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Tales from the jar side: What happened to Rowena, Being wrong but not staying wrong, and Other tweets
I'm reading a book on anti-gravity. I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN. (rimshot)
Sep 4, 2022 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: What happened to Rowena, Being wrong but not staying wrong, and Other tweets
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Tales from the jar side: End of semester, Splitting PDFs, Spring AI versions, Kotlin notebooks, some personal stuff, and the usual toots and…
Sugar is the only word in the English language where "su" sounds like "sh". I'm pretty sure that's correct. (rimshot)
May 4 • 
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Tales from the jar side: End of semester, Splitting PDFs, Spring AI versions, Kotlin notebooks, some personal stuff, and the usual toots and skeets
Tales from the jar side: Java spliterators, Stream support, Biebl Ave Maria, Heaven Can Wait, and the usual social media silliness
Why did St Patrick drive the snakes out of Ireland? It was cheaper than flying. (rimshot)
Mar 17 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Java spliterators, Stream support, Biebl Ave Maria, Heaven Can Wait, and the usual social media silliness
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Tales from the jar side: Uncensored Java AI, Pirate audio in text messages, LangChain4J used my video 😀, and the usual tweets and toots
I replaced my rooster with a duck. Now I wake up at the quack of dawn. (rimshot)
Feb 4, 2024 • 
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Tales from the jar side: Uncensored Java AI, Pirate audio in text messages, LangChain4J used my video 😀, and the usual tweets and toots
Tales from the jar side: Junie vs Claude Code, I finally get what MCP is for, I contribute to LangChain4j, and the usual toots and skeets
You can't just sweep the elephant in the room under the rug. (rimshot)
Jun 8 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Junie vs Claude Code, I finally get what MCP is for, I contribute to LangChain4j, and the usual toots and skeets
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Tales from the jar side: Modern Java features and AI, More ragging on RAG, Claude poetry, and the usual silly tweets and toots
I am struck by the ill. Bring me the Quills, both Day and Ny. (rimshot, h/t to MostlyHarmless on Mastodon. Also, I'm fine. Just a good gag.)
Mar 31, 2024 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Modern Java features and AI, More ragging on RAG, Claude poetry, and the usual silly tweets and toots
Tales from the jar side: Running LLMs locally, Spring Text-to-Speech and Spring AI, the AI Word Of The Year, and the usual silly tweets and…
I said to Siri, "Surely it's not going to snow?" and she replied, "Yes it is, and don't call me Shirley." That's when I realized I'd left my phone in…
Jan 7, 2024 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Running LLMs locally, Spring Text-to-Speech and Spring AI, the AI Word Of The Year, and the usual silly tweets and toots
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Tales from the jar side: JVM Weekly is great, AI tools for Java devs, Spring office hours, and the usual assortment of toots and skeets
My printer ran out of paper, so I filled it with strawberry preserves. Now I have a paper jam. (rimshot)
Aug 20, 2023 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: JVM Weekly is great, AI tools for Java devs, Spring office hours, and the usual assortment of toots and skeets
Tales from the jar side: Claude Code, DeepSeek Fill-in-the-Middle API, New video, Open book and AI exams, and the usual silly toots and…
I was once arrested for stealing a kitchen implement, but it was a whisk I had to take (rimshot)
Mar 2 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Claude Code, DeepSeek Fill-in-the-Middle API, New video, Open book and AI exams, and the usual silly toots and skeets
Tales from the jar side: Uncensored Ollama webinar, Vision models video, AI companies have a terrible week, and more
The sentence, "Are you as bored as I am?" can be said backwards or forwards and works either way. (rimshot)
May 26, 2024 • 
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Tales from the jar side: Uncensored Ollama webinar, Vision models video, AI companies have a terrible week, and more
Tales from the jar side: Claude Code, OpenAI codex CLI, and Junie, My slightly newer look, and the usual toots and skeets
I never thought I'd be the kind of person who got up early to exercise. Turns out I was right. (rimshot)
Apr 27 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Claude Code, OpenAI codex CLI, and Junie, My slightly newer look, and the usual toots and skeets
Tales from the jar side: Off-by-one errors and 5 years of Tftjs, 1 year and 1000 subs on YT, Substack issues, and a Holiday edition of…
My biggest fear is being trapped in a small room with Santa. I have Claustrophobia. (rimshot)
Dec 24, 2023 • 
Ken Kousen
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Tales from the jar side: Off-by-one errors and 5 years of Tftjs, 1 year and 1000 subs on YT, Substack issues, and a Holiday edition of tweets, toots, and skeets
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