I like the new "group changes" with "AI" feature in IntelliJ version control. If only it was local, then you could run it continuously and get a warning as soon as you start working on more than one thing. This could be a good addition for the Limited WIP plugin 🤨

I wonder why most "AI" tools have such a bad UX and questionable quality? From a sociotechnical system point of view, could this be a reflection of some underlying issues in this space 🤔

I’m pleased to say that Kodee has recovered from the punch and even got a new friend. #KotlinDevDay25 had the most backend Kotlin developers I’ve seen since Kotlin became a thing on Android 🙈 It was also really nice chatting to people from Xebia, JetBrains and Flock. Thank you for having us!

Apologies for Duncan punching Kodee off the stage at #KotlinDevDay25. I disapprove of this! 😿 You can find the source code from the talk here https://github.com/dmcg/gilded-rose-tdd/tree/47-refactorings-at-kotlin-dev-day. We were only seconds away from the `::invoke::invoke::invoke` part 🙈

After about a month of experimentation, I'm happy to present a minimalistic test progress bar plugin for IntelliJ IDEs https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/28859-test-progress-bar. Admittedly niche, it's there for 💰 to fund Dark Arts coffee beans, but I'll happily share forever free version(s) with anyone I know or met 😅

If you happen to be in Amsterdam at the end of November, come say "hi" at the Kotlin Dev Day, where Duncan McGregor and I will be doing 47 refactorings in 45 minutes (see https://kotlindevday.com/program). I will also be just hanging out with Kodee on the 28th, so happy to chat or do a code kata 🧐

Thanks to everyone who came to the "47 Refactorings in 45 minutes" talk Kodee and I did at Droidcon London today. You can find all the code here https://github.com/dmcg/gilded-rose-tdd/tree/47-refactorings-at-droidcon. Since someone asked, these are some of the heuristics I use for Kotlin code https://dmitrykandalov.com/tidy-kotlin.

In spite of the horrid LLM (aka "AI") bubble hype, it can actually be useful. My favourite use case is asking Junie questions about large code bases. For example, clone the IntelliJ source code, open it as a project (so that Junie can search actual code) and ask questions.

In my experience, I learn more and have better conversations at smaller conferences. KtConf https://ktconf.be was a good example of that. Nice venue, single track, and great talks. BTW, everything I showed in my talk (including IDE mini-plugins) is here https://github.com/dkandalov/error-handling-in-kotlin.