Oliver Drotbohm

Oliver Drotbohm, an architecture guru and the founder of Spring Modulith, dives into the exciting features of Spring Modulith 2.0. He discusses the significance of maintaining clean architecture and mastering state management in event-driven applications. The conversation also highlights the complexities of enterprise integration patterns and the benefits of using modularity to simplify API adaptations. Drotbohm shares insights on enhancing event handling and ensures compatibility with older data schemas, making the upgrade process seamless for developers.

Oliver Drotbohm, a Staff 2 Engineer at VMware, discusses the pillars of maintainable software: understandability and modifiability. They analyze the metaphor of technical debt and the importance of clear documentation in architecture design decisions. They delve into the strategic use of microservices and introduce the Modulithic project for Java Spring. Oliver gives a sneak peek of his book, 'Modulithic Applications with Spring,' and shares the challenges of writing technical literature in a constantly evolving industry.