A Bootiful Podcast IntelliJ IDEA project lead Aleksey Stukalov
Jun 5, 2025
Join Aleksey Stukalov, Lead of IntelliJ IDEA at JetBrains, as he dives into exciting developments in software engineering. He shares insights on the latest JetBrains tools, the upcoming IntelliJ conference, and the role of AI assistants like Juni in enhancing coding workflows. Stukalov discusses privacy concerns with real-time code processing and showcases advancements in Kotlin, including new features for IntelliJ IDEA. Expect amusing anecdotes about tech challenges and a deep appreciation for community-driven software improvements.
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Juni as Coding Partner
- Aleksey shared how he uses Juni AI to generate various demos quickly across tech stacks.
- Juni acts as a coding partner allowing him to steer code generation interactively.
Domain Structure Boosts AI
- Well-structured, domain-driven codebases improve AI-assisted coding quality.
- Clear bounded contexts help AI understand and produce better code.
Auto-Generate Spring Repositories
- Use IntelliJ's new feature to automatically generate Spring Data JPA repositories and queries.
- This reduces context switching by avoiding manual navigation to the repository files.