#BuildPropulsionLab at #DevoxxUK: @jbaruch with @tcoolsit

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Argument that staying current comes from fundamentals not chasing every new hype, illustrated by recognizing testcontainers in five minutes because Docker and testing fundamentals are known; warns against shallow breadth—resume claim of “eight languages” collapses under deeper questions; notes LLM tooling work (adding context) becoming obsolete when hosted services appear; reports rebuilding the Belgian Java User Group and running monthly events for about a year and a half after a failed March 2020 start, showing community practice actually works.

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1. 0:00Welcome
2. 0:27Staying current in tech
3. 2:11Depth over breadth
4. 3:58Learning fundamentals
5. 6:06T-shaped professionals
6. 7:52Fear of missing out in technology
7. 10:06Predicting tech trends
8. 11:07User groups and meetups
9. 12:34Closing

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