Max Rydahl Andersen
@maxandersen.xam.dk
Quarkus co-lead - Distinguished Engineer, Red Hat. Creator of https://jbang.dev
Microsoft - you forgot to put a "Do not show this again" option on this.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Microsoft - you forgot to put a "Do not show this again" option on this.
- Going faster with AI is safer than going slow with AI
- Choosing to become a carpenter or open a bookshop is more productive than choosing to ignore AI and hope it goes away
- Your expertise still matters; but you won't be able to rely only on that
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6p-...
- Choosing to become a carpenter or open a bookshop is more productive than choosing to ignore AI and hope it goes away
- Your expertise still matters; but you won't be able to rely only on that
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6p-...
Going Slower Feels Safer, But Your Domain Expertise Won't Save You Anymore. Here's What Will.
My site: https://natebjones.com
Full Story w/…
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:56 AM
- Going faster with AI is safer than going slow with AI
- Choosing to become a carpenter or open a bookshop is more productive than choosing to ignore AI and hope it goes away
- Your expertise still matters; but you won't be able to rely only on that
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6p-...
- Choosing to become a carpenter or open a bookshop is more productive than choosing to ignore AI and hope it goes away
- Your expertise still matters; but you won't be able to rely only on that
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6p-...
Reposted by Max Rydahl Andersen
“Java is the new Python” sounds wrong until you remove the ceremony.
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
“Java is the new Python” sounds wrong until you remove the ceremony.
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
The use of chicory to have rust compiled to WASM and then available on the JVM so we get a nice and performant syntax highlighter accessible from Java 8+ is pretty damn awesome.
Read all about it in Andrea Perfuffo's write up here
chicory.dev/blog/syntax-...
Read all about it in Andrea Perfuffo's write up here
chicory.dev/blog/syntax-...
Syntax highlighting in Java, without the pain | Chicory
A week ago, my friend Max told me he couldn't find a good library for code syntax highlighting in Java.
chicory.dev
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The use of chicory to have rust compiled to WASM and then available on the JVM so we get a nice and performant syntax highlighter accessible from Java 8+ is pretty damn awesome.
Read all about it in Andrea Perfuffo's write up here
chicory.dev/blog/syntax-...
Read all about it in Andrea Perfuffo's write up here
chicory.dev/blog/syntax-...
Now tested with 50+ concurrent builds so you can build your AI agent army faster.
JBang 0.136.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.136.0
February 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Now tested with 50+ concurrent builds so you can build your AI agent army faster.
Scott Hanselman gives excellent explanation of what agents are.
Emergent agency, illusion of sentience.
Nothing without the loop - created and directed by human.
These are tools. Can be used for good and bad things. One does not exclude the other.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDaK8aS/
Emergent agency, illusion of sentience.
Nothing without the loop - created and directed by human.
These are tools. Can be used for good and bad things. One does not exclude the other.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDaK8aS/
TikTok - Make Your Day
283 likes, 34 comments. “Explain explaining why the emergent behavior of agents on Moltbook is not sentence”
vm.tiktok.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Scott Hanselman gives excellent explanation of what agents are.
Emergent agency, illusion of sentience.
Nothing without the loop - created and directed by human.
These are tools. Can be used for good and bad things. One does not exclude the other.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDaK8aS/
Emergent agency, illusion of sentience.
Nothing without the loop - created and directed by human.
These are tools. Can be used for good and bad things. One does not exclude the other.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDaK8aS/
My recent Reddit/linkedin experience:
“Java is only for enterprise Linux, don’t bother making it easier to use Windows — macOS is fine though.”
If your definition of what is useful depends on your laptop brand, maybe the problem isn’t Java.
“Java is only for enterprise Linux, don’t bother making it easier to use Windows — macOS is fine though.”
If your definition of what is useful depends on your laptop brand, maybe the problem isn’t Java.
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
My recent Reddit/linkedin experience:
“Java is only for enterprise Linux, don’t bother making it easier to use Windows — macOS is fine though.”
If your definition of what is useful depends on your laptop brand, maybe the problem isn’t Java.
“Java is only for enterprise Linux, don’t bother making it easier to use Windows — macOS is fine though.”
If your definition of what is useful depends on your laptop brand, maybe the problem isn’t Java.
Its 2026 and two of the most popular dev tools in Java space: Gradle and IntelliJ has no way to run a main class with a working terminal.
What’s up with that ?
What’s up with that ?
