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Roy van Rijn
@royvanrijn
Director of @OpenValue Rotterdam, is a @Java_Champions, founder of @RotterdamJUG, public speaking: Java, AI, math, algorithms 🪨 (also @royvanrijn.com bs)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jun 17, 2022
    👨🏻‍💼 “You’ve spend quite a lot of time on this piece of code…” 👨‍💻 “I did.” 👨🏻‍💼 “But… it looks very simple… almost trivial.” 👨‍💻 “Exactly, thanks, that’s why it took so long.”
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jun 23, 2024
    Fact: A lot of Dutch laptops have this special tray to warm up your stroopwafel.
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    Apr 8, 2022
    💻 Developers: "I hate meetings" "Just let me code, I'll skip this one" "Sigh, not *another* meeting" ☹️ Also developers: "This project has no clear vision." "Management has no idea what's going on."
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jul 7, 2024
    Replying to @F1
    Every good story needs a good villain.
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    Jan 26, 2023
    If you know what this is: SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 H5 T6 ... it might be a good time to start taking daily supplements and consider a check-up at the doctor.
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Aug 9, 2022
    “As an agile coach, what is it that you do in a project?” “Well…”
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    Crypto Made Fun Global
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Oct 26, 2024
    Replying to @autosport
    After the race in an interview he was asked about his performance and how he experienced coming back through the field and he replied: “Fun”
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Feb 25, 2024
    Replying to @MatthewDR and @elonmusk
    That is the opposite of how crumple zones work; If you’re in the Tesla, it’s like hitting a brick wall; if you’re in the Ram, the wall gives in and absorbs the impact. Sure, insurance will need to help buy a new vehicle; but at least I’ll be okay.
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jun 24, 2024
    Replying to @bayraktar_1love
    Einstein once said: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and s̶t̶o̶n̶e̶s̶ drones"
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Sep 22, 2024
    Replying to @TomP1Bellingham and @F1
    It crashed in Italy, never returned…
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    Roy van Rijn
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    May 5, 2024
    Replying to @MorbidKnowledge
    Europeans reading this Tweet and having no clue how much 700 pounds nor 50 stone is. Is that heavy? No idea.
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    Apr 7, 2022
    I've been programming for over 20 years, and I still don't understand why someone would prefer a dynamically typed language.
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jun 29, 2024
    Replying to @GeirJordet
    Don’t forget Louis van Gaal’s tactical brilliance in 2014, where he substituted keeper Cillessen for Krul against Costa Rica. The shock, Costa Rica trying to make sense, the positive energy boost by Tim Krul, it was perfect phychological warfare.
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    Roy van Rijn
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    Jan 12, 2023
    Today ChatGPT turned a flat JSON object into 12 tables incl relations and 10 type enums, turned that entire DDL into JPA entities; and made all the CRUD Spring Boot endpoints, in a couple of hours. That could also have been a week of typing…
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