Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I generally think that the @kotlinlang.org stdlib is high quality and well thought out but it also has a few really nasty bits. Why can I call `toString` on a nullable receiver? And why does it return the string "null" in case the receiver is null? 011
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Because I can never remember `java.util.zip.ZipInputStream`'s API I've built a wrapper which behaves just as I would expect it to. 000
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 07/10/2025ChatGPT recommends @sdkman.io for installing new Java versions 110
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 01/09/2025I fucking hate Detekt. These are not magic numbers. The context makes it perfectly that 6 is the number of days added and 22 the hour to set. 100
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 17/02/2025I've hacked together a small Bash function which tells you if any of your aliases shadows a command or builtin. 100
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Holy moly! I wasn't aware that @intellijidea.com respects .sdkmanrc files! 2153
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Amazing read. IMHO even better than the original Turtles comics. 000
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Also quite popular here is King Of Tokio. Very easy to understand, and a match rarely takes longer than 30 min. 010
Oliver Weiler @helpermethod.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Played that one during the holidays and had loads of fun. It says age 10+, but even the small one (5 yo) could participate. 110
