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René Wilby
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Freelance senior software engineer, family father, music and coffee lover, European 🇪🇺, he/him. https://rene-wilby.de/en
Who's ready for another investigative deep dive? 🕵🏻♀️ If you've ever been frustrated by how much JavaScript your React app ships, here's a step-by-step guide on investigating and fixing it 💪🏼 As usual, easy to read and lots of hands-on examples. www.developerway.com/posts/bundle...
Bundle Size Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide to Shrinking Your JavaScript
A practical guide to analyzing and reducing JavaScript bundle size. Learn bundle analysis, fix tree-shaking issues, remove duplicate libraries, and otherwise optimize your React app's JavaScript size.
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I had a great time talking at XtremeJ 2025 @xtremej.bsky.social! Very nice to meet you Haim Michael (@lifemichael.bsky.social) and thank you for organising this event! youtu.be/MgXpWfvFSWY?...
Bridging the Gap: Seamless and Type-Safe Communication between Spring Boot and React | René Wilby
YouTube video by XtremeJ Conference
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Did you know @jetbrains.com created several playlists with music for coding? 🎶 For me, Pure Flow and Lo-Fi work the best! Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/user/31wtooe... YouTube Music 👉 music.youtube.com/channel/UCGp...
Launching a 30% discount on my books "Advanced React" & "Web Performance Fundamentals" starting now! Perfect time to level up your React & Web Perf skills 💪🏼 There is also a secret code to turn it into 50% if there is a need 😉 Look for it in the FAQ section of the websites 👇🏼
Going back through @ricky.fm's Async React as I prep an internal talk, and this part is insanely good, felt like it deserved a reshare🔥 youtu.be/p9OcztRyDl0?...
I'm very happy about the evaluation of my talk at this year's W-JAX conference: Quality of the talk: 4.67 (4.07) Speaker's knowledge: 4.5 (4.38) The number in parentheses is the avg of all talks/speakers of the conference. Rating is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best. That motivates me to keep going!
This is going to be my first #jaxcon, and I'm really looking forward to give two talks about React, React Native and Spring Boot 🎉 🙌
🚀 Das #jaxcon Programm 2026 ist online! Tauche ein in Java, Architektur & Software-Innovation. 📅 4.–8. Mai 2026 | Mainz oder Online 📖Jetzt Programm durchstöbern: https://tinyurl.com/mphrkeus #Java #SoftwareArchitecture #DevOps #Cloud #AI
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I'm preparing my Star Wars themed talk on TanStack DB for next week's React(Native) Kiel meetup. If you're around in Kiel on Monday evening, feel free to join us for some nerdy fun! ⚛️ www.meetup.com/kiel-react-n...
Time for an update about the latest and greatest in React by @nilshartmann.net at W-JAX conference (@jaxkonferenz.bsky.social)
Next up at W-JAX conference (@jaxkonferenz.bsky.social): Advanced Spring Security Use Cases by @cschuszter.bsky.social
Kicking off day 3 at W-JAX conference (@jaxkonferenz.bsky.social) with an insightful talk from @patbaumgartner.com about Spring Boot Observability.
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We raised a $12.5M Series A round, led by Accel. In this next stage, VoidZero is accelerating development on both our open-source projects and Vite+, the unified JavaScript toolchain. This is only the beginning! → voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
VoidZero Raises $12.5M Series A
VoidZero raised $12.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate product development.
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Goodbye Hilla 👋 @vaadin.com recently announced the discontinuation of Hilla as a stand-alone product. To me, this marks the end of an ambitious project and a personal journey. rene-wilby.de/en/blog/good...
Goodbye Hilla 👋
Vaadin recently announced the discontinuation of Hilla as a stand-alone product. To me, this marks the end of an ambitious project and a personal journey.
