
A Bootiful Podcast
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the legendary Adib Saikali on AI, the power of the platform, and more
Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on his new book ”Testing Spring Boot Applications”
Ronald Dehuysser, founder of JobRunr, on their ambitious new ”ClawRunr”-like agent runtime
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam and James Ward on Intelligent Kotlin
the legendary Craig Walls
Mark Kropf on AI orchestration

Java Developer Advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to legendary Java developer advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, recorded at JavaOne 2026

Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on MCP Security
Hi Spring, AI, Spring AI, security, and Spring Security fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel-Garnier Moiroux!

Cay Horstmaan, legendary Java professor, author, lecturer
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary Java author, professor, and Java Champion Cay Horstmann, whom you might know from classics such as "Core Java." * his web site - https://horstmann.com

Spring Messaging Legend: Soby Chacko
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk with the legendary Soby Chacko about Apache Kafka, Spring AI, and much more! #apachekafka #kafka

Neo4j legend Jennifer Reif
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Jennifer Reif, developer advocate at Neo4J, about graph RAG, graph databases, GraphQL, Neo4J, Spring Data Neo4J, and more. #neo4j #graphRag #AI #artificialintelligence

John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason”
Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! #ai #springboot #developers #artificailintelligence * [get the book](https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Reason-Aristotle-ChatGPT-Heroes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8TW8R) * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](https://start.spring.io)

Glenn Renfro: Java and Spring community legend and my friend - on Devnexus and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the amazing Glenn Renfro about Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Spring AI, and much more — plus why you should definitely register to attend the amazing Devnexus event in Atlanta, GA!

Java Champion and hilarious friend, Richard Fichtner
Hi, Spring fans! I've been waiting for this episode for so long! Today, we're finally joined by my friend Richard Fichtner, who so took pity on my plight waiting for music to be added to the GraalVM that his company, XDev Software, created the `music-maven-plugin`, the best Maven plugin, ever! This episode was recorded live at the amazing JFokus 2026 event!

Jetbrains legend Marco Behler
hi, Spring fans! In this installment I have the privilege of talking to Jetbrains legend Marco Behler

Start Your Year with Java Right with Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando
Hi, Spring (and Java) fans! In this episode I am beyond delighted to talk Java developer advocate and longtime friend of the show Billy Korando about the latest-and-greatest in the Java ecosystem.

Jetbrains legend Dmitry Jemerov
Hi, Spring and IntelliJ IDEA fans! This week we celebrate 25 years of Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA, and who better to talk to us about its evolution than Dmitry Jemerov, whose been a contributor and developer for the project since 2003!

Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer
Hi, Spring fans! This week we catch up with the observably awesome Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer

Spring Security lead Rob Winch
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I have the privilege of sitting down and talking to the legendary Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security, Spring Session, and the amazing Testjars project.

Apache Tomcat legend Mark Thomas (Happy new year!)
In this episode, I talk with Mark Thomas, the legendary and highly prolific committer to Apache Tomcat. Happy New Year!

the legendary Nate Schutta, teacher, friend, and.. harbinger of doom!
Hi Spring fans, and happy holidays! I'm delighted to be joined again on this episode by my friend and fellow harbinger of doom (in the best possible way), Nate Schutta — co-author of the wonderful book _Foundations of Software Engineering_! * get the book here https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-software/9781098143220/

Spring cofounder Juergen Hoeller on the amazing Spring Framework 7 release
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary cofounder of Spring itself, Juergen Hoeller, about the awesome new Spring Framework 7 release. Happy holidays, one and all!

The legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In this installment I talk to the legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more!

Dan Vega on the fundamentals of software engineering
Hi, Spring fans! I'm so excited to chat with fellow Spring developer advocate Dan Vega about his new book, "Fundamentals of Software Engineering" https://www.danvega.dev/books/fundamentals-of-software-engineering

Spring community legend and friend Simon Martinelli
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving from me, and I am sure the entire Spring team, to you! We are, it should be clear, oh so very grateful.. thankful.. for you, the community. This week it is my great pleasure to chat with Spring community legend Simon Martinelli.

The legendary Sébastien Deleuze on all that’s new and nice in Spring Framework 7
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Spring Boot 4.0 release day! Make sure to get the bits at start.spring.io! This release is packed with new features, a lot of which comes from Spring Framework 7. To help break it down for us this week, we’re joined by none other than the legendary Sébastien Deleuze!