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Its 2026 and two of the most popular dev tools in Java space: Gradle and IntelliJ has no way to run a main class with a working terminal.
What’s up with that ?
What’s up with that ?
“the US government, as of 2025, does not track how many citizens have been detained by immigration agents” …. Like - ignore wether you for or against it but why would this not be done unless you are after misleading the public ??
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 PM
“the US government, as of 2025, does not track how many citizens have been detained by immigration agents” …. Like - ignore wether you for or against it but why would this not be done unless you are after misleading the public ??
"AI amplifies people who knows what they are doing, potentially misleads those who don’t."
Can not agree more - spot on.
Good listen and made me try out cowork and damn its nice :)
youtu.be/h7dbkDcb3hA?...
Can not agree more - spot on.
Good listen and made me try out cowork and damn its nice :)
youtu.be/h7dbkDcb3hA?...
Task Queues Are Replacing Chat Interfaces. Here's Why (plus a Claude Cowork Demo)
My site: https://natebjones.com
Full Story w/ Playbook:…
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"AI amplifies people who knows what they are doing, potentially misleads those who don’t."
Can not agree more - spot on.
Good listen and made me try out cowork and damn its nice :)
youtu.be/h7dbkDcb3hA?...
Can not agree more - spot on.
Good listen and made me try out cowork and damn its nice :)
youtu.be/h7dbkDcb3hA?...
Open infrastructure is not free. And it’s starting to crack.
Every pip install,, mvn install, gradle build, cargo build depends on shared infrastructure that is:
- underfunded
- overstretched
- treated as “someone else’s problem”
Every pip install,, mvn install, gradle build, cargo build depends on shared infrastructure that is:
- underfunded
- overstretched
- treated as “someone else’s problem”
Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship – Open Source Security Foundation
Help Measure CRA Awareness: Take the 2026 Cyber Resiliency Survey
openssf.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Open infrastructure is not free. And it’s starting to crack.
Every pip install,, mvn install, gradle build, cargo build depends on shared infrastructure that is:
- underfunded
- overstretched
- treated as “someone else’s problem”
Every pip install,, mvn install, gradle build, cargo build depends on shared infrastructure that is:
- underfunded
- overstretched
- treated as “someone else’s problem”
January is not over yet. Second job posting for working on Quarkus is here. Specifically around AI observability.
careers.ibm.com/en_US/career...
The link stops working when queue full so be fast :)
And yes, it’s in Ireland.
careers.ibm.com/en_US/career...
The link stops working when queue full so be fast :)
And yes, it’s in Ireland.
https://careers.ibm.com/en_US/careers/JobDetail?jobId=84540
careers.ibm.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 PM
January is not over yet. Second job posting for working on Quarkus is here. Specifically around AI observability.
careers.ibm.com/en_US/career...
The link stops working when queue full so be fast :)
And yes, it’s in Ireland.
careers.ibm.com/en_US/career...
The link stops working when queue full so be fast :)
And yes, it’s in Ireland.
Hey claude code cli fans - am I doing something wrong or how to explain this?
I use cursor / codex / openai constantly - never paid more than 15-20$ a month.
claude code - rate limited within 30 minutes of use after paying 15-20$ going on subscription.
...how are you affording using this thing?
I use cursor / codex / openai constantly - never paid more than 15-20$ a month.
claude code - rate limited within 30 minutes of use after paying 15-20$ going on subscription.
...how are you affording using this thing?
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Hey claude code cli fans - am I doing something wrong or how to explain this?
I use cursor / codex / openai constantly - never paid more than 15-20$ a month.
claude code - rate limited within 30 minutes of use after paying 15-20$ going on subscription.
...how are you affording using this thing?
I use cursor / codex / openai constantly - never paid more than 15-20$ a month.
claude code - rate limited within 30 minutes of use after paying 15-20$ going on subscription.
...how are you affording using this thing?
I must honestly say I lived most of my 50 or so years on this planet in peace and always wondered how citizen of countries being on edge of war must feel.
I never thought it would be US that would teach me.
youtube.com/shorts/7Vxor...
I never thought it would be US that would teach me.
youtube.com/shorts/7Vxor...
'It would be war' | LBC
Danish politician, Rasmus Jarlov, has a message for the United States over their possible annexation of Greenland.
Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App:…
youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I must honestly say I lived most of my 50 or so years on this planet in peace and always wondered how citizen of countries being on edge of war must feel.
I never thought it would be US that would teach me.
youtube.com/shorts/7Vxor...
