After Wild Bill is killed in a poker game, Calamity Jane must break out of prison and seek revenge before the Deadwood's Sheriff can arrest them.

We just released bld 1.8.0, the pure Java build tool for developers who don't like dealing with build tools.

There are also new and updated extensions:

• bld Checkstyle extension
• bld Command Line Execution extension
• bld Detekt extension (new)
• bld Generated Version extension
• bld JaCoCo Report extension
• bld Kotlin extension (new)
• bld PIT Mutation Testing extension
• bld PMD extension
• bld Property File extension
• bld Spring Boot extension (new)
• bld TestNG extension

And new template projects for:

• Kotlin
• Spring Boot

Yes, you read it right. Kotlin is now fully supported. You're welcome.

Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare.

• Java’s ongoing relevance: A closer look at language evolution #java #kotlin #scala medium.com/capital-one-tech/ja… #
• Exploring the Nuances of ‘val’ and ‘const val’ in Kotlin. #kotlin medium.com/@prameshsingh2411/e… #
• New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros #debian #fedora #glibc #linux #ubuntu www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/… #
• Evolution of the Switch Construct in Java—Why Should you Care? #java #jetbrains blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2024/0… #

• Building Scalable Java Applications with Akka #java medium.com/@AlexanderObregon/b… #
• The One Billion Row Challenge Shows That Java Can Process a One Billion Rows File in Two Seconds #java www.infoq.com/news/2024/01/1br… #
• One of the world's biggest web hosting companies revealed that it eradicated nearly 500 million malware threats in 2023 - a staggering 250 instances per customer. #ddos #hostinger #miners www.techradar.com/pro/one-of-t… #
• Multi-factor authentication suffers from three major weaknesses #2fa #authentication #mfa #otp #passkey www.techradar.com/pro/multi-fa… #
• Explore the Microservices Evolution: Micronaut vs. Spring Boot #java #micronaut #microservices #springboot www.javacodegeeks.com/2024/01/… #
• What Is Swappiness on Linux? (and How to Change It) #linux #ram #swap www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-… #
• Lombok Beyond Getter and Setters #java #lombok medium.com/@sandy619g/lombok-b… #
• Java proposal would streamline record creation: Derived record creation would allow developers to create a new record from an existing record, updating only the values that need to change. #java #record www.infoworld.com/article/3712… #

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Adam Bien just released a podcast where Geert talks extensively about RIFE2 and bld.

They ran out of time, so be sure to be on the lookout for the next installment.