
A Bootiful Podcast
I'm Josh Long (@starbuxman), a humble Spring developer advocate at @VMWare, and this is A Bootiful Podcast (@BootifulPodcast), a celebration of the real heroes that drive ecosystems.
Latest episodes

Nov 29, 2024 • 1h 36min
PostgreSQL contributor Dave Cramer
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving to my American listeners! and happy Thursday to the everyone! In today's episode I talk to PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL JDBC contributor Dave Cramer.
#postgresql #jdbc #sql #java

Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 50min
Heroku’s Terence Lee
Terence Lee, a seasoned Heroku employee focused on Buildpacks and platform development, joins DaShaun Carter, a co-host and expert in platforms. They dive into the new features of Spring Boot 3.4, exploring its enhancements for Docker integrations and the significance of build packs in cloud-native development. The duo also reflects on recent tech conferences, emphasizing the evolution of code management practices and the growing importance of PostgreSQL. Their discussion highlights the collaborative spirit of the tech community and the future of developer responsibilities.

Nov 14, 2024 • 1h 20min
engineer, CTO, teacher, and pilot Ken Sipe
Hi, Spring-fans, JVM enjoyers, and cloud natives! Have I got a treat for you today! We're going to be talking to my longtime pal Ken Sipe. #groovy #java #kotlin #go #rust #spring #jvm

Nov 7, 2024 • 54min
Baruch Sadogursky on Gradle, Java, developer productivity, and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to legendary Gradle Developer Productivity Engineering guru (formerly of JFrog) and hero to the JVM-language community, Baruch Sadogursky, recorded live from Dr. Venkat Subramaniam's amazing conference, Dev2Next 2024!

Oct 31, 2024 • 1h 16min
Vaadin founder Joonas Lehtinen and VP of Research at Vaadin Leif Åstrand
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I talk to Vaadin founder Joonas Lehtinen and VP of Research at Vaadin Leif Åstrand about the amazing opportunity before Vaadin, the energy at the fantastic Vaadin Create 2024 event in Frankfurt, Germany, and so much more!

Oct 24, 2024 • 56min
GraalVM founder and BDFL Thomas Wuerthinger on GraalPy, GraalVM, and so much more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to GraalVM founder and benevolent dictator for life Thomas Wuerthinger, recorded live from Devoxx Belgium 2024!

Oct 17, 2024 • 1h 4min
Oracle Developer Advocate Andres Almiray
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle developer advocate Andres Almiray about the latest-and-greatest in the amazing Oracle database. #Oracle #SQL #Java #JConf

Oct 10, 2024 • 1h 14min
New York Java SIG chair and founder Frank Greco on community, AI, and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to New York Java SIG chair and founder Frank Greco about AI, safety, Java, community, and more!

Oct 3, 2024 • 1h 38min
Bruce Eckel, ”Thinking in Java” author and one of the most influential authors in my career
Hi, JVM fans! In this installment, I talk to Bruce Eckel, who wrote - among countless other classics - "Thinking in Java" and "Thinking in C++," both of which were instrumental in helping me find my way into IT, Java, and community. Bruce is a personal hero of mine and I was so glad to sit down and talk to him, live, from Dev2Next, in Denver, Colorado, about his storied career, his books, learnings, and his new book, "Effect Oriented Programming" . #Java #Scala #Kotlin #Rust #Python #C++
* https://effectorientedprogramming.com "Effect Oriented Programming"
* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-path-programming/id1531666706 - Bruce and our mutual friend James Ward have an awesome podcast, too!

Sep 26, 2024 • 1h 5min
Java developer advocate Billy Korando
Hi, Spring fans! in this installment we talk to Oracle's Billy Korando - Java developer advocate, and my friend - about all the latest and greatest in Java 23.
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