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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Super useful feature when working with Spring!

Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

First conference confirmed for 2027: @piotrprz.bsky.social & I will speak about "Learning modern Java the playful way" at @jfokus.se.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week I will be busy at @gotocon.com: On stage with @kevlin.bsky.social & several other to talk about programming languages, @piotrprz.bsky.social & I will speak about Learning modern Java the playful way and a #Java panel with @ixchelruiz.bsky.social , @laurspilca.bsky.social, Piotr & me.

Piotr Przybyl and Marit van Dijk on stage at Devoxx Poland 2025. Both are wearing white lab coats and simultaneously adding a pen to the pocket.

Marit van Dijk and Kevlin Henney at Voxxed Days CERN 2026.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Feminize a band name Pet Shop Girls

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Maven 4.0.0-rc7 also available on @sdkman.io - Give it a try!

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Recently, I keep seeing examples of people using AI for things where perfectly good deterministic tools are available. While I understand AI is the new shiny tool, do we need to use it for everything? Especially if deterministic alternatives exist? What do you think?

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 23/09/2026

New IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talk episode! @antonarhipov.bsky.social and Spring AI project lead @tzolov.bsky.social unpack Spring AI 2.0: tool search, skills, and sub-agents – all built on tool calling. Plus live demos cutting token usage by ~50% and a preview of v2.1. 👉 youtu.be/ILn2GX8s1FM 👈

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Chris Oldwood @chrisoldwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Programs must be written for machines to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.” — HAL 9000 Abelson

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Before heading to the next conference this week, I finished my post about @javazone.bsky.social over the weekend: maritvandijk.com/javazone-2026/ 📸 Pictures by Ard Jongsma / #JavaZone

Marit van Dijk and Andres Almiray on stage at JavaZone. The slide behind them shows information about the Maven Enforcer plugin.

Marit van Dijk and Andres Almiray on stage at JavaZone. The screen behind them shows a pom.xml in IntelliJ IDEA in dark mode.

Marit van Dijk and Andres Almiray on stage at JavaZone. Marit is speaking and Andres is looking in her direction.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ok I might have a new favorite race conditions joke... Cc @hilton.org.uk

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Omg, Reddit, make up your mind! (Anyway, here is the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yiR...)

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Adding one more conference to 2026: @andresalmiray.com and I will present "Getting more out of #Maven" at @nljug.bsky.social #JFall

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just recorded a new #IntelliJIDEA Tech Talk with @brianvermeer.nl from #snyk. It will be released on the @intellijidea.com YouTube channel - Like & Subscribe ;)

Marit van Dijk and Brian Vermeer in the IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks studio.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Download #Java27 from your favorite vendor from inside @intellijidea.com JDKs are added as they appear. #IntelliJIDEA <3 #Java

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do you want to get started with the just released #Java 27? Download the JDK from inside @intellijidea.com

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy #Java release day to all who celebrate! 🥳 What feature(s) are you most excited about?

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Last week we hosted #IntelliJIDEA Conf 2026. On day 2 I had the pleasure to host @hollycummins.com and @mthmulders.bsky.social. ICYMI, the recordings are on the @intellijidea.com YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For the past two days we hosted @intellijidea.com Conf 2026. Thanks to the amazing speakers & everyone involved! In case you missed it, you can still find the stream online. Day 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi_m... Day 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTcx...

IntelliJ IDEA Conf speakers, hosts and other colleagues who helped to make this event possible.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And just like that, #JavaZone2026 is done. Many thanks to the @javazone.bsky.social organizers, other speakers and attendees for another great edition. Hope to see you again next year!

JavaZone speaker badge for Marit van Dijk.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Personal live demo of @intellijidea.com features for @hansolo.eu at @javazone.bsky.social, showing Search Everywhere (Shift Shift), Command Completion (..) and how to create Live Templates. Thanks @brianvermeer.nl for the picture. #JavaZone #IntelliJIDEA

Marit van Dijk giving a demo to Gerrit Grunwald at JavaZone.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fun to see colleagues Wout Werkman, Nikita Skvortsov and Frederik Pietzko at @javazone.bsky.social.

Marit van Dijk, Wout Werkman, Nikita Skvortsov, and Frederik Pietzko.

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Days since Wout Werkman has derailed a conversation by talking about Structured Concurrency: 0 @javazone.bsky.social

Wout Werkman on stage at JavaZone. The title of his talk is on the slide behind him: Async is the New `goto`: Rethinking Structured Concurrency

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Falsehoods developers believe about names: Last names always start with a capital letter. (Many Dutch names, like my own, do not)

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Getting ready for a new conference season! You can find me at the following conferences: Sep 2-3 @javazone.bsky.social 🇳🇴 Sep 25-26 Confitura 🇵🇱 Sep 30 - Oct 2 @gotocon.com Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Oct 5-9 @devoxx.com 🇧🇪 Oct 20 JDD 🇵🇱 Oct 22 @hellostavanger.no 🇳🇴 Nov 4-5 Devoxx Morocco 🇲🇦 See you there?