I never thought it would be US that would teach me.
youtube.com/shorts/7Vxor...
Reposted by Max Rydahl Andersen
Just published a new article on using #Java for scripting ☕
If you’ve ever wanted to automate something quickly but didn’t feel like fighting with Bash or Python syntax… Java might be a better option than you think.
Shebangs, single-file execution, @jbang.dev and more 👇
👉 tinyurl.com/h3xskenf
If you’ve ever wanted to automate something quickly but didn’t feel like fighting with Bash or Python syntax… Java might be a better option than you think.
Shebangs, single-file execution, @jbang.dev and more 👇
👉 tinyurl.com/h3xskenf
JavaScript (No, Not That One): Modern Automation with Java
Discover how modern Java has evolved into a powerful scripting language, eliminating boilerplate and enabling instant execution for automation tasks
lomagnette.github.io
January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Just published a new article on using #Java for scripting ☕
If you’ve ever wanted to automate something quickly but didn’t feel like fighting with Bash or Python syntax… Java might be a better option than you think.
Shebangs, single-file execution, @jbang.dev and more 👇
👉 tinyurl.com/h3xskenf
If you’ve ever wanted to automate something quickly but didn’t feel like fighting with Bash or Python syntax… Java might be a better option than you think.
Shebangs, single-file execution, @jbang.dev and more 👇
👉 tinyurl.com/h3xskenf
Its a new year - how about coming to work on the Quarkus team ?
ibmglobal.avature.net/en_US/career...
location: Dublin/Ireland
ibmglobal.avature.net/en_US/career...
location: Dublin/Ireland
Java Senior Software Engineer
IBM Application Services and Middleware is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team with a focus on integration of Cloud Kubernetes and CI/CD technologies within the…
ibmglobal.avature.net
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Its a new year - how about coming to work on the Quarkus team ?
ibmglobal.avature.net/en_US/career...
location: Dublin/Ireland
ibmglobal.avature.net/en_US/career...
location: Dublin/Ireland
@hschreiber.bsky.social do you still work on japlscript? Got cli working and calendar bindings. Where to push it?
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
@hschreiber.bsky.social do you still work on japlscript? Got cli working and calendar bindings. Where to push it?
Reposted by Max Rydahl Andersen
Robin Tegg wrote a few reasons to give @jbang.dev and @jreleaser.org a try for your next project.
robintegg.com/2026/01/04/j...
robintegg.com/2026/01/04/j...
JReleaser - Practice makes perfect
A Java developer. Based in Leeds, England. Has interest in Software Architecture, Testing, Automation, Tooling and UI design.
robintegg.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Robin Tegg wrote a few reasons to give @jbang.dev and @jreleaser.org a try for your next project.
robintegg.com/2026/01/04/j...
robintegg.com/2026/01/04/j...
JBang 0.135.1 release is out which is a bugfix release so I could make JBang based Homeassistant add-ons just work.
Now...what would you build?
Now...what would you build?
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
JBang 0.135.1 release is out which is a bugfix release so I could make JBang based Homeassistant add-ons just work.
Now...what would you build?
Now...what would you build?
Please be AI please be AI …
trump picks up medal in a weird but Trump normal way. Fuck. Not ai.
How blatantly corrupt.
trump picks up medal in a weird but Trump normal way. Fuck. Not ai.
How blatantly corrupt.
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Please be AI please be AI …
trump picks up medal in a weird but Trump normal way. Fuck. Not ai.
How blatantly corrupt.
trump picks up medal in a weird but Trump normal way. Fuck. Not ai.
How blatantly corrupt.
Reposted by Max Rydahl Andersen
I was told to create a Bluesky account to talk about Javelit.
Here you go.
Here you go.
Javelit - A faster way to build data apps in Java
Create interactive data applications in minutes using Javelit. Embed your app in your existing Java project or run it standalone.
javelit.io
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I was told to create a Bluesky account to talk about Javelit.
Here you go.
Here you go.
recording progress here: github.com/maxandersen/...
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
recording progress here: github.com/maxandersen/...
Reposted by Max Rydahl Andersen
This year’s JVM Programming Advent Calendar is open for business at https://www.javaadvent.c... Every day, a new post awaits. I enjoy this eclectic overview of what is new in the Java ecosystem.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This year’s JVM Programming Advent Calendar is open for business at https://www.javaadvent.c... Every day, a new post awaits. I enjoy this eclectic overview of what is new in the Java ecosystem.