A Bootiful Podcast JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser on what’s new in version 8
Aug 28, 2025
Join Ronald Dehuysser, the innovative founder of JobRunr, as he dives into the latest advancements of version 8 of his distributed job scheduler. Discover how JobRunr is addressing environmental sustainability with its Carbon-Aware innovations, optimizing task scheduling during low carbon intensity times. Ronald also shares insights on the evolution of his platform, the importance of relationships in managing software development challenges, and teases exciting features aimed at enhancing user efficiency and development experience.
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Hobby Project Turned Production Tool
- Ronald built JobRunr as a hobby project during COVID after leaving his job and it grew from there.
- A prominent Spring developer advocate helped popularize it and accelerated adoption.
Leverage Existing Infrastructure
- JobRunr leverages existing infra like databases to avoid adding new infrastructure complexity.
- That design keeps distributed job processing simple and accessible for Java apps.
Configure Roles With One Starter
- Use the Spring Boot starter to enable leader, worker and dashboard roles via properties toggles.
- Start one starter and configure roles with properties rather than multiple starters.