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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.
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Episodes

API oracle Arjen Poutsma

Hi, Spring fans! In this edition, I had the pleasure of chatting with the brilliant Arjen Poutsma, our go-to API oracle. If you’re curious about his fantastic insights, thoughts, and consultancy services, be sure to check out: https://poutsma-principles.com

Jul 10, 202530 min

DevOps and AI luminary Patrick Debois

Hi, Spring, cloud native, and AI fans! In this installment, I had the opportunity to briefly sit down and talk with DevOps and AI luminary Patrick Debois, from the amazing Devoxx UK 2025 show.

Jun 27, 202525 min

Java community legend Victor Rentea

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary Victor Rentea. This episode was recorded live at Devoxx UK 2025.

May 29, 202523 min

Spring IO founder Sergi Almar on Spring IO 2025

Hi, Spring and Spring I/O fans! In this installment we have the privilege of chatting with friend of the community and legend Sergi Almar about the amazing Spring IO 2025, where this episode was published, and a lot more.

May 22, 202531 min

Java Champion and legend Henri Tremblay

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Henri Tremblay, head of TS Imagine Canada, Java Champion, Montreal JUG leader, EasyMock lead dev and all around legend!

Mar 20, 20251 hr 12 min

Micrometer legend Jonatan Ivanov

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to one of the Willy Wonka's of observability, the amazing Jonatan Ivanov! This episode was recorded at ConFoo 2025.

Mar 13, 20251 hr 34 min

Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer at SAP

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachine team at SAP. His work today comprises many open-source contributions and his blog, where he regularly writes on in-depth profiling and debugging topics. He also works on hello-ebpf, the first eBPF library for Java.

Mar 07, 202533 min

BellSoft’s Catherine Edelveis

Hi, Spring and JDK fans! In this week's episode I talk to BellSoft developer advocate Catherine Edelveis #java #springboot #jre #jdk #graalvm #CRaC

Feb 20, 20251 hr 4 min

”Just Use Postgres!” author Denis Magda

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Java and distributed database ninja Denis Magda about his new book, "Just Use Postgres!", which looks at how to wield Postgres for a variety of use cases that an application developer should know.

Feb 06, 202559 min

HTMX creator Carson Gross

Hi, Spring and HTML fans! Today I talk to hypermedia enjoyer Carson Gross, creator of the ever popular HTMX library which eschews a ton of the complexity associated with building client side applications.

Jan 30, 20251 hr 17 min

Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando on JavaOne 2025, Java 24, and so much more

Hi, Spring fans! in this installment I talk to Java developer advocate Billy Korando about the latest and greatest in the amazing Java ecosystem! #java #JavaOne #Oracle I accidentally published the wrong audio with this same episode last week, so I'm correcting that in this publication. Another, actually new, episode will be out today, as well. Apologies...

Jan 30, 202549 min

Apache Causeway’s Dan Haywood

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Dan Haywood, contributor to the Apache Causeway project.

Jan 16, 202553 min

Australian tech legend Dez Blanchfield

Hi, Spring fans! `Happy happy = new Year(2025)!` It's a new year and a new opportunity! In this episode I talk to my friend and legendary technologist Dez Blanchfield!

Jan 02, 202546 min

Nilesh Makwana on a Bootiful Podcast

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of _A Bootiful Podcast_! Happy holidays from the Spring team to you! In this warm and wonderful episode, I talk to Nilesh Makwana - CEO of Illuminant and YOW! keynote speaker - on how to build for diversity.

Dec 20, 20241 hr
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