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

VMware Vice President Betty Junod

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment Josh Long talks to VMware vice president [Betty Junod](https://twitter.com/BettyJunod) about VMware, its fantastic people, ecosystem, technologies, and more.

Oct 19, 2023•38 min•Ep. 317

Java Language Architect Brian Goetz

Hi, Spring fans! Are you using Java 21 in production already? No? you should listen to this episode. Yes? Then you should listen to this episode! This week, Josh Long talks to legendary Java Language Architect [Brian Goetz (@BrianGoetz)](https://twitter.com/BrianGoetz) recaping the latest-and-greatest and previewing Java.next

Oct 12, 2023•25 min•Ep. 315

Spring Data legend Greg Turnquist on optimizations, queries, and more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we'll talk to Spring Data legend [Greg Turnquist (@gregturn)](https://twitter.com/gregturn) about the incredible next-level optimizations and query enhancements, the work in general, and so much more. This episode was recorded live at SpringOne 2023 in Las Vegas!

Oct 05, 2023•45 min•Ep. 313

Spring AI lead Dr. Mark Pollack

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I talk to Dr. Mark Pollack, lead of the new Spring AI project. This episode was recorded live at SpringOne at VMware Explore 2023, in Las Vegas. #SpringBoot #AI

Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 311

Java community legend Sharat Chander, just in time for Java 21

Hi, Spring fans! Java 21 is out and in order to celebrate, I talk to Java community legend [Sharat Chander](https://twitter.com/https://twitter.com/sharatchandler). This was recorded live at SpringOne 2023, in Las Vegas!

Sep 21, 2023•45 min•Ep. 309

Spring Security lead Rob Winch

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast. In this interview, [Josh Long (@starbuxman)](https://twitter.com/starbuxman) talks to Spring Security legend and lead [Rob Winch (@rob_winch)](https://twitter.com/ro_winch), recorded live from SpringOne 2023!

Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 307

Spring Security and Kubernetes legend Daniel Garnier-Moiroux

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment Josh Long talks to Spring contributor and adjunct professor at Mines Paris, [Daniel Garnier-Moiroux (@kehrlann)](https://twitter.com/kehrlann), about the wild and wonderful intersection of all things Spring Security and Kubernetes, productized Spring Cloud Services, and more, recorded live at SpringOne 2023 from Las Vegas, Nevada!

Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 305

A Roving Conversation with Legendary Cloud Native Chris Richardson

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long (@starbuxman) talks to original cloud native Chris Richardson (@crichardson) on microservices, architecture, and more.

Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 303

R2DBC Proxy creator Tadaya Tsuyukubo

HI, Spring fans! In this installment Josh Long talks to R2DBC Proxy creator Tadaya Tsuyukubo, @ttddyy, creator of R2DBC Proxy and others

Aug 17, 2023•46 min•Ep. 299

Spring Cloud cofounder and lead Spencer Gibb on Spring Cloud Gateway for the Servlet API in the era of Project Loom

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, my first since I returned from two blistering hot but super fun months in Asia, I talk to Spring Cloud cofounder and lead [Spencer Gibb (@SpencerBGibb)](https://twitter.com/SpencerBGibb) about the new Servlet-friendly Spring Cloud Gateway project.

Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 297

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