Microblog on Lee Turner

2026-10-20T21-07

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:07:49 +0000

The Big List Of Naughty Strings is a cool project. It contains a list of ‘interesting’ strings that you can use in your testing - thinkings like SQL injection, RTL text, zero-width characters, emoji, Zalgo text and more. The project can be found here:

https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

I thought it might be interesting to wrap these up in a WireMock extension that adds a naughtyString Handlebars helper, so templated responses can return strings from the BLNS. That extension can be found here:

2026-10-16T13-18

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:18:36 +0000

I have been playing around building TUIs recently. I have to say, TamboUI is an awesome option if you are a JVM dev wanting to do something in this area.

Micronaut Launch TUI - https://github.com/leeturner/micronaut-launch-tui

TamboUI - https://tamboui.dev/

2026-10-10T18-33

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:33:28 +0000

Last week I put together a little Micronaut Framework WireMock extension to allow WireMock to be easily used inside tests. It uses the same annotations as the WireMock spring boot extension. At the moment it only supports http-based WireMock services but it does support the latest Micronaut and the latest WireMock OSS 4 beta so you get all the messaging and SSE support in there.

Along with that, I watched Faster Development with Java, Python, and Micronaut by Graeme Rocher and Thomas Wuerthinger from Devoxx Belgium. I have never been much of a python dev but Pyronaut looks amazing and definitely worth a try. Link to the video below.

2026-09-27T16-52

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:52:00 +0000

Last week beta 39 of WireMock OSS v4 dropped. Along with the usual bug fixes and dependency updates, this release built on the messaging support already there to add support for Server Sent Events. This now opens up a wide range of testing capabilities and we are already making good use of this internally on the WireMock eng team. If you use SSE in your app I would love to hear what you think. I have updated the WireMock OSS docker example I have with a simple train departure board demo.

2026-05-21T06-02

Thu, 21 May 2026 06:02:53 +0000

Looking forward to a great few days ahead

2026-01-08T12-13

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:13:03 +0000

Flights and accomodation booked for KotlinConf. Feels a little more real now :)

2024-12-22T12-13

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:13:03 +0000

The real skill is knowing when to stop decorating

2024-12-18T14-37

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:37:37 +0000

Nice to see the @intellijidea @wiremockorg plugin updated to WireMock version 3.9.2.

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23695-wiremock

2024-12-06T09-04

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:04:03 +0000

Nice to get back home after a few days away to find my new #adventofcode t-shirt had been delivered

2024-12-05T09-39

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:39:15 +0000

RT @wiremockorg: The WireMock team is excited to announce the release of WireMock version 3.10.0. This release includes a number of depende…

2024-12-04T16-32

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:32:16 +0000

Really great to see so many people at the WireMock talk today 🙏 https://x.com/wiremockorg/status/1864346019476992106

2024-12-03T16-23

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:23:57 +0000

RT @wiremockorg: Great to chat to so many of you this morning as APIDays Paris kicked off. Come by stand 18 and chat to the team. https://t…

2024-12-02T11-33

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:33:03 +0000

See you in a few hours Paris #APIDays

2024-12-01T12-22

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:22:02 +0000

Always greatful for the nice gentle intoduction to the first day of #AdventOfCode . Solving these puzzles always reminds me of how good the standard library is in @kotlin

2024-12-01T09-59

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 09:59:23 +0000

Myself and a few of the @wiremockorg team will be in Paris next week at #APIDays

It would be great to chat. Come by the WireMock stand and say hi.

I will also be giving a talk on how to develop in parallel and ship earlier with OpenAPI and mocking.

https://www.apidays.global/paris/

2024-11-26T15-10

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:10:09 +0000

Can’t believe that Adevnt of Code starts on Monday. Also great to see the Kotlin videos sheduled in already.

If you can, be sure to sponsor or buy some merch for the Advent of Code. It is a huge effort to run this every year.

https://adventofcode.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7nMRJ57QA0

2024-11-26T14:47

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:47:08 +0000

Can’t believe that Adevnt of Code starts on Monday. Also great to see the Kotlin videos sheduled in already.

I’ll be at a conference the first week of December so I’ll be playing catchup for the first few days. If you can, be sure to sponsor or buy some merch for the Advent of Code. It is a huge effort to run this every year.

2024-11-19T22-35

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:35:58 +0000

This is a great post on the current state of Kotlin Script.

The section on the continued support for .main.kts files was music to my ears

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2024/11/state-of-kotlin-scripting-2024/

2024-11-19T22:27

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:27:08 +0000

This is a great post on the current state of Kotlin Script. This section was music to my ears

We will continue to develop the .main.kts script type, which is already helpful for simple automation tasks. We have plans to extend its functionality and streamline IDE support. Such scripts continue to be supported out of the box in the Kotlin compiler and the Kotlin plugin for IntelliJ IDEA.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2024/11/state-of-kotlin-scripting-2024/

2024-11-19T11-19

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:19:42 +0000

NeovimConf live starts today - https://neovimconf.live/ Streamed live on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/theprimeagen

2024-11-19T11:16

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:16:08 +0000

NeovimConf live starts today - https://neovimconf.live/ Streamed live on Twitch - http://twitch.tv/theprimeagen

2024-11-17T13:35

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:35:08 +0000

It’s been a great week of live music. From Cigarettes After Sex live at the O2 to the amazing Cardinal Black at a local venue in Brighton

2024-11-16T09:49

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:49:08 +0000

Enjoyed my usual installment of Pairing With Duncan. This series on Gradle is really good

2024-11-16T09-48

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:48:52 +0000

The latest installment of Pairing With @duncanmcg is great. This series on Gradle is really good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AxDwkRVkuA

2024-11-15T09:09

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:09:08 +0000

WireMock are looking for a London Based Solutions Engineer to join our team. Come and join us - https://www.wiremock.io/careers/solutions-engineer

2024-11-14T09:09

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:09:08 +0000

Even though LinkedIn jumped the gun a little, it is my 1 year anniversary at WireMock next week. The team has built some awesome dev tooling over the course of the last year - tooling that I wish I had access to in previous projects - OpenAPI, stateful mocking, mocks using your own data, gRPC and more. Not only that, it has been great to be a part of an active open source project with a great community behind it.

2024-11-13T16-26

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:26:46 +0000

It is my 1 year anniversary at @wiremockorg next week. The team has built some awesome dev tooling over the course of the last year. Here is my anniversary mock API with a chunked dribble response delay and a little bit of response templating thrown in for good measure.

2024-11-12T22-15

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:15:06 +0000

RT @ericwastl: #AdventOfCode 2024 sponsorship is now open! If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please have them email s…

2024-11-12T22-14

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:14:41 +0000

RT @wiremockorg: 🆕 We’ve got a glorious new documentation portal for WireMock Cloud – including, for the first time ever, the API reference…

2024-11-09T21-39

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:39:20 +0000

RT @sdelamo: New in @GitBookIO”Free open source documentation that helps fund your project”

https://www.gitbook.com/blog/free-open-source-documentation