Erik's Weblog

Fiber Fusion 2026

Erik C. Thauvin — Sun, 7 Jun 2026 23:00:38 GMT

At the Monroe Fairgrounds...

Toots du Jour (Jun 5)

Erik C. Thauvin — Sat, 6 Jun 2026 09:00:30 GMT

Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 (Yet) #programming #ziglang blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2026/0… #

The Passenger

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 18:27:15 GMT

Hassan, a Somali-American airport shuttle driver in Minneapolis, is struggling to make ends meet. When Lloyd, a stranded twenty-something at the airport, offers to pay Hassan to take him overland to Chicago, it seems worth the risk. But as the realization grows that his passenger is not what he seems, Hassan finds himself trapped in a terrifying ride that he can’t escape, knowing that saving himself might put countless others in danger.

Toots du Jour (Jun 4)

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 09:00:30 GMT

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1.3 Is Out! #ide #intellij #intellijidea #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/0… #
JDK 27 Features Freeze #java #jdk openjdk.org/projects/jdk/27/ #
Java 27 Features (with Examples) #java #jdk www.happycoders.eu/java/java-2… #

CT

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 5 Jun 2026 02:03:28 GMT

And yet another CT.

Toots du Jour (Jun 3)

Erik C. Thauvin — Thu, 4 Jun 2026 09:00:30 GMT

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3.6 Is Out! #ide #intellij #intellijidea #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/0… #
Kotlin 2.4.0 Released #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2026… #
Jackson Release 2.22 #jackson #java #json #xml github.com/FasterXML/jackson/w… #

By Any Means

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 18:40:34 GMT

When the system is broken, break the rules.

Inspired by a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur. When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don’t.

Supergirl

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 18:37:23 GMT

When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.

Toots du Jour (Jun 2)

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 3 Jun 2026 09:00:30 GMT

Android Will Now Warn You If A Caller Is Impersonating Someone You Know #android #google #spam www.engadget.com/2184125/andro… #
GitHub Copilot SDK for Java 1.0.0 (GA) #git #github #java #scm github.com/github/copilot-sdk/… #

How To Rob A Bank

Erik C. Thauvin — Tue, 2 Jun 2026 15:44:49 GMT

Who’s robbing who?

A crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs — and their most ambitious heist yet.