Stuart Marks

Here are a few #Java and #JVM and #OpenJDK related starter packs: Java Developer Community: bsky.app/starter-pack... Java & JVM: bsky.app/starter-pack... Java Champions: bsky.app/starter-pack...

This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>

The latest Inside #Java Newscast has news on: * Valhalla * primitive patterns * the JSON API * PQC in LTS * monthly updates * OpenJDK mail search And all that in a true Cyberpunk setting. 🌆 How could you *not* watch?! youtu.be/-4gCNsoPAmQ

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Wanna have some #Java fun on the weekend? 0. download jdk.java.net/28/ EA 10 1. jshell 2. type `value class Valhallaaaa { }` (vary number of "a"s according to taste)

Welcome @sharatchander.bsky.social to the @javachampions.bsky.social github.com/aalmiray/jav...

Now it is a Candidate JEP openjdk.org/jeps/540

I attended a special preview showing of the Java Documentary, along with a panel session and reunion. Here are some notes on the event. stuartmarks.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/t... #java

Glad to have been featured (sort of) in the new Java documentary, “Write Once Run Forever”: www.youtube.com/watch?si=X46... Overall very nicely done. Congratulations CultRepo! #java

Read a great blog from @smarks.bsky.social, which reminded me to watch "The Java Story" on my big screen. stuartmarks.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/t.... So good! Well done! 15 years ago I met some the folks in this story for the first time at JVMLS 2011. Proud to be part of the #Java community. 🙏👏

Do it.

Back on my bullshit, I guess:

This is what I think of Trump holding a UFC cage match on the whitehouse lawn. @ufcmma.bsky.social

At first I thought this was about California Forever, but no it’s about a different development. Amazing that they built this development out in the middle of nowhere, 10mi SW of Patterson, and that they thought they had enough water for a golf course. (Hint: they didn’t.) cc @danak6jq.bsky.social

Wow you got that fast! Hope you enjoy it! Best experienced with a big cup of coffee.

Weekend musings: what I am most proud of is not the things I’ve built (or helped build) but learning that something I did or said had a meaningful impact on someone else’s way of thinking. I definitely did not see that coming when I started working some 25 years ago.

MIT Technology Review asked me to review Stewart Brand's new book _Maintenance: Of Everything_, vol. 1. I went into it with a lot of questions, including about how he'd deal with labor, politics, and social structure. It's a lot worse than I expected. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/17/1...

My #JavaOne talk on Java and Post-Quantum Cryptography is #2 on Tech Talks Weekly list of top 9 talks and podcasts 😁. www.linkedin.com/posts/tech-t...

"From Teletype Model 33 to Java 8 Lambdas, Streams, Spliterators, and Default Methods"--an airhacks.fm podcast conversation with Stuart Marks is ready to listen: adambien.blog/roller/from_... #java #podcast #streams #lambda #spliterator #defaultmethods #collections #airhacks

"AI" is not a stochastic parrot.🦜 I wrote this piece a couple weeks ago, but it was hard for me to finish up given AI's role in society and war over the past few weeks. I should share it at some point though. Not perfect, but here it is. medium.com/@margarmitch...

This is my full 50-page statement to Gov. Pritzker's "Illinois Accountability Commission," trying to explain comprehensively the depth of corruption, culture, and training problems within ICE and CBP. I hope you'll at least consider scanning through it: drive.google.com/file/d/1y0im...

Learn more about Prompt Injection techniques and advanced escalation by joining me at #JavaOne (March 17-19 | Redwood Shares, CA). Use code J12026SSM at checkout by Monday, Feb 9 to save $50 off your early registration. See you there! social.ora.cl/6002h6oOr

I'm speaking at #JavaOne (Mar 17-19 | Redwood Shores, CA)! Come hear me talk about Java 25 and certification. Register by Monday, Feb 9 using code J12026SSM to receive $50 off your early registration. See you there! social.ora.cl/6002h6oOr

I invite you to gather around at #JavaOne to hear my presentation on "Extending the Functional Pipeline with Gatherers". Register by Feb 9 with code J12026SSM for a $50 off. social.ora.cl/6002h6oOr

I loved chatting with Oracle Java developer advocate, and friend of the show, Billy Korando in this week's episode of a Bootiful Podcast! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-kj4af-1a30538

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

After working on ZGC for a decade, I’m happy to announce that I’m publishing a book about ZGC in JDK 25. It ships 22 May (www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...) and is being published by Taylor & Francis. You should get a copy if you want to learn more about ZGC. It’s available for pre-order now.

#GOTOpodcas: @mauricenaftalin.bsky.social and @smarks.bsky.social revisit Java Generics and Collections. Listen for reflections on Java's development and many “we thought this was fine” moments. 🎧 gotopia.tech/podcast

Donated: "Officials at the observatory, which has been used to conduct astronomical research for nearly 140 years, have asked for donations to help pay for gaps in expenses that will not be covered by insurance" www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Your proposed solution, that you appear to have come up with five minutes ago, ignores a whole bunch of tradeoffs and questions raised by a long list of actual experts who have studied this stuff for decades. Can we try again after you've reviewed at least some of their work?

Excellent gift from @lilianasegura.bsky.social

I can't venture to compare the expressiveness of English and Spanish, but I love Jorge Luis Borges's observations about how a skilled writer will use English's two distinct registers — the Germanic and the Latinate — to convey shades of meaning.

Excellent remembrance of just how ugly our American history can be. And an essential read in these times when shitheels are hard at work trying to scrub the national ledger clean of its hard truths. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...

It's time. www.economist.com/culture/2025...

Have seen a few people passing around this story by Tom Stoppard from just last year, talking about how he learned he was Jewish and also much about his family history, and it's quite a read. He really knew how to write. www.huntingtontheatre.org/2024/09/11/t...

Tom Stoppard (b. Tomas Straussler), 1937-2025. What an interesting and talented playwright! On hearing of his death, I was struck by the thought that one should be grateful that he was given the time to write his last and perhaps most personal play, Leopoldstadt. May his memory be a blessing.

Forget it Charlie Brown, it’s Chinatown.

✏️ JEP 8371379 was drafted Title: Deprecate the UTF-16-only Internal String Representation Type: feature Component: core / lang See openjdk.org/jeps/8371379