Tales from the jar side: Junie live stream, MCP video and blog post, MCPs with Claude Code, and the usual silly skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-junie-live?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I finally understand what MCP is for:a blog post based on my recent YouTube video, with updates and more info

https://kousenit.org/2025/06/22/i-finally-understand-what-mcp-is-for/

Tales from the jar side: From Google to Slidev, the Psychologically Disturbed Song Cycle, more Junie vs Claude Code, and the usual toots and skeets https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-from-google?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Junie vs Claude Code, I finally get what MCP is for, I contribute to LangChain4j, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-junie-vs?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: "Star Trek: The MCP Server", two new blog posts, a new video, a Junie live stream, and the usual toots and skeets https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-star-trek?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

On Monday, June 2nd, 19:00 CET, together with @kenkousen , we will put Claude Code and JetBrains Junie side by side. We will experiment with the tools and see how they perform in different scenarios. Chime in to learn and have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/live/VDvCrGfBs6o?si=JYI4wMoO_ZXvYaHg

Sure, I’ll sign your ebook

Between 2013 and 2023, I wrote a series of books for Manning, O'Reilly, and the Pragmatic Bookshelf: My six books Every once in a while, someone would come up to me at a conference with a copy of one and ask me to sign it. I'd make some gag about that ruining the resale value, but would do what they asked.

https://kousenit.org/2025/05/28/sure-ill-sign-your-ebook/

Three ways to wait for a streaming response from Spring AI to return before exiting a JUnit test

https://kousenit.org/2025/05/27/waiting-for-spring-ai-streaming-responses-in-junit-tests/

Tales from the jar side: Pachelbel's one-hit wonder, Testing AI's with AI's, Java turns 30, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-pachelbels?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Spring AI and Redis, A vibe coded lyrics trainer, Agent Underlord, and the usual toots and skeets, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-spring-ai-4b4?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Spring AI training, Claude App and Claude Code, the Hagler-Leonard fight, and the usual silly skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-spring-ai-e14?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: End of semester, Splitting PDFs, Spring AI versions, Kotlin notebooks, some personal stuff, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-end-of-semester?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Signing an ebook, AI agents, GPT-4.1 token limits, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-signing-an?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Persistent chat memory, n8n and other a10ns, assorted medical stuff, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-persistent?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Going meta, the Arc of AI conference, college basketball, Really really final, April Fool's jokes, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-metadata?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Arc of AI conference, MCP fears, Tesla takedown day, DOGE to replace tons of COBOL with Java, and the usual social media posts, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-arc-of-ai?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: 20 years of Kousen IT, AI knows your books, Heaven Could Wait, and the usual social media posts, by @kenkousen https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-20-years?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Java spliterators, Stream support, Biebl's Ave Maria, Heaven Can Wait, and the usual social media silliness
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-java-spliterators?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: the Devnexus conference, My interview with Trisha Gee, I finally meet Lize Raes, 2 (?) Pixoo 64s, and the usual toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-devnexus-088?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Tales from the jar side: Claude Code, the FIM API from DeepSeek, a new video, open book / open AI exams, and the usual silly toots and skeets
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenkousen/p/tales-from-the-jar-side-claude-code?r=2dwq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true