Marit van Dijk ☕️🥑 @MaritvanDijk77 Twitter profile

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Marit van Dijk ☕️🥑

7 months

Omg I closed Twitter for 5 minutes and started getting random congratulations texts from friends... because this happened. I'm so honored!! ☺️

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7 months

Congratulations to new #Java Champion @MaritvanDijk77

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5 years

TIL: "the reverse bus factor" - how many people should be hit by a bus for the team to be doing better.

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2 years

@amyngyn @kefimochi As a former PM, there's a reason I'm much happier as a dev. Herding cats is hard! 😭

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2 years

Super excited to join @jetbrains as a #Java Developer Advocate today! ☕️🥑

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1 year

Tell me you don't understand TDD without telling me you don't uhderstand TDD.

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1 year

@mariofusco At least TDD is dead, AI will write the tests, as its one of the easiest parts to automatize

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1 year

Error message driven development

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5 years

OH: Your lack of planning is not my emergency.

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5 years

Test driven bug fixing: create a test to reproduce the bug, fix the bug, validate the bug is fixed. 💜

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5 years

Airport bathroom has impressive @github commit history 😂

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4 years

If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶 If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶 If it's flaky and you know it, and you really wanna show it If it's flaky and you know it, fix your test 🎶🎶

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4 years

My dudes, if you can learn network protocols and syntax/idiom for (multiple) programming languages, etc. you can also learn human communication.

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4 years

@lobster_writer @baumard_nicolas and it has been debunked...

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6 years

Sleep really is the best debugging tool. Within 30 minutes was able to narrow down the problem I spent hours on yesterday. Found the cause and can now fix it!

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2 years

I have deleted the tests that were in the repository and which you had ignored for multiple years Forgive me they were useless outdated and failing

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2 years

@WholesomeMeme And instead of taking them away, someone took this picture...

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5 years

The hardest problem in Computer Science is communication.

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4 years

Current status of software development: Have you tried ... talking to each other?

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4 years

Dear tool vendors, Bashing #opensource projects is a bad look. Sincerely, open source contributor

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2 years

Achievements unlocked: * 2 talks in one day * first keynote! 💪

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4 years

@karissa_logan_ I mean... we try?

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4 years

@timburks @Greeblehaus

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4 years

Aaah. My face is on a book cover!! So excited!

97 Things

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4 years

97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know cover reveal...

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4 years

One special gift for @pati_gallardo

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5 years

The number of likes and retweets on this is scary. It was a joke. If you have people on your team who you consider to be "dead weight", maybe have a look at why? Like, how you are not supporting them properly? Are they not in the right place to add value. Is their value not seen?

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2 years

Omg omg omg!

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4 years

Just wait until the people opposing "cancel culture" find out about people of certain races, genders, etc not getting hired for jobs / not treated by medical professionals. They should be outraged.

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5 years

Before you get all automation happy with your tests, please keep in mind that they will need to be maintained.

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6 years

@nycjayjay @GeorgeTakei Could use more Michelle...

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2 years

If there is a bug and no user reported it, is it still a bug?🤔

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4 years

1. Having a life 2. My employer doesn't use GitHub 3. More pushed code does not mean better solutions

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4 years

I have some jokes about tests, but y'all would just skip them...

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1 year

@lukaseder @elonmusk Please let him buy Fox News first ;)

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6 months

Look what arrived while I was travelling... 😍🤩 @Java_Champions

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4 years

18yo got accepted to study to be a vet!! 🥳

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2 years

@omy_heart @Josh_AwoS @hiimargo I read this as a verb and cannot unsee

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4 years

@hillarydixler @JessicaValenti Remember when Hillary stumbled due to sheer exhaustion?

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5 years

Helping friends with git/ @github is oddly satisfying

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2 years

Stroopwafels as a Service

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4 years

Me: Today is my day off. Friend: You don't have to work at all? Me: Well... I was asked to write this article. And am organizing this conference. And I have a talk in 2 weeks that I need to prep.... And oh yeah, sewing a quilt. Also me: Why am I so tired?

