Tom Cools @TCoolsIT

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Tom Cools @TCoolsIT

5 days ago

Not me FOMO submitting to @jfallconf on the very last day 🤣. If you haven't yet, you got a couple more hours to do so! It's a great conference!

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Time for a next @BeJUG Event! Many thanks to @cegeka for hosting this event in Hasselt! In this Belgian Java User Group, we have @BrianVerm and @KadiGrigg who'll help us make (or break!) some software. Sign-up here 👉 meetup.com/belgian-java-u… #java #security

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Ana Maria Mihalceanu 🇳🇱🇷🇴 @ammbra1508

a month ago

Is official: next JavaOne happens in March 2026 🥳🥳🥳!!! #Java #community #conference

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a month ago

Is official: next JavaOne happens in March 2026 🥳🥳🥳!!! #Java #community #conference

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Belgian JUG @BeJUG

3 months ago

Time for our yearly stop @OniryxICT 🤩. We got great food and drinks. Weather is epic and we got 2 cool talks lined up! 🤩 Let's Go!

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Belgian JUG @BeJUG

3 months ago

The #Java tour continues! Next stop: @OniryxICT (Gembloux) – thanks for having us again! 🇧🇪 🕹️ @glyc1n will show how he turned IntelliJ into a game engine! 🎤 1 quicky slot still open! Want in? 👉 github.com/BeJUG/bejug.gi… #BeJUG meetup.com/belgian-java-u…

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VirtualJUG (vJUG) @virtualJUG

4 months ago

In the lead up to #Java's 30th, let's celebrate some Java Legends. Drop a comment & tag the legendary figures in the Java community. We will go first, James Gosling, Brian Goetz, Mark Reinhold, @venkat_s, @ammbra1508, @BillyKorando, and Nicolai Parlog

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Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet

4 months ago

Can LLMs solve scheduling or routing problems? Can GenAI help companies save millions of dollars by optimizing Vehicle Routing, Shift Rostering or Job Scheduling to increase productivity and retention? Why not? Which type of AI can? And how can we combine it with LLMs to make…

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Tom Cools @TCoolsIT

5 months ago

Long overdue! Steve is one of the people who helped me a lot in my career. Congratz!

Java Champions @Java_Champions

5 months ago

Long overdue! Steve is one of the people who helped me a lot in my career. Congratz!

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Belgian JUG @BeJUG

5 months ago

Event Alert! 🚨Our May session of BeJUG is very early in the month, this time in Leuven! We'll have @jonas_grgt join us to talk about Event Driven systems. We are extremely gratefull to Randstad Digital Belgium for hosting us! 🙏 Signup for free at: meetup.com/belgian-java-u…

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Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet

5 months ago

Our Open Source solver now has a dedicated home: solver.timefold.ai It's a place for the Timefold Solver community, with everything you need to build a solution for any planning, scheduling or routing optimization problem. Is there anything missing that you would like to…

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VirtualJUG (vJUG) @virtualJUG

5 months ago

LLMs can’t do everything — but AI still can! 🤖 Join @TCoolsIT April 23rd for a session that cuts through the GenAI hype! Learn how Timefold tackles scheduling problems LLMs can’t solve Live Stream: bit.ly/4jaIpBS

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Belgian JUG @BeJUG

5 months ago

Let’s keep up the #java vibes! 🚀 Heading to @NSI_ITSS in Awans & a big thanks to our hosts! Excited to have Matthias share all about Maven 4. Register here: meetup.com/belgian-java-u… Plus, an open Quick Slot for 10-25min talks—volunteers, step up: github.com/BeJUG/bejug.gi…

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Voxxed Days Amsterdam @VoxxedAmsterdam

5 months ago

🎤 Byte size session announcement We’re excited to welcome @TCoolsIT from @TimefoldAI to the Voxxed Days Amsterdam lineup! Great to have you, Tom, looking forward to your byte size session! 🙌 🧠 Talk: “LLMs can't optimize schedules, but AI can!” 🔹 LLMs are great, but not…

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Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet

5 months ago

The quickstarts readme for our open source solver had a make-over! It's now easier to find the right example and start solving your scheduling or routing problem with #PlanningAI. Try it out: github.com/TimefoldAI/tim…

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JCON @jcon_conference

6 months ago

Excited for #JCON EUROPE 2025? See @TCoolsIT at #JCON2025 in Cologne talking about '#Braving the Change: #Recalibrating to New #Realities' ‘Change is the only #constant in our industry’… but they never told … Get your free #JUG Ticket: jcon.one

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Jim Grisanzio @jimgris

6 months ago

Duke's Corner Podcast with Tom Cools on his mission to spread Java all over Belgium! We chat about the @BeJUG, the evolution Java, the Java release cycle, contributing to the community, and some life issues developers have to manage during their careers. @java @TCoolsIT

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Tom Cools @TCoolsIT

7 months ago

Timefold hitting the front-page of @newsycombinator 😍. The blog post @GeoffreyDeSmet wrote is probably the best explainer why I switched companies after 11.5 years at my first employer. It's heartfelt, personal and excellent: timefold.ai/blog/how-i-bui… #OpenSource #Founder

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Tom Cools @TCoolsIT

8 months ago

After learning about Model Context Protocol (MCP), a way to expose external software to LLMs, I decided to experiment with it! 🧪 You can read all about it on my latest blog post: tomcools.be/post/2025-jan-… Thanks @maxandersen for the #quarkus guide for #MCP. #java #camel

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Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet

8 months ago

How to handle Employee (un)availability in automated Shift Rostering. It's not as simple as it looks! youtube.com/watch?v=xyk7jI… @planningai #ai #timefold

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Belgian JUG @BeJUG

8 months ago

Hello 2025, here we are! Time for our next session of BeJUG, this time in Heverlee with a double headliner! We are extremely gratefull to AE (ae.be) who are hosting us this month! Signup for free at: meetup.com/belgian-java-u… #java #community