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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 29/09/2026

In just over an hour, @martinelli.ch, @jbaru.ch, and yours truly are talking about their processes of AI (assisted) development in the 8th episode of #JRush. Set a reminder on YouTube! www.youtube.com/live/nw6C6WN...

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JRush Ep 8 - Java in the Age of AI

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mihailstoynov.bsky.social @mihailstoynov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Pasha, your 360 session at jug.bg in Sofia, hosted by RingCentral @asm0dey.site @jprimeconf.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9qg...

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From ChatGPT User to RAG Implementer: A Developer’s Journey, Pasha Finkelshteyn

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🎥 NEW VIDEO on the channel from @asm0dey.site You don’t need to switch frameworks to learn something new. This time on the channel: @quarkus.io , explained for developers who already know Spring and want to broaden their Java framework knowledge. #Java #Quarkus #Learning

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Quarkus Roadmap 2026: What You Need to Know

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 13/04/2026

🛫BER -> AMS -> BCL🛬 Let's go! @springio.net I'm coming to you! One of my favourite conferences, BTW, which stably brings me into top-100 viewed tech talks of the year

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

CyberJAR crossed 100,000 views on YouTube. 🥳 For us, that is more than a number. It means people keep coming back for practical #Java content from @asm0dey.site and @edelveis.dev, and that means a lot. Thank you for watching, sharing, and helping the channel grow: www.youtube.com/@cbrjar

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 25/03/2026

If your MCP tools are getting ignored or misused by models, it’s probably the naming. I put together a skill to help fix your descriptions for better tool-calling. tessl.io/registry/fin... @tessl.io

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Tessl Tile – finkel/mcp-tool-naming

Guidelines for naming MCP tools, describing parameters, and documenting tools in a language- and framework-agnostic manner

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Greetings from #JavaOne! @asm0dey.site is there this week, meeting the community and taking in everything the event has to offer. 😎

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Catherine Edelveis @edelveis.dev · 02/03/2026

👾New on CyberJAR: Spring Developer Roadmap 2026 Being a great Spring developer is not only about knowing the framework, but also about mastery of backend engineering. This roadmap by @asm0dey.site covers the essentials you need to know to stand out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuld...

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Spring Developer Roadmap 2026: What You Need to Know

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Berlin: @asm0dey.site is hosting Spring User Group Berlin this Thu (Feb 19). K8s Secrets in Spring, the production way (env vars vs files, rotation) + Kotlin for Spring 7 (pros/cons). 18:30 CET. RSVP: www.meetup.com/spring-user-...

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Secrets No More: Spring K8s Mastery + Kotlin Glow, Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup

Join us for the next Spring User Group Berlin meetup! This time, we are bridging the gap between rock-solid operations and developer joy. **Talk 1: Secure and Seamless: In

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Devnexus @devnexus.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Two tools enter. One tool wins. 🥊 Liquibase vs Flyway is going head-to-head at #Devnexus. Join @asm0dey.site & @antonarhipov.bsky.social to explore every detail — then cast your vote for the migration tool you trust in production. devnexus.com/events/the-u... 🎟️ Get tickets devnexus.com

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 11/12/2025

Day 11 of #AdventOfCode was way easier than the day 10! Because of 2 reasons: 1. I already knew which lib I needed for graph processing 2. A very similar task was solved on day 7 The visualisation is nice tho! asm0dey.github.io/aoc-2025/day...

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Day 11 Visualization: Path Counting

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 10/12/2025

WOW, the day 10 of #AdventOfCode was CRAZY. I would never solve it without AI. It didn't generate any code for me, but for part 2, I really needed at least an idea of the approach. And even having it, I would not write it myself - had to use a new amazing library: ojalgo www.ojalgo.org

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oj! Algorithms

oj! Algorithms – ojAlgo – is Open Source Java code to do mathematics, linear algebra and optimisation. It’s what you need for data science, machine learning and scientific computing. High Performance ...

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 09/12/2025

Day 9 of #AdventOfCode was more complex than previous days. I should admit, I had to use jawa.awt Polygon to solve it (and it's the first time I used it in my life!) However, the solution itself is very simple when you know the ALGORITHM

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Day 9 Visualization: Max Rectangle in Polygon

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 08/12/2025

The solution for day 8 of #AdventOfCode is also simple, I would even say straightforward. But I spent an enormous amount of time debugging the first part, where I couldn't get the correct result even for the test input. Visualisation is nice and dynamic tho! asm0dey.github.io/aoc-2025/day...

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Day 8 Visualization: Space Chains

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Catherine Edelveis @edelveis.dev · 03/12/2025

👾New on CyberJAR: Build RAG System with Spring AI In this video, @asm0dey.site explores the full RAG workflow in #SpringAI: document ingestion with TikaDocumentReader, embedding generation, vector storage, and similarity-based retrieval. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etnc...

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Build AI That Knows Your Docs: RAG with Spring AI

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 20/11/2025

It seems the last business trip this year starts: going to talk at jug.cy hosted by @a-kogun.bsky.social Catch my of you can at www.meetup.com/jug-cy/event...

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

This Friday, Nov 21, @asm0dey.site is speaking at JUG.CY in Nicosia. If you’re around, join the meetup at Wrike Cyprus for a deep dive into building better Docker images for Spring apps: www.meetup.com/jug-cy/event...

