Tom Cools
@TCoolsIT
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DevRel Engineer @TimefoldAI | Conference speaker 🗣️ | #Java | @Java_Champions | @BeJUG Organizer | Teacher and Trainer 👨🏫
Antwerp, Belgium
Joined November 2016
🎉 I am extremely excited to be joining @TimefoldAI . I was a fan of the Open Source solver for years and to now be able to join them on their journey to free the world from wasteful scheduling is amazing. Looking forward to supporting and enabling the developer community! <3
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2025 is almost wrapped up ❄️🎁, but there’s still time for one last community moment together! So put on that ugly Christmas sweater 🎄🧦, warm up with a hot drink ☕️, and join us for a final #BeJUG call before we slide into the new year ⛄️✨. https://t.co/kTj5RFw0bg
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2025 is almost wrapped up, but there’s still time for one last community moment together! So grab your ugliest Christmas sweater, a hot drink, and join us for a final BeJUG
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🚀 #BeJUG is back in Ghent this November! Big thank you to Inetum ( https://t.co/bV8sqvmacw) for hosting us! ☺️ Speaking this time are @FrankDelporte and @wbauweraerts.🤩 Raspberry Pi and becoming fearless💪 Sign up here: https://t.co/AvlJycvB1t
#java #bejug #community
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on behalf of @TCoolsIT: our ✨ legendary ✨ informal speaker city tour is back!!!🥹 Starting at 20:30 in the city center 👌
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Not me FOMO submitting to @jfallconf on the very last day 🤣. If you haven't yet, you got a couple more hours to do so! It's a great conference!
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Time for a next @BeJUG Event! Many thanks to @cegeka for hosting this event in Hasselt! In this Belgian Java User Group, we have @BrianVerm and @KadiGrigg who'll help us make (or break!) some software. Sign-up here 👉 https://t.co/t4ABZv1Lae
#java #security
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Hope you all had a great summer so far, so let's end it with another event! This time we're heading to **Cegeka**, in Hasselt. Thanks for hosting us! This time we have Kad
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JavaOne 2025 was such a hit that we just have to run it back. 😎 Save the date for our next #JavaOne event, coming to you March 17-19, 2026! https://t.co/sYA8dluOTK
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Time for our yearly stop @OniryxICT 🤩. We got great food and drinks. Weather is epic and we got 2 cool talks lined up! 🤩 Let's Go!
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The #Java tour continues! Next stop: @OniryxICT (Gembloux) – thanks for having us again! 🇧🇪 🕹️ @glyc1n will show how he turned IntelliJ into a game engine! 🎤 1 quicky slot still open! Want in? 👉 https://t.co/3LK83caNuA
#BeJUG
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Let's keep up the #java vibes! This time we're heading to **Oniryx**, in Gembloux, a yearly stop around this time of year! Thanks for hosting us again! This time we have A
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In the lead up to #Java's 30th, let's celebrate some Java Legends. Drop a comment & tag the legendary figures in the Java community. We will go first, James Gosling, Brian Goetz, Mark Reinhold, @venkat_s, @ammbra1508, @BillyKorando, and Nicolai Parlog
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Can LLMs solve scheduling or routing problems? Can GenAI help companies save millions of dollars by optimizing Vehicle Routing, Shift Rostering or Job Scheduling to increase productivity and retention? Why not? Which type of AI can? And how can we combine it with LLMs to make
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Long overdue! Steve is one of the people who helped me a lot in my career. Congratz!
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Event Alert! 🚨Our May session of BeJUG is very early in the month, this time in Leuven! We'll have @jonas_grgt join us to talk about Event Driven systems. We are extremely gratefull to Randstad Digital Belgium for hosting us! 🙏 Signup for free at: https://t.co/UrfHiQuSIl
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Our Open Source solver now has a dedicated home: https://t.co/AghJrmPKV9 It's a place for the Timefold Solver community, with everything you need to build a solution for any planning, scheduling or routing optimization problem. Is there anything missing that you would like to
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LLMs can’t do everything — but AI still can! 🤖 Join @TCoolsIT April 23rd for a session that cuts through the GenAI hype! Learn how Timefold tackles scheduling problems LLMs can’t solve Live Stream: https://t.co/kX6076ae9W
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Let’s keep up the #java vibes! 🚀 Heading to @NSI_ITSS in Awans & a big thanks to our hosts! Excited to have Matthias share all about Maven 4. Register here: https://t.co/SI1ybW1AD8 Plus, an open Quick Slot for 10-25min talks—volunteers, step up: https://t.co/cudJgCy21o
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🎤 Byte size session announcement We’re excited to welcome @TCoolsIT from @TimefoldAI to the Voxxed Days Amsterdam lineup! Great to have you, Tom, looking forward to your byte size session! 🙌 🧠 Talk: “LLMs can't optimize schedules, but AI can!” 🔹 LLMs are great, but not
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The quickstarts readme for our open source solver had a make-over! It's now easier to find the right example and start solving your scheduling or routing problem with #PlanningAI. Try it out: https://t.co/BrSr2H3eby
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Excited for #JCON EUROPE 2025? See @TCoolsIT at #JCON2025 in Cologne talking about '#Braving the Change: #Recalibrating to New #Realities' ‘Change is the only #constant in our industry’… but they never told … Get your free #JUG Ticket: https://t.co/wTLeI3taOB
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Timefold hitting the front-page of @newsycombinator 😍. The blog post @GeoffreyDeSmet wrote is probably the best explainer why I switched companies after 11.5 years at my first employer. It's heartfelt, personal and excellent: https://t.co/sZ7or2hDA6
#OpenSource #Founder
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