I've kind of got used to Windows being a pretty decent OS (unlike the good old days). Then along comes a face-palm moment. Windows 10 has no way to tell you how hot your CPU is. Seriously? I need a third-party app?

Why? Just Why? Why does Gmail call a folder (a term every person on the planet recognises) a label? That is an Apple-level pointless design decision.

If anyone is in Singapore, I'll be presenting at the JUG on Friday. Feel free to join me! www.meetup.com/singadev/eve...

Understanding Java with Simon Ritter, Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup

**About the Speaker** **Simon Ritter** With over a decade of experience as Deputy CTO at Azul Systems, our speaker has helped shape the adoption of Java and JVM technologie

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Yesterday, as part of installing Qwen on my Ubuntu box, I needed Python 3.12 installed. I decided to uninstall the existing Python (3.10) and upgrade. That was a very, very bad idea.

As an experiment, I set up Qwen 3.6:27b to run locally on my development machine with 40 cores (hyperthreading), 128GB RAM and 1,920 CUDA cores. I asked Qwen what day of the week it is. This required 2 minutes of thought. I am definitely not scared that I'm in danger of creating SkyNet 🤔

I have arrived in the land of the electric toilet! Konnichiwa.

How is this not possible in this day and age? I want to stop Microsoft Word from running the spell checker on words that start with a capital letter because they are proper nouns (so won't be in the dictionary).

Sometimes... I just tried to copy ~23GB of data from my Mac to a Windows share. It said it would take 3 hours. After reconfiguring the stupid Mac network settings to turn off packet signing and get rid of those ridiculous .DS_Store files, it now takes 8 minutes. Really, Apple? Really?

Today is quite significant for me personally. It marks the 30th anniversary of the day I started working at Sun Microsystems. I try to imagine how I would explain to younger me where I would be in thirty years. 😀

It's been a while since Windows has really annoyed me but something seems to have changed... Why is there no way to tell Windows that I have a FAT-formatted USB key and I DON'T CARE ABOUT NTFS PROPERTIES NOT BEING COPIED? Every time I copy a file, I get the pop-up. Every. Bloody. Time. 😠

I'm very sceptical about so-called Vibe Coding for creating entire enterprise applications using only natural language prompts. However... I'm using Claude to generate classes that I'm assembling into a test application, and it is incredible how quickly (and efficiently) I can do this.

Check out my latest blog post on "Local variable type inference: friend or foe?" www.azul.com/blog/local-v...

Local Variable Type Inference in Java: Friend or Foe?

Local variable type inference helps simplify Java code. But in some situations, it can actually make code harder to understand.

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Interesting times at @azulsystems.bsky.social

Foojay, the Friends Of OpenJDK@foojay.io · 9mo ago

Announcement by @speakjava.bsky.social: "More Java From Azul! ... We see many synergies between how Payara supports Jakarta EE applications and how Azul supports the JDK." #Java #Azul #Foojay foojay.io/today/more-j...

Today marks exactly ten years since I joined Azul. It's been a lot of fun and lots of Java. Here's to the next ten years. Maybe!

If anyone is interested in the slides from my @devoxx.com BoF session on Modern Java Puzzlers, they can be found here: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ja...

Java Modern Puzzlers, a guide to new programming features

A selection of puzzles around new Java language features. This focuses on the switch expression, pattern matching and sealed classes (sort of). - Download as a PPTX, PDF or view online for free

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I'm here at @devoxx.com, and I've worked out that this is the 15th time I've attended the conference. Join me this afternoon for a fun retrospective on 30 years of Java. At 1745, I'll be doing a BoF session on Modern Java Puzzlers.

I'm on my way to #Dev2Next via Calgary, where I'll be meeting some customers. Looking forward to meeting lots of Java developers.

Seriously, what is wrong with the UI designers at Apple? I want to see NO file extensions. I go to Finder and deselect "show all file name extensions", which doesn't do what it says, because the extensions are still shown. That is, unless you manually turn it off for EVERY SINGLE FILE!

I have just arrived in Oslo for JavaZone @javazone.bsky.social. According to my records, this will be my tenth appearance at this great conference. Join me tomorrow for two sessions: 30 Years of Java and my Java Patterns Details and Puzzles session.

Currently trying to install some ancient software. "Ant version: 1.10.12 lower than required: 1.6.5" Sigh...

Here's a brilliant example of how Apple have lost their ability to design a decent UI/UX. Apple Notes. How is it possible that you can't highlight text? I mean that is like a *fundamental* requirement for a notes app, and you just can't do it. 🤦

It is said that the two hardest things in Computer Science are cache invalidation and naming things. I want to add a third: version numbering. Case in point: Apple is releasing the next version of iOS, which is 26 instead of 19. Java has also had many, many version numbering schemes. 🤔

Currently watching @starbuxman.joshlong.com present at @jnationconf.bsky.social. It's been a while since I've seen Josh present, and his level of energy and enthusiasm is just off the scale! 😀

Steve Elliott was my host manager when I joined Sun back in 1996. He and I share an obsession with keeping Java memorabilia; he has way more than I do. Check out his 30 years of Java photo compilation here: www.flickr.com/photos/jabbe...

Java 30

Java's 30th Birthday. I thought a few words of context were in order today to go with these pictures… worked for Sun Microsystems from 1993 until 2016 (it became part of Oracle in 2010). I j...

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Happy 30th birthday, #Java!

I've been writing code since the age of 12, so 48 years (yes, I really am that old). In the early days of my career, I wrote C on a Wyse 50 terminal, using vi and make. Today, I use @intellijidea.com with AI for code completion. A good metaphor is travelling by horse and cart versus a Lamborghini.

If you're in Bangalore on Saturday, why not join me and others to celebrate Java's 30 years? www.meetup.com/polyglot-lan...

Celebrating Java@30, Runtimes Polyglot day [in-person] on 26th APR, 2025, Sat, Apr 26, 2025, 11:00 AM | Meetup

The Polyglot Languages and Runtimes Meetup has steadily maintained a monthly cadence, with the goal of empowering the local developer community by showcasing the latest adv

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Starting my journey to Bangalore for The Great International Developer Summit. I'll be talking about JVM warmup (and how to reduce it) on Tuesday and The Art of Java Patterns on Wednesday. Looking forward to meeting many Java developers.

Can anybody explain why my MacBook continually drops shared Windows filesystems but never does so for SAMBA shares from my Linux box? 🤨🤦

Java puzzler for the day. The newarray bytecode takes an argument (atype) to indicate what primitive type the array will store. atype has defined values from 4 (boolean) to 11 (long). What are the mysterious atype values of 0, 1, 2 or 3? 🤔