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Just finished: 7 km, 36:45 min 🏃♂️ Personal best time in 2025 375 km so far in 2025 #happy
Existing times ahead 🚀 4 conference talks in the next 3 months: * 21.10.2025: Vaadin Create * 04.11.2025: XtremeJ * 06.11.2025: W-JAX * 09.12.2025: IT-Tage Really looking forward to meeting new people and old friends, as well as sharing my knowledge with the great developer community.
Ich freue mich sehr auf die W-JAX! #Java #SpringBoot #React #Hilla
🔗 #SpringBoot & #React reibungslos integrieren? @rene-wilby.de zeigt auf der #jaxcon, wie Backend & Frontend typsicher & effizient zusammenspielen – von Hand bis Hilla-Framework. 📅 06.11. | 16:45 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mussavxd #FullStack #WebDev
That was fun 🤓 I had a great time talking to @cat-edelveis.bsky.social about Full-Stack, AI and personal growth. Thanks for inviting me to the #CyberJAR channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqga...
Full-stack: Hassle-free software development or the abyss of complexity?
YouTube video by CyberJAR
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Today, in just 4 hours, we are discussing myths and realities of full-stack. Join us if you are thinking of changing career direction, have stories to share, or just curious😉
👾CyberJAR Live: All-in on full-stack? This Wednesday, @vaadin.com Champion @rene-wilby.de and I discuss what full-stack really means. Expect pros and cons, challenges and growth receipts, burnout guards, and AI-era skill must-haves. Come bring questions and stories! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqga...
Upcoming livestream on Wednesday 🗓️: Join @cat-edelveis.bsky.social and me for a relaxed talk about the challenges of full-stack development, how it can help developers to build better apps and what skills really matter in the age of AI. #Java #Spring #Vaadin #React www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqga...
Full-stack: Hassle-free software development or the abyss of complexity?
YouTube video by CyberJAR
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I didn't know there was a name for this type of AI generated content: #AI #Slop Great take by @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Did you ever wonder which JVM could be the best for your #Vaadin web app? Check out this blog post for a detailed comparison of popular JVMs and how their unique characteristics can help to reduce start-up time, latency, memory usage and more. vaadin.com/blog/best-jv...
Choosing the JVM that powers your Vaadin application | Vaadin
Discover the best JVMs for Vaadin apps. Compare memory usage, GC performance, startup time, and scalability for cloud and container deployments.
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A really insightful talk about null safety in #Java and #Spring. @seb.deleuze.fr demonstrates how #JSpecify and #NullAway add great value to new and existing projects by turning a design issue of Java into a feature that increases stability and trust in our code bases. youtu.be/otwr0IniwRk
Null Safety in Spring Applications With JSpecify and NullAway by Sébastien Deleuze
YouTube video by IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE
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See #Vaadin #Flow (and other Ul frameworks) in action to create a Meme Generator (web) app. Nice presentation and live coding by @jagovreede.bsky.social.
Our next #JCON2025 session is live: '#Java developer-friendly frontends: Build #UIs without the #JavaScript hassle' with Jago de Vreede Have you ever needed to build a #UI as a #backend #developer but didn’t want to … Grab your coffee and hit play: youtu.be/voxFwPkVgPA #JCON #productivity
Am 28.07. spreche ich in einem kostenlosen Webinar bei der GFU Cyrus AG über die effiziente Full-Stack-Entwicklung von Single Page Applications mit #Java, #SpringBoot, #TypeScript und #React. Weitere Informationen zum Vortrag und zur Anmeldung gibt es hier 👉 www.gfu.net/s5162
Vortrag Unterschiede überwinden: Spring Boot und React nahtlos integrieren
Vortrag am 29.07.2025
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Spec-Driven Development with AI: A New Approach and a Journey into the Past martinelli.ch/spec-driven-...
Spec-Driven Development with AI: A New Approach and a Journey into the Past - Martinelli
The software development world is buzzing about AI-assisted coding. Tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code promise to make us more productive. But most approaches focus on generating code faster – ...
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