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2 years

@javarevisited Expected: 1 Actual: "1"

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2 years

Me: Ooh, my talk got accepted to #Devoxx 🥳 Also me: Oh, now I have to prepare this talk 😬

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5 years

Technical writing is a technical skill. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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5 years

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. @NikkitaFTW #NewCrafts

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3 years

@gdinwiddie Underpaid

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4 years

Person: how does programming work? Programmer: well you type & you delete. You rethink. Then you do 187 min of research & correct it. You reread & wonder if you have a grasp of <programming language>. Then you revise P: then you’re done? Prog: then you move to the next method

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@MaritvanDijk77

4 years

Sometimes the problem isn't a technical one to be solved with tool, but rather a communication problem that should be solved by talking to each other.

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4 years

Please be kind to the people working in the super markets. They're mostly kids (including one of ours) and can't help it when stuff runs out because of people hoarding...

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2 years

@TheGamblingBird I explained it to my 7yo and 9yo and the 7yo was LIVID the people making the bolt weren't even getting paid.

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4 years

Today in correlation != causation:

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@NYTHealth

4 years

Want to live longer? Try going to the opera. Researchers in Britain have found that people who reported going to a museum or concert even once a year lived longer than those who didn’t.

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4 years

How fast you can get your software to production doesn't matter, if the software is bad. Anyone can drive a Maserati or Ferrari into a wall. - @starbuxman #JBTechDayforJava #JetBrainsLovesJava .

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4 years

@iamdevloper You may be doing code review wrong... 🤷‍♀️

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5 years

@CoralineAda "Can you tell me something about the last 2 women who were promoted" (source: @lanettecream )

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4 years

I love this book because it tells you everthing you know to be true about software development, but with the data to back it up!

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4 years

Received it today from @bol_com Let’s see what @pati_gallardo and @MaritvanDijk77 we’re talking about! 🤓 #accelerate #book

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4 years

@molly_struve Oh, for 🦊 sake!

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@jasonhand

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2 years

Update: kittens are here! 😻 They are busy exploring and playing and we are too busy enjoying watching them be little weirdos to get good pictures.

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1 year

Tell me you don't understand software development, without telling me you don't understand software development...

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1 year

@GergelyOrosz Firing based on LOC alone is obviously not great, but it has some value. I know no one wants to hear this but there wasn’t a lot of time and huge cuts had to be made. LOC will measure some form of productivity across hundreds/thousands of individual contributors.

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2 years

@wayward710 Error message driven development

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5 years

I am :( years old...

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5 years

You can always tell us old folks on social media because we use :( instead of ☹️

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4 years

Once more for the people in the back...

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New research finds that young girls and boys have "indistinguishable" math abilities — contradicting the idea that men largely dominate STEM fields because their brains are wired that way.

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Achievement unlocked: First talk as a #JavaChampion - Thanks @GeeCON for having me and the lovely audience for all their great questions! ❤️

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Only talk that you must see today on #geecon @MaritvanDijk77 about reading a code in the smart way.

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2 years

Tfw you get a message from a friend the day after your talk about how a test that was supposed to fail when she changed the functionality didn't, because the original test wasn't implemented correctly. "Never trust a test you haven't seen fail." #JSpring

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10 months

"The best debugging tool is a good night's sleep. The second best debugging tool is a break combined with exercise." @holly_cummins #JoyOfCoding

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6 years

Hours of coding can save you minutes of manual testing ;)

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6 years

"Testers don't break your code, they break your illusions about the code."

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Most pentesters I know...

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6 years

The 6yo is learning to knit and made some mistakes. I told him his dad and I both make mistakes at work *every day* and his face lit up. If you don't make mistakes, how will you learn new things? #DevLife

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5 years

@DozierLeanne Welcome. Some suggestions of awesome developers / people in tech to follow: @jessfraz @alicegoldfuss @jessitron @techgirl1908 @pati_gallardo @shanselman @shehackspurple @IanColdwater @sarahjwells @mipsytipsy @a_bangser @ClareSudbery @SalFreudenberg @Felienne @nicolefv @lunivore

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4 years

That programmers used to be ladies...

