Jaap Coomans
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Jaap Coomans
@jaapcoomans.nl
Father | Husband | Developer | Java | Kotlin | @brabantjug.nl leader | Speaker | Craft beer sampler | Board game player | Willem II 🔴⚪🔵| He/him
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Just 4 days until our next Meetup!

This time Sioux will be hosting us in their Eindhoven office.

🗣️ @marianne-h.bsky.social - Unveiling the simple math that powers AI
🗣️ @josroseboom.bsky.social - When ORM becomes OMG: Performance Pitfalls in JPA and Friends

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BrabantJUG @ Sioux Technologies, Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
On 24 November, BrabantJUG will be hosting our next meetup, this time at a new host: Sioux Technologies. Again we will have some great content for you. See you there! **Ti
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November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support.

I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland. I have 25+ years experience as a software developer, 8 as devrel www.linkedin.com/posts/aalmir...
#opensource #opentowork | Andres Almiray
Hi everyone! An ongoing reorganization at my current employer has prompted me to seek for a new role and would appreciate your support. I'm open to remote (anywhere) and hybrid roles in Switzerland (...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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We're present at the community hub at @nljug.bsky.social #JFall today together with a lot of other friendly local JUGs.
Come have a chat
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ready for #JFall to start!
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Starting the day with a crime scene investigation... Who killed Duke? #JFall
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Primary reason for visiting #Devoxx whenever I can: Ask The Architects. Rarely enter with a specific question. Always walk out with tons of new insights. #askarch
October 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
You know @devoxx.com has started when you're having Koffiekoeken in the morning.
#Devoxx
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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The Call for Papers for Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2026 is officially OPEN! 😎

Do you have the the knowledge, experience or have an idea to share to the #Java community?

This is your chance!

📅 Date: April 1–2, 2026

📌 Submit your proposal:
vdams26.cfp.dev
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉-𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 2025 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 25𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 12:00

Better set your alarms, because these early tickets are always gone in a flash.

Claim your ticket www.eventbrite.nl/e/j-fall-202...

#NLJUG #Java #Jfall #Tickets
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September 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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After some drinks and good conversation we continue the evening with @davidvlijmincx.com speaking about Async IO with Java and C.
September 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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First up tonight is @balarawool.bsky.social, telling us about the secrets of Vector Databases.
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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@remcoder.bsky.social and Joep Weijers kicking of the gezelligste JUG of the Netherlands at TOPdesk!
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Come for the content, stay for the Brabantse gezelligheid!
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Now the summer holiday is over, it's time for a great new BrabantJUG Meetup!

On 16 September TOPdesk will be hosting us in #Tilburg.

We have 2 great speakers:
@balarawool.bsky.social: Making Sense of Vector Databases
@davidvlijmincx.com: Async IO with Java and C

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BrabantJUG @ TOPDesk, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup
## Details On 16 September, BrabantJUG will be hosting our next meetup at TOPdesk! We have 2 great speakers lined up for you. **David Vlijmincx** will speak about **Async
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August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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JavaLand 2025 was a blast! 🚀 Miriam & I talked OpenAPI & RESTful APIs. Shout-out to @jaapcoomans.nl for a great talk on contract-first API testing with Quarkus – awesome demo of real dev enablement! 💥
April 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thanks to those at @javaland.bsky.social who attended my session.

The demo code and the slides are on github: github.com/jaapcoomans/...
GitHub - jaapcoomans/contract-first-api-testing: Demo project for Contract-first API Testing
Demo project for Contract-first API Testing. Contribute to jaapcoomans/contract-first-api-testing development by creating an account on GitHub.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Good morning @javaland.bsky.social
Ready for some early morning testing? I will be speaking about contract-first API testing with Quarkus in room Bergwerk at 09:00. See you there?
April 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Nice passionate story about the Lukashian Calendar by Gert-Jan Schouten.
Nice to be in a room full of calendar geeks. #JavaLand
April 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nice to be back at #JavaLand. First time for me at the Nürburgring. #Jatumba
April 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Had a blast at mini.CONF Episode X tonight. Fun topics, great conversations and good food.
#KENNIS #group9
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Waiting for the mini.CONF keynote to start.
March 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Getting ready for mini.CONF, our yearly #group9 conference. This year marks the 10th edition 🎉 with some great external speakers!
@jqno.nl, @timtebeek.github.io and @rijosam.com will be speaking tonight.
March 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That's a first...

Received an email with a PowerPoint attached with a single slide in A4 paper size that contains a letter.

If only a tool existed for sending digital letters...
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Tomorrow I'll give a sneak preview of my #javaone talk about native multiplatform in Java at the @brabantjug.nl also @andresalmiray.com will be there taking about Going beyond ORMs www.meetup.com/nl-NL/braban...
BrabantJUG @ WAES Eindhoven, di 25 feb 2025, 17:00 | Meetup
On 25 February, BrabantJUG will be hosting our 11th meetup! We have 2 great speakers lined up for you. **Andres Almiray** will speak about **Going beyond ORMs** and **Jago
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February 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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We are making some changes to our @nljug.bsky.social J-Spring conference.
For starters, the CFP is open. Read the instructions and submit your talk.
J-Spring 2025: Call for Papers
Thursday June 5th, 2025 | Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The NetherlandsJ-Spring is the Java Spring conference organized by the NLJUG for the Java community. ...
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February 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM