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Software developer, technical trainer, and author of Mockito Made Clear, Modern Java Recipes, Help Your Boss Help You, Gradle Recipes for Android, Kotlin Cookbook, and Making Java Groovy. #searchable
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Tales from the jar side: Puppies and Mockito, Anthropic settlement, 1 MILLION tokens, Junie Air and CLI, FB and Moltbook: a Match made in Hades, and social media stuff https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-puppies-and?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Puppies and Mockito, Anthropic settlement, 1 MILLION tokens, Junie Air and CLI, FB and Moltbook: a Match made in Hades, and social media stuff

What do you call a fed up gazelle? A disenchantelope. (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: A Nano Banana Skill, UI Testing made simple, Anthropic vs Pentagon, Anthropic vs China, DevNexus, and the usual Social Media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-a-nano-banana?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: A Nano Banana Skill, UI Testing made simple, Anthropic vs Pentagon, Anthropic vs China, DevNexus, and the usual Social Media silliness

I made a paper airplane, but it wouldn't fly. It's just stationary. (rimshot)

Tales from the jar side: My Trek/Java video, Gemini 3.1 lags, More OpenClaw drama, DevNexus, and the usual social media stuff https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-my-trekjava?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: My Trek/Java video, Gemini 3.1 lags, More OpenClaw drama, DevNexus, and the usual social media stuff

A genie granted me one wish, so I wished to be happy. Now I live with six dwarves and work in a mine. (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: RAG video, My clawdbot's wins and losses, the SaaSpocalype, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-rag-video?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: RAG video, My clawdbot's wins and losses, the SaaSpocalype, and the usual social media silliness

My son asked if training to be a locksmith would be worth it. I told him it would open a lot of doors for him. (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: Spring Boot 4, Agentic Java coding, Launch Library API, Spring AI Skills, Stand with Minnesota, and the usual social media nonsense https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-spring-boot-fff?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Spring Boot 4, Agentic Java coding, Launch Library API, Spring AI Skills, Stand with Minnesota, and the usual social media nonsense

HELP! I need to re-home a dog. It’s a small terrier and tends to bark a lot. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll jump over my neighbor’s fence and get it for you. (rimshot, c/o @DadSaysJokes)

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Tales from the jar side: AI and Jevons paradox, AI violinists, the JVM Weekly magnum opus, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-ai-and-jevons?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: AI and Jevons paradox, AI violinists, the JVM Weekly magnum opus, and the usual social media silliness

Aliens are going to be so confused when they show up to overthrow our leaders and we offer to help. (rimshot)

Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-shock-wave?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Shock wave simulator, New hat + AI, Another lesson from It's A Wonderful Life, and more social media posts

What do you call it when Santa loses his GPS signal? A lost Claus. (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-false-measures?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: False measures of success and happiness, and the usual social media silliness

I'm so old I remember when you could put Xmas cards on top of the TV. (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-gemini-cli?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: Gemini CLI, Cursor AI, Trinity College events, and the usual silliness from social media

He's making a list / He's checking it twice / He left it at home / He's texting his wife (rimshot)

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Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-that-dont?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Tales from the jar side: That don't impress me much, FIFA Peace Prize memes, Trashed pandas, and other social media silliness

My grandfather's battalion in Norway successfully disguised themselves as Christmas trees. They were well decorated. (rimshot)

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