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2 years

@mydevlprplanet @WholesomeMeme So much for wife's 5 minutes alone...

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5 years

Why, yes, I do have all my ducks in a row...

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2 years

People: Why is this open source library overly complex?!? Also people: why won't this open source library support my exotic use case (with optional bonus points for: that clearly goes against the intent of the library)?!?

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4 years

@ellle_em I mean, she's not wrong...

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4 years

Me: I have an Arts degree in Computer Science. Teammate: Does that mean you can draw computers? 🤦‍♀️

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@MaritvanDijk77

5 years

This book has been on several slide decks so far, so if you haven't gotten the hint yet: you should read it! @emilybache #NewCrafts

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3 years

Update: it was not. 😔

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3 years

git commit -m "Please let this be it"

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6 years

Currently in the "omg what have I done I have to get up and talk in front of people"-phase of conference talk prep...

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@MaritvanDijk77

2 years

Do you want to learn how to do Git interactive rebase in @intellijidea ? My first protip is now available on YouTube:

IntelliJ IDEA Pro Tips: Using Git Interactive Rebase

Git interactive rebase allows you to change individual commits, squash commits together, drop commits or change the order of the commits. This allows you to ...

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@MaritvanDijk77

2 years

Husband is working with some new grads on his dev team and one of them is worried about faliing behind. So he asked the other lead: When was the last time you were in a meeting with no clue what's going on? The answer: Yesterday. Dear new grads, you're fine! 💜

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2 years

Good morning!

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2 years

My talk "Keep your dependencies in check" was accepted to one of my favorite conferences @jfallconf #jfall - thanks @nljug ♥️

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4 years

@kennethcochran @dhh @AppleCard I think the point is they're not treated fairly. They are beeing given an advantage not given to others. They want *everyone* to be treated fairly, otherwise it's still unfair.

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@MaritvanDijk77

2 years

Anyone else scared by how high these Jira numbers are? #jfall

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@MaritvanDijk77

5 years

If you are wondering why a certain man is no longer invited to speak at conferences, and several women respond stating they have been bullied by him, I think you have your answer. 🤷‍♀️

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1 year

My nerds, as much as we'd like to, code/coding will never be "sexy".

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5 years

Dev next to me: Did you wireshark it? Me: Wiiiire shark do do doo doo doo #sorrynotsorry

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Teammate: Ok, but now I want to see it fail, because a green test doesn't help me at all. #BestTeamEver

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@TartanLlama Don't forget about social welfare systems (i.e. income if you are layed off, sick, unable to work, retired), maternity leave, pension funds, etc. 🤷‍♀️

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4 years

@kelseyhightower Can not reproduce

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2 years

My day started with debugging the coffee machine. How's yours?

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2 years

People on social media spouting statistics like: only a very small amount of children died of cobid and they had underlying conditions. Yes, my 4yo nephew has underlying conditions and I'd prefer for him to not become one of those statistics. Wtf is wrong with people?

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6 years

It's easy to complain about poor documentation. It's hard to write good documentation.

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4 years

"Exploratory testing requires skilled and curious testers, who are comfortable with learning about the software and coming up with new test designs during a session." Excellent blogpost!

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new post: I'm a strong proponent of extensive automated testing, but there is still an essential role for Exploratory Testing

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2 years

Important update: The kittens are still very cute!

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1 year

Teaching the 8yo about sarcasm was a mistake

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2 years

Coworker just told me they started contributing to open source after seeing my talk a few years ago. 💜 Who cut the onions?!

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3 years

Why is it that I hate cleaning but I love cleaning up code? 🤔

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2 years

@DailyDevTips1 Sleep on it. Go for a walk. Ask for help. Explain it to someone else (50/50 chance this will help you find the answer while explaining)

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Am looking at some code I wrote over a year ago and ehm... 😬😬😬 (It's not pretty.) The upside is: I guess I learned a lot since then? 🤷‍♀️

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