Happy to report that Qiskit Pocket Guide is now shipping at Amazon! @frraaank @ZanMcQuade @suzhuston @tozer_katie amazon.com/Qiskit-Pocket-Gui…

#Java 27 is here! ☕️ Explore what’s new, how IntelliJ IDEA supports the latest Java features, and how the IDE itself benefits from JDK updates. Take a tour of the release 👇 jb.gg/java27

All rock stars in my book!

Loving Grok @bot but why did it choose a poop emoji for my Learning Agent?

🎙️Coding is no longer the bottleneck. New episode of Breaktime Tech Talks covers: 🕹️ why TDD & DDD matter more now 🪜 what's slowing us down now that syntax is cheap 🧠 My brain sabbatical & upcoming events 🎧 -> pod.fo/e/591809 #btt #DevLife #AI #SoftwareEngineering

Legend!

🎙️New Breaktime Tech Talks! ✅ 6 chapters of my Java+AI book submitted ✅ Graph hackathon recap ✅ Neo4j CLI with agent skills ✅ Agent Instruction Protocol repo ✅ Embabel deep dive w/ @therealdanvega 🎧🔗 pod.fo/e/428dc3 #btt #Java #AIAgents #Neo4j #Embabel

Great idea. Bought the Annual Pro plan and haven't been able to download explainer videos for the last couple of hours. Please fix!

if you’re freaking out about Mythos, remember: Never make any major life decisions within 30 days of a meditation retreat, psychedelic trip, or first encounter with a frontier AI model.

I'm looking for work, so if you want an experienced devrel person/leader, if you need a technical educator, or if you want some consulting on how to help your devs work more effectively, ping me.

I'll take Decisions That Defy All Logic for $2000, Alex. Sharat is the single best technical community leader I've ever worked with or worked for. Full stop. If your organization needs a leader who can transform a technical community from the ground up, reach out to Sharat today. You won't regret it.

Join me next week to talk about what’s going on in the AI space and help you get started building agentic systems!

A father passing by his son's bedroom noticed the room unusually clean and saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It was addressed, "Dad"... With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter, with trembling hands. "Dear, Dad. It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend, because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mum and you. I've been finding real passion with Stacy. She is so nice, but I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing's, tattoos, her tight motorcycle clothes, and because she is so much older than I am. But it's not only the passion, Dad. She's pregnant. Stacy said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods, and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children. Stacy has opened my eyes to the fact that these things don't really hurt anyone. Don't worry Dad, I'm 16, and I know how to take care of myself. Someday, I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your many grandchildren. Love, your son, Josh P.S . Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Jason's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the school report card that's on the kitchen table. Call when it is safe for me to come home.

Thank you @Sharat_Chander @jimgris and the whole @Oracle @java team for the kind holiday gift. What a great community to be part of!

☕️☕️🥳🥳🎂🎂🥳🥳☕️☕️ Happy Birthday @bercut2000 ☕️☕️🥳🥳🎂🎂🥳🥳☕️☕️ Your multi-decade leadership in the #Java community is worthy of recognition. Thx for contributing to @jPrimeConf, @bgjug 🇧🇬, and many more ecosystem programs. Enjoy your cake day!

Today, @IBM and @Cisco announced plans to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers — a major step toward distributed quantum computing and the foundation for a future quantum internet. We’re combining IBM’s quantum hardware + software with Cisco’s leadership in networking to tackle the challenge of scaling beyond a single large-scale FTQC. This builds on our commitment to deliver Starling in 2029 and scale to Blue Jay in 2033. News: ibm.com/quantum/blog/network…

I can't remember when I was this nervous for a talk! On my day off, I'm about to teach an "everyday AI" class for a couple dozen residents at the San Diego Rescue Mission. I figured that some practical knowledge of AI can help these great folks as they get back on their feet. @SD_Rescue is doing God's work to end homelessness one person at a time. If you donate this weekend and tell me about it, I'll match it up to $10k total. sdrescue.org/

“Improved handling for static and dynamic gates” 👀 😆