
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

Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 51min
Spring founders Rod Johnson and Juergen Hoeller on the 20th Anniversary of Spring Framework 1.0
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, more than 20 incredible years in the making, Spring founders Rod Johnson (@springrod) and Juergen Hoeller (@springjuergen) discuss Spring since its 1.0 release in 2004

Apr 11, 2024 • 1h 18min
Marit van Dijk, Jetbrains Developer Advocate
Jetbrains Developer Advocate Marit van Dijk discusses reading code, IntelliJ IDEA, and more. Topics include AI innovations, navigating time zones in Java programming, transitioning back to software development, benefits of code reading clubs, enhancing code reading with IDE tools, and the necessity of documentation in project development.

Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 32min
Netflix’s Paul Bakker and Kavitha Srinivasan on scaling Spring Boot and Spring GraphQL
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I'm thrilled to be joined by Netflix's Paul Bakker and Kavitha Srinivasan, who explain how they're integrating and evolving Spring for GraphQL in their own GraphQL stack and how they're managing, growing, and evolving thousands of services written in Spring Boot

Mar 28, 2024 • 1h 37min
Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi on _Beginning Spring 6_
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I'm joined by Java luminaries and Apress' _Beginning Spring 6_ authors Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi.

Mar 21, 2024 • 2h 17min
Stuart Marks (aka ”Dr. Deprecator”) on Java, its amazing features, and more
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Java 22 release day to those who celebrate! To ring in the new release, we've got an extra special and incredible discussion with a Java legend - somebody who's been involved in the Java community and work for _decades_ - Stuart Marks, or "Dr. Deprecator," as he's affectionately known in the community.

Mar 15, 2024 • 1h 31min
Spring Boot Testjars founder Rob Winch
Hi, Spring fans! In this week's installment we talk Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security and founder of the exciting new project Spring Boot Testjars.

Mar 7, 2024 • 51min
Cristian Schuszter on CERN
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Cristian Schuszter, a software engineer at CERN. (This episode was recorded live at VOXXED DAYS CERN!). Don't forget to help us out with the [State of Spring Survey](https://dimensionalresearch.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eL0aSP7GSnporTE)

Feb 29, 2024 • 41min
Roni Dover on Digma AI
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Digma AI founder Roni Dover.

Feb 23, 2024 • 50min
Timefold Solver AI lead Geoffrey De Smet
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Timefold Solver AI lead Geoffrey De Smet about the amazing new integrations for Spring Boot developers

Feb 15, 2024 • 51min
Oracle Java Developer Advocate Nicolai Parlog on the latest and greatest in Java
Oracle Java Developer Advocate Nicolai Parlog discusses Java innovations, touring CERN's Large Hadron Collider, YouTube updates on Java development, pattern matching, data-oriented programming, modeling contact information, record class for domain classes, and upcoming Java features for 2022.