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JUG.CY with Alexander Misyuryaev, Wrike and Pasha Finkelshteyn, Bellsoft, Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Last time, we discussed how to upgrade a Spring-based application. This time, we’ll explore other important aspects of maintaining modern Java projects. First, we’ll talk a

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Rachel Appel @rachelappel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Top frame: A hand holding a poisonous mushroom and a stick figure labeled "AI" is looking at it. Caption: "Is this mushroom edible?" Answer from AI: "Yes"
Bottom frame: A man in a hospital bed, with the AI stick figure next to him. Caption "You're right, it's a poisonous mushroom. Would you like to know more about poisonous mushrooms?"

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Akka @akka.io · 09/10/2025

@jbaru.ch, @asm0dey.site, sending good energy for the talk ahead! Old Java still runs Needs tests, fast speed, and safe design Through runtime it flows #Devoxx #Akka #room7

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Still on Java 8 or 11? You’re not alone. Tomorrow at #Devoxx Belgium, @asm0dey.site (#BellSoft) and @jbaru.ch (@TuxCare) show how to make legacy #Java feel better – cleaner code, safer apps, faster runtime, without forced rewrites. 📅 Thu, Oct 9 • 13:50 • Room 7

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 08/10/2025

Thank you! We had to replace Anton with another speaker, but it still will be an amazing talk!

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 18/09/2025

It's this time of the year! sdk install java 25-librca

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

“Microservices will fix it.” Not always. @asm0dey.site explains why most apps run better as modular monoliths with Spring Modulith: clearer structure, safer tests, and less complexity. youtu.be/AkXkEIc8hw0 Curious to hear your view – microservices or monolith?

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Monolith Done Right: Why You Don’t Need Microservices

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Spring I/O @springio.net · 04/09/2025

🍃 Four Approaches to Reducing Java Startup Time: AppCDS, Native Image, Project Leyden, CRaC by @asm0dey.site & @cat-edelveis.bsky.social @ Spring I/O 2025 ▶️ Video: youtu.be/UVFJ0VXWBZo 🔗 Slides: code-with-bellsoft.github.io/java-startup... 🛠️ Repo: github.com/code-with-be... #springio25

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Four Approaches to Reducing Java Startup Time: AppCDS, Native Image, Project Leyden, CRaC @ SpringIO

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Catherine Edelveis @edelveis.dev · 21/08/2025

👾Flyway with Spring Boot: A Step-By-Step Tutorial Beginner- and intermediate-friendly guide to using #Flyway with @spring.io and Maven: from writing VRBU migrations to adding preconditions, placeholders, and integrating with CI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnhT...

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Flyway in Spring Boot: Step-by-Step tutorial with Maven (Beginner Friendly)

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Do you really need DTOs everywhere? @asm0dey.site explains how to hide sensitive fields, build role-based views & simplify APIs with Jackson – no extra DTO classes. Full video: youtu.be/m8He5BRmHKo

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Stop Using DTOs – A Cleaner Way for Your Java APIs

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GameFromScratch @gamefromscratch.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The #GodotEngine just got a major new supporter... @jetbrains.com - one of the biggest creator of developer software, including Rider, the #gamedev IDE. Excellent news! gamefromscratch.com/jetbrains-sp...

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JetBrains Sponsors Godot at Platinum Level – GameFromScratch.com

The Godot foundation now has another platinum level backer, developer tool, language and IDE maker, JetBrains, creators of the Rider IDE.

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 23/07/2025

It's always nice to know something from your personal history. For example, this person died in roughly 1780s. For my 6th-generation grandpa, we know the year of death, but not the date. He died in 1831

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

No upgrades on the horizon? Still on Java 8 or 11? This webinar is about what you can improve anyway: structure, performance, security. 📅 July 23 | 7:00 PM CEST 🎙 @asm0dey.site & @jbaru.ch bell-sw.com/webinars/jav...

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 17/07/2025

It only took 15 years to make the transition between community and ultimate smoother!

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 04/07/2025

OK, hear me out! Spring AI's MCP Server API is just amazing! But! I'm trying to build a native image of a local-only (studio) MCP server, and I want to build a native image from it. And it builds, without any arcane magic! But doesn't work — the list of tools gives a timeout to my client :(

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 02/07/2025

OK folks, who managed to make Spring AI MCP server in stdio mode work with GraalVM native image (or NIK)?

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 29/06/2025

The first letter I have in my current GMail account is a letter from Trafigura with a home assignment. I deleted all the letters before and many thousands letters after. Why? 🧵 (1/15)

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 25/06/2025

And this is how I know we're doing something useful!

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 24/06/2025

OK, how the hell is it possible that Sora can draw a picture of a glass of wine full to a brim? No other network I'm aware of can't because there are no such photos in internet and they don't conceptualise!

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Voxxed Days Luxembourg – we're on! @asm0dey.site is speaking today at 14:45 with a dev story that starts with ChatGPT and ends in a full-blown RAG bot built on Spring AI. Don’t miss it!

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BellSoft @bellsoft.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Zero-days, legacy code, and no time to spare. @asm0dey.site is live at #JRush – sharing how teams handle security fixes under pressure: youtube.com/live/vW6n5ci...

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JRush Ep 5 - Advanced Security Strategies for Java and Spring Applications

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Pasha Finkelshteyn 🇩🇪⬅️🇷🇺(✡️) @asm0dey.site · 13/06/2025

I didn't even realize how much syntactic sugar modern Java contains. Look at me desugaring it and struggling youtu.be/uTQDOXCen0c

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Downgraded Java to JDK 1.1 After 30 Years… It Was a Disaster (part 1)

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