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David Blevins

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A founder of the Apache TomEE, OpenEJB, Geronimo and MicroProfile projects. Member of Apache, EE4J PMC, Jakarta EE WG, MicroProfile WG. CEO @Tomitribe

Santa Monica, CA
Joined April 2009
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2 months
Dear friends, how do I disable this new style of completion in #Intellij?. Sooo distracting. Like someone talking in your ear all day while you're trying to think.
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David Blevins
2 months
Just released: Checkmate 1.0. Fluent #Java API styled after Stream and Optional. Prints a series of checks in Linux-startup style.
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Basically the only way to survive 174 is layoffs, then empowering the remaining workforce with AI tools to regain productivity. This is your ultimate thesis, just FYI that 174 is speeding this up globally.
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David Blevins
7 months
Just released. Pixie, a tiny magical DI, config and eventing library for your smallest apps #Java #OSS #DependencyInjection #Config #NoOverkill.
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Tiny but powerful library creating your java objects with a bit of magical pixie dust - tomitribe/pixie
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1 year
I had one of the most amazing birthdays of my life. If you want to know about my younger days before tech, which were filled with so much MUSIC and community read these touching words from my friend Matt Shipp.
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I wanted to cry on such an amazing and touching birthday present from Matthew Shipp, Isaiah and so many dear friends from "The Studio" in River Falls in 1991-1994. If you met me later in life and...
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David Blevins
2 years
Just noticed Github added the concept of a successor to accounts. Have seen that in social media platforms (Facebook, etc), but first time seeing in the software world. An idea worth copying.
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2 years
@waynebeaton Never mind, found it. It was 1.3.
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David Blevins
2 years
Should Java 17 users be able to run #JakartaEE 11 given it can be implemented on Java 17?.
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David Blevins
2 years
Happy 40th to the one and only @starbuxman!! Hope you have an amazing party!!!!!.
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David Blevins
2 years
Do you see the ethical problem in this sentence?. "I can't work on the Foo open source project, because I have a day job.". How about now?. "I can't work on the Foo open source project, because I have a day job [with a company that uses Foo project].". Chose ethical employers.
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David Blevins
2 years
RT @tomitribe: Catch @ivar_grimstad's #ApacheTomcat's Vital Role in @JakartaEE via a code demo session on Oct 8th @TheASF Halifax. Discover….
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David Blevins
2 years
Who has a tool like checkstyle, but just makes the correction instead of failing my build?. Things like removing unused imports, adding private constructors for utility classes could easily just be executed.
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David Blevins
2 years
RT @JakartaEE: The #JakartaEE Starter uses a Maven Archetype to generate sample code to get you going quickly with simple Jakarta EE micros….
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David Blevins
2 years
Does your company use #OpenSource? If so, do they allow you to contribute to that open source project?. *Please help retweet*.
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David Blevins
2 years
Doing some javax-to-jakarta migration and running into issues using bytecode transformation?. Use this to compare the binary before and after:. #JakartaEE @JakartaEE.
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Command-line tool to parse bytecode and print in text format using ASM - tomitribe/asmify
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David Blevins
2 years
My list of the top 10 things that won't be impacted by AI and robotics. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. End of list.
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David Blevins
2 years
People excited about AI's use in generating SEO content reminds me of how people initially used the internet to buy printed books.
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2 years
RT @carcour: @brunoborges Recent EJB 3.x aren’t very different from Spring in terms of ease of use. EJB 2.1 deployment descriptors where ho….
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David Blevins
2 years
RT @bercut2000: Special dedication to Bob Lee by @antoine_sd at @devoxxfr!
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