Deputy CTO. Java Champion, member Java SE Expert Group, JCP EC, OpenJDK Vulnerability Group and Adoptium SC. AMA about Java and JVM.
Joined March 2012
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Jun 13
RT @lunwi75: Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did…
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Jun 9
I'll be presenting #Java #JVM #OpenJDK #JDK on Friday in Singapore. Feel free to come and join me!
meetup.com/singadev/events/3…
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Jun 4
I was yesterday years old when I discovered that it's a *really* bad idea to remove the Python package from your Ubuntu installation.
An awful lot of stuff suddenly stops working.
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May 20
Great job @uber!
Arrived at Heathrow Terminal 4 and none of your instructions for pickup are correct. App is wrong, website is wrong.
Amazed if you get any business from here.
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May 6
This quote is from an article in @computing_news (computing.co.uk/news-analysi…).
How can anyone look at that and see any sense in it?
AI bubble? What AI bubble?
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Apr 16
This is the clearest explanation of AI and what it really does I have seen.
Everyone needs to watch this, then spend some time reflecting on how you both perceive and use AI.
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Apr 11
How does @Apple, @AppleMusic have so little understanding of how people use music?
I have created playlists on an iPhone and want to export them. Just the playlist, not the music, so I can recreate it elsewhere.
It seems easier to send people to the moon than to achieve this!
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Mar 16
Having studied Physics at University, I am genuinely impressed that @Flighty believe we can taxi back in time.
More details are required.
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Mar 11
Join us in two weeks for Hazelcast x #LondonJavaCommunity Meetup! Gain valuable insights from Java Champion and Deputy CTO @speakjava on JVM performance resilience, including GC behaviour, JIT compilation and warmup time.
Register here: bit.ly/4rpfCgk
#Java #Developers
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Feb 16
Today is quite significant for me personally. It marks the 30th anniversary of the day I started working at Sun Microsystems. I try to imagine how I would explain to younger me where I would be in thirty years.
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🎙️☕️"From Rocc Computers to Azul Systems" an airhacks.fm podcast conversation with @speakjava is ready to listen 👉
adam-bien.com/roller/abien/f… #java #podcast #airhacks #azul
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Jan 15
Funniest post of the year so far.
Just wish I was still a European.
Jan 15
Being a European today basically means having a pretty excellent day until around 5 pm when the White House starts posting the dumbest shit you've ever had the misfortune to read.
Every. Damn. Day.
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Simon Ritter retweeted
Fun Fact
In the US every 40 days 59,000 people go bankrupt due to medical bills. That's the equivalent of the entire population of Greenland, who currently enjoy healthcare free at the point of use.
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Got roughed up and Arrested by 20 ICE Agents in Minnesota today for being Awesome in a Giraffe onesie! Here's the unedited widescreen version!🦒💙
Please RT so Elon has to pay me TWITTER AD revenue money to be awesome around ICE and MAGA!
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Jan 12
And he can't even be bothered to delete this.
If this claim is true, why is he still talking?
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.@mizog366 @MarkReckless @UKIP @Nigel_Farage no chance. Been a Conservative all my life and will die a Conservative.
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19 Nov 2025
It's all happening this week.
First, I celebrate 10 years working at @AzulSystems .
Then, Azul gets new strategic investment from Thoma Bravo.
Today, Azul has been re-elected to the JCP EC.
And, it's still only Wednesday!
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16 Nov 2025
Today marks ten years since I joined @AzulSystems.
It's been a great time with lots of #Java.
Here's to the next ten years. Maybe!
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3 Nov 2025
Took my first Waymo journey in San Francisco yesterday.
Quite a surreal experience, sitting in the front passenger seat next to an empty driver's seat, watching the car drive itself.
LIDAR is definitely something autonomous cars need.
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