Tom Cools

DevRel Engineer @TimefoldAI | Conference speaker 🗣️ | #Java | @Java_Champions | @BeJUG Organizer | Teacher and Trainer 👨‍🏫

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

🎉 I am extremely excited to be joining @TimefoldAI . I was a fan of the Open Source solver for years and to now be able to join them on their journey to free the world from wasteful scheduling is amazing.

Looking forward to supporting and enabling the developer community! <3

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@lenadroid @ryancarson True that. Got an adventure book for Christmas, needs a character sheet and dice... but I read in bed. So the obvious solution was to make a PWA to manage everything. 😅

Being a builder is awesome. 🤩

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@sandislonjsak @lovelacecoding Vlaming hier... which songs you listened to? 😅 Just curious.

[Belgian JUG @BeJUG]

2025 is almost wrapped up ❄️🎁, but there’s still time for one last community moment together!
So put on that ugly Christmas sweater 🎄🧦, warm up with a hot drink ☕️, and join us for a final #BeJUG call before we slide into the new year ⛄️✨.

https://t.co/kTj5RFw0bg

[Belgian JUG @BeJUG]

🚀 #BeJUG is back in Ghent this November!

Big thank you to Inetum (https://t.co/bV8sqvmacw) for hosting us! ☺️

Speaking this time are @FrankDelporte and @wbauweraerts.🤩 Raspberry Pi and becoming fearless💪

Sign up here: https://t.co/AvlJycvB1t

#java #bejug #community

[Аlina Yurenko 🇺🇦 @alina_yurenko]

on behalf of @TCoolsIT: our ✨ legendary ✨ informal speaker city tour is back!!!🥹
Starting at 20:30 in the city center 👌

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

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!

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

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 👉 https://t.co/t4ABZv1Lae

#java #security

[Ana Maria Mihalceanu 🇳🇱🇷🇴 @ammbra1508]

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

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@royvanrijn Yup. I hope he follows through with the "warnings" and hope people read them. Because the "high stakes" or "personal information" disasters are gonna be... interesting.

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@SomeDoug @TalkativeTri @GuildWars2 It's Necro all right. The elite spec is probably based on the GW1 Ritualist, which also used blindfolds to "make communication with the spirits of the dead l easier".

The spirit behind it is also a Canthan spirit, which is where the Ritualist class in GW1 originated.

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@fast_benjamin @GuildWars2 @KROOF_ @daveross37 I was thinking this as well. Something to do with "Void" as it looks a bit like a black hole.

[Belgian JUG @BeJUG]

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!

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

@GeoffreyDeSmet How dare you not pay your € 0.00 bill in time! 😅

[Belgian JUG @BeJUG]

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? 👉 https://t.co/3LK83caNuA

#BeJUG
https://t.co/nFJ6C0eXSX

[VirtualJUG (vJUG) @virtualJUG]

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

[Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet]

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 planning optimization more easily accessible?

@TCoolsIT and I tried it for #DevoxxFr.

Here's what we found out:
https://t.co/tfP2UCKfL5

[Tom Cools @TCoolsIT]

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

[Java Champions @Java_Champions]

Congratulations to new #Java Champion @spoole167

[Belgian JUG @BeJUG]

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: https://t.co/UrfHiQuSIl

[Geoffrey De Smet @GeoffreyDeSmet]

Our Open Source solver now has a dedicated home: https://t.co/n3XtvbvAOl

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 see on https://t.co/n3XtvbvAOl?

[VirtualJUG (vJUG) @virtualJUG]

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: https://t.co/kX6076ae9W