The legendary Bruce Eckel on language design, effects, abstraction, concurrency, and so much more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I sit down with the legendary Bruce Eckel, who has probably forgotten more about programming languages than I will ever know, and whose book _Thinking in Java_ helped launch me into a career.

The Vaadin team, live from Vaadin Create 2025
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I had the privilege to sit down with Vaadin legends Joonas Lehtinen, Marcus Hellberg, and Leif Åstrand at the amazing Vaadin Create 2025 event in Frankfurt, Germany.

Elastic’s developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to my friend and Elastic's developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging

Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, and more

Ep 527Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Wuerthinger
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Weurthinger, recorded at Devoxx 2025!

Spring Security contributor Josh Cummings on the latest-and-greatest in Spring Security 7
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring Security contributor and legend Josh Cummings

Dr. Kris De Volder on developer tooling for Spring developers
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring tooling legend Dr. Kris De Volder

Spring Batch lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine
hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary lead of the Spring Batch project, Mahmoud Ben Hassine, about the latest-and-greatest in Spring Batch in the Spring Boot 4 generation.

Spring Cloud lead Spencer Gibb
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary lead of Spring Cloud and friend to the community, Spencer Gibb! This was recorded live from Las Vegas, NV, at the fantastic SpringOne 2025 event!

Purnima Padmanabhan, General Manager, Tanzu Division, Broadcom
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the general manager of Tanzu, the legendary Purnima Padmanabhan, about AI, the power of the platform, and more. Recorded live from SpringOne 2025!

Spring Cloud guru Ryan Baxter
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the amazing Spring Cloud contributor Ryan Baxter, live from SpringOne 2025!

JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser on what’s new in version 8
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, fresh after an exciting and exhausting SpringOne 2025, I am thrilled to have talked with JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser on what's new in version 8 JobRunr - https://www.jobrunr.io/en/blog/v8-release/

Andrey Belyaev, product manager for IntelliJ IDEA
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to Andrey Belyaev, a Product Manager at JetBrains working on the IntelliJ IDEA product, about the latest-and-greatest support for Spring in Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA!

Architecture sage and Spring Modulith lead Oliver Drotbohm
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I caught up with architecture guru and Spring Modulith founder and lead Oliver Drotbohm and we looked at some of the amazing possibilities in Spring Modulith 2.0, coming after Spring Framework 7.0 and Spring Boot 4.0 drop later this year!

Andrew Lombardi, Beginning Spring AI co-author, and friend of the show
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I am thrilled to talk to my longtime friend Andrew Lombardi about the latest-and-greatest, his new book _Beginning Spring AI_, and more

Spring Security lead Rob Winch on Spring Security 7.0, SpringOne 2025, and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I'm joined by Spring Security lead Rob Winch to discuss the amazing new additions to Spring Security 7.0, coming in November of 2025, and the coverage you can expect when you see our talk at SpringOne 2025 (have you registered - https://springone.io ?)

José Paumard, Java developer advocate and professor
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, recorded at Devoxx UK 2025, I talk to the legendary professor of computer science and legend José Paumard about Java, the ecosystem, and more,

Spring legends Tasha Isenberg and Jason Konicki
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I speak with Spring legends Jason Konicki and Tasha Isenberg about Spring, the ecosystem, and SpringOne 2025. (By the way, have you registered for it yet - https://springone.io?

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

Dr. Heinz Kabutz, a legendary Java Champion, teacher, and author of the Java Specialists newsletter!
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Dr. Heinz Kabutz, a legendary Java Champion, trainer, teacher, and author of the Java Specialists newsletter! This episode was recorded live at Devoxx UK 2025

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.

Micrometer.io lead Tommy Ludwig on the latest-and-greatest in observability for the Spring developer
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I talk to Micrometer.io lead Tommy Ludwig on the latest-and-greatest in observability for the Spring developer

The legendary Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on security, AI, MCP, and more
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on security, AI, MCP, and more, recorded live at Devoxx UK 2025.

IntelliJ IDEA project lead Aleksey Stukalov
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to IntelliJ IDEA lead Aleksey Stukalov