Josh LongTechnology, News
Josh LongTechnology, News

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I'm Josh Long (@starbuxman), a humble Spring developer advocate at @VMWare, and this is A Bootiful Podcast (@BootifulPodcast), a celebration of the real heroes that drive ecosystems.

  • Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on MCP Security
    Hi Spring, AI, Spring AI, security, and Spring Security fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel-Garnier Moiroux!
  • Cay Horstmaan, legendary Java professor, author, lecturer
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary Java author, professor, and Java Champion Cay Horstmann, whom you might know from classics such as "Core Java." * his web site - https://horstmann.com
  • Spring Messaging Legend: Soby Chacko
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk with the legendary Soby Chacko about Apache Kafka, Spring AI, and much more! #apachekafka #kafka
  • Neo4j legend Jennifer Reif
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Jennifer Reif, developer advocate at Neo4J, about graph RAG, graph databases, GraphQL, Neo4J, Spring Data Neo4J, and more. #neo4j #graphRag #AI #artificialintelligence
  • John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason”
    Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! #ai #springboot #developers #artificailintelligence * [get the book](https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Reason-Aristotle-ChatGPT-Heroes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8TW8R) * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](https://start.spring.io)
  • Glenn Renfro: Java and Spring community legend and my friend - on Devnexus and more
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the amazing Glenn Renfro about Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Spring AI, and much more — plus why you should definitely register to attend the amazing Devnexus event in Atlanta, GA!
  • Java Champion and hilarious friend, Richard Fichtner
    Hi, Spring fans! I've been waiting for this episode for so long! Today, we're finally joined by my friend Richard Fichtner, who so took pity on my plight waiting for music to be added to the GraalVM that his company, XDev Software, created the `music-maven-plugin`, the best Maven plugin, ever! This episode was recorded live at the amazing JFokus 2026 event!
  • Jetbrains legend Marco Behler
    hi, Spring fans! In this installment I have the privilege of talking to Jetbrains legend Marco Behler
  • Start Your Year with Java Right with Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando
    Hi, Spring (and Java) fans! In this episode I am beyond delighted to talk Java developer advocate and longtime friend of the show Billy Korando about the latest-and-greatest in the Java ecosystem.
  • Jetbrains legend Dmitry Jemerov
    Hi, Spring and IntelliJ IDEA fans! This week we celebrate 25 years of Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA, and who better to talk to us about its evolution than Dmitry Jemerov, whose been a contributor and developer for the project since 2003!
  • Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer
    Hi, Spring fans! This week we catch up with the observably awesome Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer
  • Spring Security lead Rob Winch
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I have the privilege of sitting down and talking to the legendary Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security, Spring Session, and the amazing Testjars project.
  • Apache Tomcat legend Mark Thomas (Happy new year!)
    In this episode, I talk with Mark Thomas, the legendary and highly prolific committer to Apache Tomcat. Happy New Year!
  • the legendary Nate Schutta, teacher, friend, and.. harbinger of doom!
    Hi Spring fans, and happy holidays! I'm delighted to be joined again on this episode by my friend and fellow harbinger of doom (in the best possible way), Nate Schutta — co-author of the wonderful book _Foundations of Software Engineering_! * get the book here https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-software/9781098143220/
  • Spring cofounder Juergen Hoeller on the amazing Spring Framework 7 release
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary cofounder of Spring itself, Juergen Hoeller, about the awesome new Spring Framework 7 release. Happy holidays, one and all!
  • The legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more
    Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In this installment I talk to the legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more!
  • Dan Vega on the fundamentals of software engineering
    Hi, Spring fans! I'm so excited to chat with fellow Spring developer advocate Dan Vega about his new book, "Fundamentals of Software Engineering" https://www.danvega.dev/books/fundamentals-of-software-engineering
  • Spring community legend and friend Simon Martinelli
    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving from me, and I am sure the entire Spring team, to you! We are, it should be clear, oh so very grateful.. thankful.. for you, the community. This week it is my great pleasure to chat with Spring community legend Simon Martinelli.
  • The legendary Sébastien Deleuze on all that’s new and nice in Spring Framework 7
    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Spring Boot 4.0 release day! Make sure to get the bits at start.spring.io! This release is packed with new features, a lot of which comes from Spring Framework 7. To help break it down for us this week, we’re joined by none other than the legendary Sébastien Deleuze!
  • The legendary Bruce Eckel on language design, effects, abstraction, concurrency, and so much more
    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I sit down with the legendary Bruce Eckel, who has probably forgotten more about programming languages than I will ever know, and whose book _Thinking in Java_ helped launch me into a career.