Spencer Gibb
@spencer.gibb.us
Software Engineer, Dad, Geek, Co-founder and Lead of #SpringCloud Core on the @spring.io team at Broadcom
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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No better time to gather the whole family around you than the holidays (wink-wink).
Check out my cartoon and a little note of good cheer: social.tinyview.com/KGoL0BP4mZb
Check out my cartoon and a little note of good cheer: social.tinyview.com/KGoL0BP4mZb
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No better time to gather the whole family around you than the holidays (wink-wink).
Check out my cartoon and a little note of good cheer: social.tinyview.com/KGoL0BP4mZb
Check out my cartoon and a little note of good cheer: social.tinyview.com/KGoL0BP4mZb
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
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Merry Christmas to all that celebrate 🎄🎁😁
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Merry Christmas to all that celebrate 🎄🎁😁
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Spring Tools 5.0.1 released for @vscode.dev, @cursor.com.web.brid.gy, Eclipse Java IDE 2025-12, Theia IDE - download from spring.io/tools - for more details: github.com/spring-proje...
Tools
State of the art open source Spring tooling for your favorite coding environment. Provides world-class support for developing Spring-based enterprise applications, whether you prefer Visual Studio Cod...
spring.io
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Spring Tools 5.0.1 released for @vscode.dev, @cursor.com.web.brid.gy, Eclipse Java IDE 2025-12, Theia IDE - download from spring.io/tools - for more details: github.com/spring-proje...
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This week's comic: Off With Their Heads foxtrot.com/2025/12/21/o...
December 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This week's comic: Off With Their Heads foxtrot.com/2025/12/21/o...
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🌱 Spring Boot 4 is taking Kotlin support to the next level!
Thanks to a Kotlin 2.2 baseline, deeper null-safety, better serialization, and coroutine context propagation, Spring is now even more Kotlin-friendly.
Dive into the latest improvements 👉 https://kotl.in/im2t40
Thanks to a Kotlin 2.2 baseline, deeper null-safety, better serialization, and coroutine context propagation, Spring is now even more Kotlin-friendly.
Dive into the latest improvements 👉 https://kotl.in/im2t40
Next level Kotlin support in Spring Boot 4
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
kotl.in
December 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🌱 Spring Boot 4 is taking Kotlin support to the next level!
Thanks to a Kotlin 2.2 baseline, deeper null-safety, better serialization, and coroutine context propagation, Spring is now even more Kotlin-friendly.
Dive into the latest improvements 👉 https://kotl.in/im2t40
Thanks to a Kotlin 2.2 baseline, deeper null-safety, better serialization, and coroutine context propagation, Spring is now even more Kotlin-friendly.
Dive into the latest improvements 👉 https://kotl.in/im2t40
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It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
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Abstracting Java System Time Creation with InstantSource to Improve Testability ik.am/entries/883/en
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Abstracting Java System Time Creation with InstantSource to Improve Testability ik.am/entries/883/en
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
-George Orwell
-George Orwell
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1/3: It's time for another annual sharing of one of my all-time favorite storylines: Andy The Grinch! (From 1999) foxtrot.com/andy-the-gri...
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
1/3: It's time for another annual sharing of one of my all-time favorite storylines: Andy The Grinch! (From 1999) foxtrot.com/andy-the-gri...
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🥁📢 #jMolecules 2025.0.2 is out (2.0.1 spec, integration 0.33)! New features in the integrations: annotation generation for reflective metadata generation for domain types on #GraalVM. Avoid custom integration for embeddable records on Hibernate 7+. ☕️⚗️ github.com/xmolecules/j...
Release 0.33 · xmolecules/jmolecules-integrations
⭐ New Features
Make Spring native image annotations an opt-in feature #388
Avoid generating EmbeddableInstantiators for records on Hibernate 7 #382
🐞 Bug Fixes
Adding annotations to types can ca...
github.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🥁📢 #jMolecules 2025.0.2 is out (2.0.1 spec, integration 0.33)! New features in the integrations: annotation generation for reflective metadata generation for domain types on #GraalVM. Avoid custom integration for embeddable records on Hibernate 7+. ☕️⚗️ github.com/xmolecules/j...
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🎄🎅 Christmas came early this year! #SpringModulith 2.0.1, 1.4.6, and 1.3.12 released! Platform upgrades a few minor fixes and improvements. 🍃📦
Spring Modulith 2.0.1, 1.4.6, and 1.3.12 released
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
spring.io
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🎄🎅 Christmas came early this year! #SpringModulith 2.0.1, 1.4.6, and 1.3.12 released! Platform upgrades a few minor fixes and improvements. 🍃📦
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Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary cofounder of Spring itself, Juergen Hoeller, about the awesome new Spring Framework 7 release.
Happy holidays, one and all!
Happy holidays, one and all!
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary cofounder of Spring itself, Juergen Hoeller, about the awesome new Spring Framework 7 release.
Happy holidays, one and all!
Happy holidays, one and all!
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@maven.apache.org 3.9.12 was released this night. Download it at maven.apache.org/download.cgi
@sdkman.io users: To my information @andresalmiray.com will update soon, but due personal situation it might take a day or two.
@sdkman.io users: To my information @andresalmiray.com will update soon, but due personal situation it might take a day or two.
Download Apache Maven – Maven
maven.apache.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
@maven.apache.org 3.9.12 was released this night. Download it at maven.apache.org/download.cgi
@sdkman.io users: To my information @andresalmiray.com will update soon, but due personal situation it might take a day or two.
@sdkman.io users: To my information @andresalmiray.com will update soon, but due personal situation it might take a day or two.
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Oh neat - looks like #SpringBoot 4.0.1 is out - github.com/spring-proje...
Release v4.0.1 · spring-projects/spring-boot
⚠️ Noteworthy changes
Hibernate has been upgraded to 7.2.0.Final in response to Hibernate 7.1 moving to limited support
spring-boot-starter-kotlin-serialization has been renamed to to spring-boot-...
github.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh neat - looks like #SpringBoot 4.0.1 is out - github.com/spring-proje...
Another week, another Spring Cloud release 🎉
We are pleased to announce the release of Spring Cloud 2025.0.1. There are some important bugs addressed in this release, as well as a lot of dependency updates. More details can be found on our blog. spring.io/blog/2025/12...
We are pleased to announce the release of Spring Cloud 2025.0.1. There are some important bugs addressed in this release, as well as a lot of dependency updates. More details can be found on our blog. spring.io/blog/2025/12...
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Another week, another Spring Cloud release 🎉
We are pleased to announce the release of Spring Cloud 2025.0.1. There are some important bugs addressed in this release, as well as a lot of dependency updates. More details can be found on our blog. spring.io/blog/2025/12...
We are pleased to announce the release of Spring Cloud 2025.0.1. There are some important bugs addressed in this release, as well as a lot of dependency updates. More details can be found on our blog. spring.io/blog/2025/12...
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My last blog post of the year: Next level Kotlin support in Spring Boot 4.
spring.io/blog/2025/12...
#spring #kotlin
spring.io/blog/2025/12...
#spring #kotlin
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My last blog post of the year: Next level Kotlin support in Spring Boot 4.
spring.io/blog/2025/12...
#spring #kotlin
spring.io/blog/2025/12...
#spring #kotlin
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🚀Build a Spring Boot 4 REST API from scratch.
⛔ No XML.
⛔No manual Tomcat config.
🧑🏻💻Just code and run.
If you're new to Spring, this is a great place to start:
youtu.be/klnxzL8oQdM
⛔ No XML.
⛔No manual Tomcat config.
🧑🏻💻Just code and run.
If you're new to Spring, this is a great place to start:
youtu.be/klnxzL8oQdM
Build a Spring Boot 4 REST API in Minutes
YouTube video by Dan Vega
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚀Build a Spring Boot 4 REST API from scratch.
⛔ No XML.
⛔No manual Tomcat config.
🧑🏻💻Just code and run.
If you're new to Spring, this is a great place to start:
youtu.be/klnxzL8oQdM
⛔ No XML.
⛔No manual Tomcat config.
🧑🏻💻Just code and run.
If you're new to Spring, this is a great place to start:
youtu.be/klnxzL8oQdM
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🎉 Great news! Datasource Micrometer is now available on start.spring.io.
You can now create a new Spring project with Datasource observation enabled out of the box.
#Spring #SpringBoot #Micrometer #Observability #JDBC
You can now create a new Spring project with Datasource observation enabled out of the box.
#Spring #SpringBoot #Micrometer #Observability #JDBC
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🎉 Great news! Datasource Micrometer is now available on start.spring.io.
You can now create a new Spring project with Datasource observation enabled out of the box.
#Spring #SpringBoot #Micrometer #Observability #JDBC
You can now create a new Spring project with Datasource observation enabled out of the box.
#Spring #SpringBoot #Micrometer #Observability #JDBC