026 AMAZING!

Today on Code Remix Weekly, find out how to detect and fix quantum-vulnerable code across massive systems with Moderne's LST-powered analysis and PQC readiness workflows with guest @mkheck.bsky.social.💪 🔴 Watch at 21:00 CET / 3 PM ET.

Code Remix Weekly | Quantum-ready Cryptography with Moderne

What’s your level of readiness for quantum-era threats?As quantum computing moves from theory toward reality, the cryptographic foundations of modern softwar...

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Join us!! It will be a fun and informative chat among us all, made all the better by you being there!

OpenRewrite by Moderne@openrewrite.github.io · 9mo ago

Join the next Code Remix Weekly to learn how to detect and fix quantum-vulnerable code across massive systems with Moderne's LST-powered analysis and PQC readiness workflows.💪 🔴 Tomorrow at 21:00 CET / 3 PM ET with guest @mkheck.bsky.social

Migrating to Java 25 doesn't have to be a nightmare. 👻 🎃 No tricks here! Watch how it's done in under 5 minutes.

Migrate to Java 25 using OpenRewrite

This recipe will apply changes commonly needed when migrating to Java 25. This recipe will also replace deprecated API with equivalents when there is a clear migration strategy. Build files will also…

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In this article featured in @infoworld.bsky.social, @mkheck.bsky.social explores what makes OpenRewrite tick, enabling automated, reliable code transformation—and how Moderne scales this power for enterprise codebase evolution. 🦋 Full article:

A practitioner’s primer on deterministic application modernization

How OpenRewrite uses Lossless Semantic Trees to deliver a full-fidelity representation of code, making transformations precise, repeatable, and auditable.

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From dev to deploy, containers are reshaping the way we build. At #Devnexus, @mkheck.bsky.social broke down what it means to go containers all the way down—and why it matters for every developer. Recap here ⤵️ devnexus.org/posts/contai... 🚀 Don’t miss Devnexus '26 is where innovation happens live!

Containers All the Way Down! With Mark Heckler

In his Devnexus session, Mark Heckler explored a challenge many developers face but few initially address—optimizing Spring Boot applications for the cloud. ...

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#OpenRewrite v8.61.1 is here! 🚀 ✅ Upgrade to JUnit 6 🌟 `@InlineMe` annotation & recipe 🐘 Rework Gradle dependency model 📦 `classpathFromResources` for Refaster 🗓 Add annotations to TypeTables 🍃 Expand Spring coverage 🐛 Many small fixes Thanks to all contributors! 🙇 github.com/openrewrite/...

Release 3.14.0 · openrewrite/rewrite-recipe-bom

What's Changed Incorporates the latest versions of OpenRewrite (v8.61.1), the rewrite-gradle-plugin (v7.15.0), and the rewrite-maven-plugin (v6.17.0) to improve code parsing accuracy and recipe ex...

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Tune into Code Remix Weekly today as @mkheck.bsky.social joins to explore all things Spring AI!🍃 🔴 Watch live today at 21:00 CEST / 3 PM ET.

Code Remix Weekly | Live Spring AI Coding and Real-World Use Cases

On this Code Remix Weekly, Mark Heckler dives into Spring AI!🍃AI is everywhere, but does it always make sense? 🤔 On this episode, Mark will explore AI use ...

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Join us for a fun and hopefully enlightening #ai adventure! We’ll talk, code, and marvel at the fit and misfits of AI in our world. 😁 Follow the link, click “notify me” for a reminder, and I’ll look forward to seeing you there! 😃🙌🍃🤖

OpenRewrite by Moderne@openrewrite.github.io · 11mo ago

This week on Code Remix Weekly: @mkheck.bsky.social explores all things Spring AI!🍃 🔴 Watch live tomorrow, August 27 at 21:00 CEST / 3 PM ET.

Up next at #KCDC2025: @mkheck.bsky.social with his talk “AI 202: Next-level AI Mastery for Java Developers”. Currently describing how testing AI responses is difficult to do in a way that brings confidence.

Let's make the world of software, and by extension the world in general, a quantifiably better place.

Visionary organizations identify opportunities, then look for ways to increase capacity to take advantage of those opportunities.

#Java peers... @mkheck.bsky.social + @moderneai.bsky.social = get your popcorn ready! It's gonna be an amazing combination!

Mark ⚡️Heckler@mkheck.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @moderneai.bsky.social, creators of @openrewrite.github.io, as Senior Director of Field Engineering! Automated refactoring, analysis, and transformation at scale. Learn more: www.moderne.ai Truly honored to join such an amazing team doing amazing things!

We're absolutely thrilled to have you join the team!🎉 Looking forward to the impact we'll make together. 🤝

I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining @moderneai.bsky.social, creators of @openrewrite.github.io, as Senior Director of Field Engineering! Automated refactoring, analysis, and transformation at scale. Learn more: www.moderne.ai Truly honored to join such an amazing team doing amazing things!

Scale OpenRewrite auto-refactoring with Moderne

Migrate, secure, and analyze your code across multiple repositories at once—improving your codebase in minutes, not months. Power up OpenRewrite.

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It seems the future of agentic platforms will be more deterministic by leveraging traditional automation techniques. In this case Claude Code is adding support for lifecycle hooks, which allow you to write shell commands to ensure certain actions always happen. docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/clau...

Microsoft laid off this legend. Catch him while you can ….

Mark ⚡️Heckler@mkheck.bsky.social · last yr.

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!

hire this legend

Mark ⚡️Heckler@mkheck.bsky.social · last yr.

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!

Hire Mark! He is not only a great advocate and speaker, but a wonderful person.

Mark ⚡️Heckler@mkheck.bsky.social · last yr.

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!

Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!

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Expanded response timeout to allow Editor agent to go deeper. Repos at the end of the article. #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 15: Application Security thehecklers.com/2025/04/appl... Content generation & editing using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor!

Application Security

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Whoo, this is a big one! All critiques included & repos at the end of the article. ✅ #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 14: Observability & Performance thehecklers.com/2025/04/obse... Content generation & editing using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor!

Observability and Performance

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 12: Development Tools (done two ways!) thehecklers.com/2025/04/deve... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Now using gpt-4.1 on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor. SO MANY CHANGES! 1/2 🧵

Development Tools (done two ways!)

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 11: #Architecture and #AppModernization thehecklers.com/2025/04/arch... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Currently using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

Architecture and App Modernization

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New post! #Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 10: Cloud-native #Java thehecklers.com/2025/04/clou... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Currently using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

Cloud-native Java

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 9: AI-assisted Development thehecklers.com/2025/04/ai-a... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Returned to using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences. Onward!

AI-assisted Development

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 8: Java with Generative AI and LLMs thehecklers.com/2025/04/java... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. For this post, using gpt4-o on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; post length: 15 sentences.

Java with Generative AI and LLMs

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 7: Bikeshedding thehecklers.com/2025/04/bike... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Now using o3-mini on #AzureOpenAI as writer, gpt4-o on #OpenAI as editor; increased post length to 15 sentences.

Bikeshedding: the art of distraction

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#Agentic #AI blog writing, DAY 6: The rise of techno-tribalism in the digital age. thehecklers.com/2025/04/the-... Agentic content generation & editing using Evaluator-Optimizer pattern. Code polishing.

The rise of techno-tribalism in the digital age

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