
No Fluff Just Stuff
The No Fluff Just Stuff (NFJS) Software Symposium Tour has delivered over 400 events with over 65,000 attendees. NFJS speakers are well-known developers, authors, and project leaders from the software development community. Join us for news and discussion around software development. Current topics include: Java, JavaScript, Scala, Groovy, Clojure, Cloud, Docker, Software Architecture, HTML 5, CSS, NoSQL, Spring, and other development technologies.
Latest episodes

Sep 18, 2019 • 20min
Mini-Episode: The state of Java in 2019
This week we catch up with Chris Judd (@javajudd) to get his analysis of the state of Java in 2019 - the new release cadence, the new licensing model, and what to expect in the future.

Sep 4, 2019 • 55min
Communicating like an Architect
Recorded live @ UberConfX this week Nate Schutta shares his wisdom on the skills necessary to be a truly great software architect.

Aug 21, 2019 • 39min
The End of Agile, Leadership and Self Management
More insights and wisdom from Johanna Rothman. Don't miss this week's episode! https://leanpub.com/u/johannarothman

Aug 7, 2019 • 32min
The Future of the Web
This week I'm joined by Mike Hartington to talk about some of the new developments from the Ionic community. Ionic support for Vue and React, Stenciljs, Capacitor as well as his thoughts on PWAs and Webassembly.

Jul 31, 2019 • 47min
Tech Leadership Skills: OKRs
This week we're joined by Chris Hansen where he shares the what/why/how of OKRs (Objective/Key Result) as well as pitfalls to avoid from hard experience. OKRs are the goal setting framework popularized by google. Read more here: https://www.okrs.com/getting-started/

Jul 17, 2019 • 34min
Developer Productivity, Builds, and UberConf X
Recorded LIVE from UberConfX, This week I sit with Eric Wendelin and talk about how the team at Gradle is creating a better build process--even if you're not using Gradle for your builds. If you're at UberConfX this week, drop by and say hello to the folks from Gradle who are working hard to improve developer productivity!

Jun 26, 2019 • 37min
Testing, Mobbing and a new Take on Documentation
This week we are joined once again by Llewellyn Falco (@LlewellynFalco) to discuss lessons he's learned an epiphany he recently had around documentation.

Jun 19, 2019 • 52min
The Journey to 20,000 Microservices Deployments in a year
This week we are joined by Chris Maki to learn about his journey from monolith to 20,000 microservices deployment in a single year. Chris is the founder and Chief Architect of Rip City Software, a company dedicated to Java Microservices and building systems in AWS. He has more than 20 years of experience creating web scale enterprise systems. Throughout his career, Chris has been a user group leader, speaker, and author. He's passionate about inclusive leadership, empowering teams, focusing on differentiated work and streamlining the development, testing and deployment process. It's not too late to catch Chris and dozens of other great speakers at UberConf 2019. I hope to see you there! Sam Newman twitter thread

Jun 5, 2019 • 27min
What's New With Groovy & Grails
This week I caught up with Søren Glasius at Gr8Conf in Denmark to get an update on what's going on in the world of groovy/grails. Grails 4 RC2 details

May 22, 2019 • 43min
Security, Identity, OAUTH and more
This week I'm joined by Matt Raible and we discuss identity, security, and some best practices all developers should know.
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