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How OpenRewrite Happened

Apr 14, 2024

Jonathan Schneider, a Java refactoring entrepreneur with a background in self-taught C++ and a U.S. Army officer, discusses challenges in Java version migration and automated refactoring at Netflix. He shares insights on founding OpenRewrite and Moderne for enterprise refactoring, emphasizing the importance of maintaining code formatting and type attribution. The podcast also explores potential integrations with language models for code optimization.

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Quick takeaways

OpenRewrite offers automated refactoring and code migration using a visitor pattern on an enriched AST.

Micrometer provides dimensional metrics for canary analysis, evolved from Spinnaker and influenced by Spectator.

Modarina's enterprise tier serializes LST to disk for scalable refactorings and code optimization, aligning with business strategy.

Deep dives

Open Rewrite: A Maven and Gradle Plugin for Code Refactoring and Standards Formatting

Open Rewrite is a Maven and Gradle plugin that offers extensive repository of refactorings, standards formatting, and replacements based on the visitor pattern. Users can write their own refactorings and configure them as styles or recipes. The plugin provides a seamless integration with Maven, allowing users to customize how they run rewrite functions.

Introduction

2min

Navigating Through Programming Languages: C++, Java, and Beyond

21min

Engineering Work for PlayStation Functionality

2min

Navigating Java Version Transitions and Automation at Netflix

16min

Journey through Metrics Instrumentation and Company Transition

15min

Exploring the Origins and Connections of the Name Modana

2min

Exploring the Functionality and Advantages of OpenRewrite as a Maven and Gradle Plugin

3min

Discussion on Data Analysis, Enterprise Optimization, and OpenRewrite Usage

3min

An airhacks.fm conversation with Jonathan Schneider (@jon_k_schneider) about:

from Pentium 2 machine and a rural high school to becoming a Java refactoring entrepreneur, self-taught C++ in high school, officer in the U.S. Army and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, worked on Java projects at an insurance company between deployments, joined Netflix to work on engineering tools, challenges of migrating Java versions and libraries in a freedom and responsibility culture, started the OpenRewrite project at Netflix for automated refactoring and code migration, founded the micrometer metrics instrumentation project at Pivotal, challenges of introducing automated pull requests in enterprise environments, rebooted OpenRewrite while working with Gradle's Hans Dockter, founded Moderne to commercialize OpenRewrite for large-scale enterprise refactoring, the origin of the Moderne name and its Art Deco roots, OpenRewrite's Maven and Gradle plugins for refactoring and styling using a visitor pattern on an enriched AST, Moderne's enterprise offering for large-scale refactoring and impact analysis, potential integration with large language models and retrieval-augmented generation for code optimization

Jonathan Schneider on twitter: @jon_k_schneider

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airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien

How OpenRewrite Happened

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Open Rewrite: A Maven and Gradle Plugin for Code Refactoring and Standards Formatting

Micrometer and Open Rewrite

Modarina: Augmenting Code Optimization and Refactorings

Spinnaker-Related Capabilities for Enterprises

The Future of Moderna: Discussion on Spinnaker, Micrometer, and Open Rewrite

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