
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

Feb 8, 2024 • 45min
Java Champion and legend Dr. Venkat Subramaniam on Java 21
Java champion and legend Dr. Venkat Subramaniam discusses amazing features in Java 21, including virtual threads and reactive programming. They talk about Java's evolution, the importance of meeting developers where they are, and conference planning. The host expresses love for the conversation and invites listener contribution and feedback.

Feb 1, 2024 • 54min
Gunnar Morling on the 1BRC challenge and taking Java to BLAZING fast performance territory
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to fellow Java Champion Gunnar Morling, and we look at how his 1BRC challenge helped the community eek out some of Java's best performance numbers

Jan 25, 2024 • 26min
Spring trainer extraordinairre Patrick Baumgartner
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talked to Spring trainer extraordinaire, long-time community contributor, and Voxxed Days co-organizer for various shows in Switzerland. This talk was recorded live at Voxxed Days CERN!

Jan 18, 2024 • 1h 20min
programming language archaeologist Ted Neward
in tihis episode, I'm joined by programming language archaeologist Ted Neward

Jan 11, 2024 • 1h 28min
Apache Skywalking’s Sheng Wu and Apache ShardingSphere’s Trista Pan
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we're joined by two Apache luminaries Trista Pan - of Apache ShardingSphere - and Sheng Wu - of Apache Skywalking

Jan 4, 2024 • 1h 2min
Kubernetes guru Leigh Capili helps us ring in the new year
Hi, Spring fans! And Happy new year! In this episode I talk to Kubernetes guru Leigh Capili, who helps us ring in the new year!

Dec 28, 2023 • 49min
Trifork CTO Joris Kuipers
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long talks to longtime Spring community legend and Trifork CTO Joris Kuipers. Happy new year!

Dec 22, 2023 • 47min
Cloud Native Whitney Lee
Legendary Cloud Native Whitney Lee talks about cloud infrastructure, a trick every dev must know, her new operations-centric gameshow, hot reloading and debugging on Kubernetes, abstracting complexity in the industry, and the importance of Kubernetes in the production environment.

Dec 14, 2023 • 50min
Microcks.io contributors Laurent Broudoux and Yacine-Kheddache
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk about the wide world of AI and then discuss microservice testing with Microcks.io contributors and founders Laurent Broudoux and Yacine-Kheddache. This was recorded live from Devoxx BE 2023!

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Dec 7, 2023 • 1h 21min
Spring creator Rod Johnson and Oracle vice president Heather VanCura
Spring creator Rod Johnson and Oracle vice president Heather VanCura discuss integrating AI into applications, coding languages, identifying the right things for career progression, the value of their book on developer careers, importance of networking, tips for giving a tech talk, and the significance of continuous learning and sharing knowledge with the community.