A Bootiful Podcast Start Your Year with Java Right with Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando
Jan 29, 2026
Billy Korando, Java Developer Advocate at Oracle, talks Java language features and the platform's future. Conversation covers Project Loom and virtual threads, Valhalla and value types, Project Panama for native interop, AI-related JVM work, release cadence and Spring support, and what to expect at Java 1. Short, sharp, and full of Java-forward energy.
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Automate Large-Scale Spring Upgrades
- Use Spring Application Advisor to automate upgrading many apps reliably with mechanical recipes.
- Apply upgrades continuously as you work to modernize fleets with deterministic results.
Spring AI M2 Works Smoothly
- Spring AI M2 integrates well with Spring Boot 4 and adds null safety plus structured output support.
- Josh Long reports his demos compiled and ran smoothly, including native image builds.
Spring Helped Drive JDK Adoption
- The Java community is moving past Java 8 with many projects targeting Java 17 or later.
- Frameworks like Spring influenced adoption by requiring newer baselines such as JDK 17.