John HiteTechnical Leaderhttps://johnhite.com/Redirecting System.out to a JTextAreahttps://johnhite.com/blog/2010-04-05-redirecting-systemout-to-a-jtextarea/https://johnhite.com/blog/2010-04-05-redirecting-systemout-to-a-jtextarea/A buffered OutputStream that appends to a Swing JTextArea, plus how to point System.out at it so SOAP messages from Metro show up in the UI.Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMTReading Objects from an LDAP Directory using Springhttps://johnhite.com/blog/2010-07-21-reading-objects-from-an-ldap-directory-using-spring/https://johnhite.com/blog/2010-07-21-reading-objects-from-an-ldap-directory-using-spring/Move Tomcat database configuration into LDAP and load a javax.sql.DataSource as a Spring bean with JndiObjectFactoryBean and a custom DirObjectFactory.Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTGWT/GXT and Session Timeoutshttps://johnhite.com/blog/2010-09-02-gwtgxt-and-session-timeouts/https://johnhite.com/blog/2010-09-02-gwtgxt-and-session-timeouts/RPC calls in a GWT/GXT app ignore Tomcat’s login redirect after a session timeout. Here’s a timer-based approach that alerts the user and sends them back to login.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMTWAFFLE: Local groups bughttps://johnhite.com/blog/2010-11-29-waffle-local-groups-bug/https://johnhite.com/blog/2010-11-29-waffle-local-groups-bug/A unit test for Waffle’s WindowsComputerImpl.Groups was returning zero local groups because NetLocalGroupEnum’s totalentries parameter is only an approximate count.Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMTYour AI Copilot is Robbing Youhttps://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-06-ai-copilot/https://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-06-ai-copilot/Being overly reliant or even over utilizing your co-pilot is easy to do, but its robbing you of something valuable - experienceSun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn AI Safetyhttps://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-12-ai-safety-thoughts/https://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-12-ai-safety-thoughts/AI Safety - is it possible with current LLMs?Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTReasoning Without Feelinghttps://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-15-reasoning-without-feeling/https://johnhite.com/blog/2026-09-15-reasoning-without-feeling/Major companies are pursuing AGI by building bigger and stronger reasoning models. But these models suffer from producing outputs that do not align with human values. Their efforts to nudge these models towards alignment don't seem to be working. These models focus entirely on reasoning, but human values are not based purely on reason. They are based in our emotions. Is alignment of emotionless reasoning models even possible?Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT