Ken Kousen
@kousenit.com
Author, speaker, software developer, and technical trainer. Java Champion, teaches Java, Groovy, Gradle, Kotlin, Android, Spring. Publishes "Tales from the jar side" newsletter and YouTube channel
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts, by @kenkousen open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts
What do you call it when Santa loses his GPS signal? A lost Claus. (rimshot)
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December 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts, by @kenkousen open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Reposted by Ken Kousen
The online and free JChampions Conference is coming up on Jan 22, 23, 26, and 27. There will be 28 sessions for ALL Java developers presented by Java Champions.
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
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Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The online and free JChampions Conference is coming up on Jan 22, 23, 26, and 27. There will be 28 sessions for ALL Java developers presented by Java Champions.
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
Reposted by Ken Kousen
The online and free JChampions Conference is coming up on Jan 22, 23, 26, and 27. There will be 28 sessions for ALL Java developers presented by Java Champions.
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The online and free JChampions Conference is coming up on Jan 22, 23, 26, and 27. There will be 28 sessions for ALL Java developers presented by Java Champions.
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
jchampionsconf.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JChampionsC...
Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/jchampions...
Another hilarious and informative summary 🏉 :-)
Matt LaFleur needs to hire a “Red Zone Czar” to remind him that the goal inside-the-20 is to move forward, not sideways.
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miketanier.substack.com/p/how-the-nf...
How The NFC Was Won. And Lost. And Won.
Wild victories for the Bears, Panthers and Seahawks -- plus another Get Right game for the Eagles -- plunge the NFC playoff picture into complete chaos.
miketanier.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another hilarious and informative summary 🏉 :-)
If you won't go until you get some figgy pudding, you're going to have a long, cold wait for DoorDash and I doubt you're going to be happy with the result
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you won't go until you get some figgy pudding, you're going to have a long, cold wait for DoorDash and I doubt you're going to be happy with the result
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness
I'm so old I remember when you could put Xmas cards on top of the TV. (rimshot)
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December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media
He's making a list / He's checking it twice / He left it at home / He's texting his wife (rimshot)
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December 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness
My grandfather's battalion in Norway successfully disguised themselves as Christmas trees. They were well decorated. (rimshot)
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December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Spring AI, Vlogging through history, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Spring AI, Vlogging through history, and the usual social media silliness
A turkey is about to cross the road when a chicken appears and says, "Don't do it! You'll never hear the end of it!" (rimshot)
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November 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tales from the jar side: Spring AI, Vlogging through history, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales fromt the jar side: Gemini 3.0, Nano Banana Pro, Antigravity, Wispr Flow, Death by Lightning, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales fromt the jar side: Gemini 3.0, Nano Banana Pro, Antigravity, Wispr Flow, Death by Lightning, and the usual social media silliness
My favorite yoga pose is Upward Facing Couch Potato (rimshot)
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November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Tales fromt the jar side: Gemini 3.0, Nano Banana Pro, Antigravity, Wispr Flow, Death by Lightning, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Vibe coding, AI companionship, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Vibe coding, AI companionship, and the usual social media silliness
Buses stop at a bus station. Trains stop at a train station. On my desk is a workstation. (rimshot)
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November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Tales from the jar side: Vibe coding, AI companionship, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Cursor for Android, Chess tournament, No man is an island, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Cursor for Android, Chess tournament, No man is an island, and the usual social media silliness
My phone has this cool app that shows me what I look like as an old person. It's called a camera. (rimshot)
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November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tales from the jar side: Cursor for Android, Chess tournament, No man is an island, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: P6Spy, Cursor for Java, Fun with timezones, Halloween gags, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: P6Spy, Cursor for Java, Fun with timezones, Halloween gags, and the usual social media silliness
A man is suing Smart Water for not making him smart. I'd like to formally announce my lawsuit against Thin Mints. (rimshot)
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November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tales from the jar side: P6Spy, Cursor for Java, Fun with timezones, Halloween gags, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Here's the actual sharable link to my NotebookLM notebook, necessary because I give Google money and therefore they DISABLE functionality. Gee, thanks, Google.
