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Martijn Verburg

@karianna.bsky.social

Making tech co-exist with Homo sapiens - Principal Group SWE Manager (Java and Go) @ Microsoft, former CEO @ jClarity (acquired by MSFT) formerly the Diabolical Developer, Author, Speaker, Angel Investor, Exec Coach, Non-Exec director

1,256 Followers  |  10 Following  |  27 Posts  |  Joined: 09.05.2023
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In general I'm finding finely tune Copilot agents extremely helpful in all sorts of migration scenario!

16.10.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At #devoxx today? Do stick around for the closing keynote (m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...) at 18:50. I know it's late in the day after a long conference but I promise it'll be worth it... Truly!

09.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hey #java #developers heading to #devoxx next week. As a quick preview of my *Rise of the Rogue Agents* talk (m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe2...), here are two of the little tyrants arguing with each other about dependency upgrades πŸ”₯πŸ€–.

02.10.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi #openjdk and #compiler friends! We're hiring for a Senior Compiler engineer to work on one of the coolest pieces of tech in the world :-) jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

19.09.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Using VSCode Copilot to upgrade legacy NodeJS apps which I know nothing about - Let’s gooooooooooooo!

09.05.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Microsoft JDCOnf 2025 Join the Microsoft JDConf 2025 free virtual Java developer conference on April 9-10. Learn about the newest developments in Java, Cloud and AI. Mark your calendar!

Have you registered for #jdconf 2025? It’s online, it’s free, packed with fun bite-sized sessions : developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...

I’ll be speaking in the EMEA track, hosted by the amazing @sandraahlgrimm.bsky.social πŸ‘ Join for some Java, AI, security and more!
jdconf.com/agenda.html#...

28.02.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the distinct joys of being part of a global #java community is that old friends come to visit! And the beanie is back baby! #diabolicaldeveloper

13.12.2024 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m privileged to be able to travel a fair amount for work. I still weirdly enjoy airports and seeing so many people connect with loved ones, be excited about a destination, or hopeful for a change in their future! The kid currently making faces at me is also pretty entertaining πŸ˜‚

07.12.2024 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a PSA for folks using old, maintained container images, even though we are targeting the ones we host, this is a good reminder for y’all to check yours! #k8s #java

07.12.2024 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First major #cat injury - Mando (short for #Mandalorian) has a broken tail, so off to the vet get goes! We like to think it was earned battling the empire this morning…

27.11.2024 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I sadly cannot - but I’m amazed at how well the translation has been done (I can reverse translate with Microsofts AI tooling and compare.

27.11.2024 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is indeed #korean - the jpub is a nefarious red herring πŸ™‚

25.11.2024 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always cool to see a book you’re involved with get translated to non English languages! Points goes to folks who can pick which language without using #Ai πŸ˜‰

25.11.2024 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Potato vine - gets everywhere and chokes the lovely native plants - so it had to go with a vengeance!

25.11.2024 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I ripped out a bunch of weeds in the garden and cut down an invasive species. If this was #linkedin I’d make some analogy to cleaning up #technicaldebt but luckily this isn’t LinkedIn

25.11.2024 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair πŸ™‚. I wonder how much overlap in audience there is. I suspect my follower list would have a large middle section in the old vector diagram…

18.11.2024 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So what’s the protocol now - post the same post here and on #Mastodon or does that annoy y’all who are on both?

18.11.2024 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Kiddo is at his first school camp - he’s having a blast and my wife and I have gotten more done around the house in one day than we have in weeks! I never internalised how interrupt driven a typical family day is. Good parallel for having those meeting free days at work so folks can get stuff done!

18.11.2024 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will be scoring at my son’s #cricket game tomorrow. Two observations - kids all geared up at age 9 is one of those strange β€œoh they’re growing up!” moments as parent. The other is that I’m glad I have a Comp Sci degree behind me coz scoring this game is archaic as heck πŸ˜‚

15.11.2024 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was reviewing Porter’s Five forces again with @brunoborges.bsky.social tonight - great trip down memory lane when we applied this to jClarity during its life before acquisition. Recommend using models like this to help reduce uncertainty when you’re in a new domain. Like I was as a first time CEO πŸ™‚

15.11.2024 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks all - most helpful as always πŸ™‚

15.11.2024 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey all, on my profile it says my handle is invalid, but I can’t see a a way to edit on my mobile app (iOS) - any ideas before I ask #chatgpt? πŸ˜ƒ

14.11.2024 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a #fail in setting up folks for success presenting to a very senior leaders. When reviewing the material, I didn’t see enough concrete conclusions or asks but I hesitated and didn’t postpone it. The presenters did great! But the reaction was muted at best. Hope folks can learn from my mistake πŸ™‚

14.11.2024 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you and keep them coming folks!

14.11.2024 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Microsoft JDCOnf 2025 Join the Microsoft JDConf 2025 free virtual Java developer conference on March 27-28. Learn about the newest developments in Java, Cloud and AI. Mark your calendar!

Hey #java people - #microsoft once more will be hosting #jdconf in April 9-10, 2025! If you’re interesting in presenting on your experiences with #ai, #security and #cloud then please do send them through to jdconf.com!

13.11.2024 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Back to sharing idle short form thoughts πŸ™‚. #genai like #copilot and #chatgpt have enabled me to be a 1-person triage customer support machine. I can take the accountability to front up to customers giving robust feedback *and* 90% of the time give them a path to resolution, and it’s actually fun!

13.11.2024 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gosh this platform got real busy all of a sudden. As they say, competition is good πŸ™‚

12.11.2024 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Good to be here, will be interesting to see how this evolves vs Mastodon!

I need to set a profile pic clearly

13.05.2023 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0