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dear* every company everywhere, if you make your unsubscribe page too complicated, I will be forced mark you as spam. * Not really

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 26/08/2026

Project Loom brings lightweight concurrency to Java. Virtual Threads, Structured Concurrency, Scoped Values — @balarawool.bsky.social shows how the pieces fit together in the latest IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks 👇 youtu.be/2L7zLdHeyY0

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Beyond Virtual Threads: Structured Concurrency - Balkrishna Rawool | IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's always such a joy to hear @venkats.bsky.social speak; he drops such gems of wisdom. Check out this episode now; you won't be sorry!

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy World Photography Day to the amazing @ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social 🫶 Thank you so much for capturing all these wonderful moments & more.

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Develocity @gradle.com · 13/08/2026

Broken build script used to nuke your whole IDE sync -> 99 healthy projects go dark because 1 has a bad line. Gradle 9.7 + IntelliJ 2026.2 fix that. Resilient sync keeps completion alive in the file you're fixing. blog.gradle.org/resilient-sync

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Resilient Sync: Your IDE Keeps Helping even when your Build is Broken

Gradle 9.7 and IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 bring resilient sync to IDE users. When part of your build fails to configure, Gradle still hands the IDE models for everything that succeeded, so you keep code com...

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Develocity @gradle.com · 14/08/2026

Small IntelliJ IDEA win for Gradle users: your version catalog accessors now show their resolved coordinates inline. api(libs.guava) → com.google.guava:guava:33.4.6-jre. No jumping to libs.versions.toml. 👌

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There is a special place in hell for websites that require you to fill DOB using a date selector that only allows you to back one month(!) at a time (and no option to fill date directly...)

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Very excited to get accepted to @devoxx.com again this year, this time to do a Deep Dive with my favorite partner in stage crime @piotrprz.bsky.social. #Java #Devoxx

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 13/08/2026

AI pressure is multiplying. New models, constant updates, changing workflows. Meanwhile, you have code to ship 🤔. With IntelliJ IDEA and other JetBrains IDEs, AI lives where you code, bringing IDE intelligence to you and your agents so you can own the result and ship with confidence👇 jb.gg/ai-in-ij

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 12/08/2026

Database First or Code First? 🗄️ Managing your persistence layer in Spring Boot doesn't have to be manual. We explore how to keep your models and SQL schemas in sync using Flyway and IntelliJ IDEA tooling. Watch the latest Tech Talks episode: youtu.be/1Jci3yQzKyk

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Tfw the AI subtitles put "virtual threats" instead of "virtual threads"... 😅

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Pamela Hill-Galloway @pamelaahill.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My latest video for the Kotlin channel is out! There are some nice juicy features in this release - check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI4J...

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What’s New in Kotlin 2.4 | Featuring: Collection literals | Swift Export | SPM import

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 29/07/2026

A virtual assistant that handles the day-to-day stuff you don't want to deal with, built in Java. @rdehuyss.bsky.social walks us through ClawRunr. New IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks episode out now 👇 youtu.be/LO-scoxilbs

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Your Java AI Agent at Home - Ronald Dehuysser | IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks

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Kotlin by JetBrains @kotlinlang.org · 20/07/2026

Kotlin turns 15 🎂 Thank you for being part of the journey. To mark the milestone, we're inviting the community to celebrate Kotlin's birthday. Create a birthday postcard, or upload your photo and party with Kodee. 🎉 Celebrate with us 🎉 kotl.in/effect-blog-bluesky

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Kotlin Turns 15: Celebrate the Kotlin Effect - The JetBrains Blog

Kotlin turns 15! Create a birthday postcard, share your wish, and explore more ways to celebrate the Kotlin Effect with the community.

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 17/07/2026

The IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 release is here! Explore our What’s New page for a complete overview of the key new features, including detailed explanations and demos. 👇 www.jetbrains.com/idea/whatsnew/

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What's New in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2

Discover IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 with agent skills, third-party AI completion providers, native GitHub Copilot, logpoints, dependency completion, early Gradle 10 support, Java 27, Kotlin 2.4, Spring insi...

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Marit van Dijk @maritvandijk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Logpoints and a bundled debugger skills to make debugging easier, dependency completion for #Gradle and #Maven, support for #Java 27, #Kotlin 2.4, features for #Spring security, #Docker and more.. 🤩

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James Ward @jamesward.com · 15/07/2026

Super fun session with @maritvandijk.bsky.social about Agent Skills and SkillsJars

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IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE @intellijidea.com · 15/07/2026

Skills are a great way to bring specific knowledge into your AI. But how do you manage your skills? @jamesward.com built SkillsJars to manage your skill.md files like any other dependency. 🎥 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/Wi-dSxZMoGU

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Manage Skills Like Dependencies - James Ward | IntelliJ IDEA Tech Talks

Skills are a great way to bring specific knowledge into your AI, but how do you manage your skill.md files? Wouldn’t it be nice if we could manage them like dependencies, so we could version them,…

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