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Shareable Notebook Actually Shared This Time
In which Google disables functionality because I gave them money
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October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here's the actual sharable link to my NotebookLM notebook, necessary because I give Google money and therefore they DISABLE functionality. Gee, thanks, Google.
open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter stats and NotebookLM, Cursor for Java, Claude Agent Skills, A chess tragedy, and the usual social media posts open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter stats and NotebookLM, Cursor for Java, Claude Agent Skills, A chess tragedy, and the usual social media posts
The doctor said I need to eat more greens, so I'm switching to mint chocolate chip ice cream. (rimshot)
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October 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter stats and NotebookLM, Cursor for Java, Claude Agent Skills, A chess tragedy, and the usual social media posts open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: The Developer Ecosystem 2025, Claude Code skills and plugins, Greatest Sho On Earth, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: The Developer Ecosystem 2025, Claude Code skills and plugins, Greatest Sho On Earth,
A farmer who owned 67 sheep asked me to round them up. I said sure, 70! (rimshot)
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October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tales from the jar side: The Developer Ecosystem 2025, Claude Code skills and plugins, Greatest Sho On Earth, and the usual social media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
I can't believe Apple is really calling their latest chip M5. Am I the only person who remembers The Ultimate Computer episode of #st:tos?
That would be like IBM releasing a computer named HAL in 2001. Missed opportunity, I guess
That would be like IBM releasing a computer named HAL in 2001. Missed opportunity, I guess
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I can't believe Apple is really calling their latest chip M5. Am I the only person who remembers The Ultimate Computer episode of #st:tos?
That would be like IBM releasing a computer named HAL in 2001. Missed opportunity, I guess
That would be like IBM releasing a computer named HAL in 2001. Missed opportunity, I guess
Tales from the jar side: Video generation with Sora 2, Making LLM's feel bad, Diane Keaton, and the usual social media stuff open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: Video generation with Sora 2, Making LLM's feel bad, Diane Keaton, and the usual social media stuff
Did you hear about the sail boat that kept suspiciously winning races? Turns out it was rigged. (rimshot)
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October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Tales from the jar side: Video generation with Sora 2, Making LLM's feel bad, Diane Keaton, and the usual social media stuff open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Reposted by Ken Kousen
Tuesday's Pragmatic Picks
40% off with code pragpicks
Write Better with Vale
Mockito Made Clear
Cruising Along with Java
Modern CSS with Tailwind, Second Edition
links in 🧵
Brian P. Hogan
@kousenit.com
Venkat Subramaniam
@noelrappin.com
40% off with code pragpicks
Write Better with Vale
Mockito Made Clear
Cruising Along with Java
Modern CSS with Tailwind, Second Edition
links in 🧵
Brian P. Hogan
@kousenit.com
Venkat Subramaniam
@noelrappin.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tuesday's Pragmatic Picks
40% off with code pragpicks
Write Better with Vale
Mockito Made Clear
Cruising Along with Java
Modern CSS with Tailwind, Second Edition
links in 🧵
Brian P. Hogan
@kousenit.com
Venkat Subramaniam
@noelrappin.com
40% off with code pragpicks
Write Better with Vale
Mockito Made Clear
Cruising Along with Java
Modern CSS with Tailwind, Second Edition
links in 🧵
Brian P. Hogan
@kousenit.com
Venkat Subramaniam
@noelrappin.com
Tales from the jar side: The $$$ of AI CLI tools, Ethereal Voices, and the usual Social Media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Tales from the jar side: The $$$ of AI CLI tools, Ethereal Voices, and the usual Social Media silliness
My body is a temple. Ancient, crumbling, cursed, and probably haunted. (rimshot)
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October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tales from the jar side: The $$$ of AI CLI tools, Ethereal Voices, and the usual Social Media silliness open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
Reposted by Ken Kousen
#JUnit 6.0.0 is released!
✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs
docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...
✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs
docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...
JUnit Release Notes
docs.junit.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#JUnit 6.0.0 is released!
✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs
docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...
✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs
docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...
Reposted by Ken Kousen
40-40 is a scorigami. congrats everybody
September 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
40-40 is a scorigami. congrats everybody
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter recommendations, AInception, Projection Bot, and the usual social media silliness
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Tales from the jar side: Newsletter recommendations, AInception, Projection Bot, and the usual social media silliness
This morning, I was walking down the street and I was hit by a violin, then a clarinet and then a french horn. I think it was an orchestrated attack. (rimshot)
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September 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tales from the jar side: Newsletter recommendations, AInception, Projection Bot, and the usual social media silliness
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Reposted by Ken Kousen
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tales from the jar side: Scary Awesome AI, Sports announcers, Venkat comes to class, Conway's Game of Life, Thinking modes, and the usual social media nonsense
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Tales from the jar side: Scary Awesome AI, Sports announcers, Venkat comes to class, Conway's Game of Life, Thinking modes, and the usual social media nonsense
I went skydiving for the first time. This guy strapped himself to me, we jumped out of the plane and as we plummeted, he said: "So, how long have you been an Instructor?" (rimshot)
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September 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tales from the jar side: Scary Awesome AI, Sports announcers, Venkat comes to class, Conway's Game of Life, Thinking modes, and the usual social media nonsense
open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...
open.substack.com/pub/kenkouse...