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I'm Josh Long (twitter.com/Starbuxman), a humble Spring advocate at @VMWare and this is a (twitter.com/BootifulPodcast) a Bootiful Podcast, a celebration of the real heroes that drive ecosystems.

Josh Long


    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 9m AVG DURATION
    • 307 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from A Bootiful Podcast

    Java community legend Victor Rentea

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 23:15


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

    Spring IO founder Sergi Almar on Spring IO 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 30:35


    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.

    Eclipse Collections legend Donald Raab

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 71:29


    Hi, Spring fans! In this edition, we talk to Eclipse Collections founder Donald Raab

    V Körbes on security from the platform on up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 76:41


    Hi, Spring fans! In today's extra special installment I talk to Broadcom's V Körbes who works on security above and below the application.

    Spring instructor Mary Ellen Bowman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 55:45


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Mary Ellen Bowman, a legendary Spring instructor!

    Java Champion, Tessl Devrel head, friend, Virtual JUG co-founder Simon Maple

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 77:17


    Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, we catch up with Java Champion, Tessl Devrel head, Virtual JUG co-founder, and friend Simon Maple! This episode was recorded at the amazing ArcOfAI conference held in amazing Austin, TX!

    Jeff Genender on Apache, ActiveMQ, AI, the Java community, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 70:06


    Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I'm joined by well-known member of the Java community Jeff Genender, whose contributions to Apache over the decades have driven several key projects with which you're no doubt familiar.

    Wiremock's Lee Turner and Tom Akehurst

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 67:46


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Wiremock's leaders Lee Turner and Tom Akehurst

    AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 49:27


    hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward about AWS Bedrock, Amazon Cohere, Spring AI, MCP, and so much more!

    My friend Anthony Dahanne on Buildpacks, Production, Docker images, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 48:58


    Salut fans de Spring! In this installment I'm joined by the legendary Anthony Dahanne. If you've enjoyed success in production using Spring's built-in spring-boot:build-image capability, you've got today's guest Anthony to thank for it!

    Java Champion and legend Henri Tremblay

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 71:46


    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!

    Micrometer legend Jonatan Ivanov

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 93:52


    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.

    Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer at SAP

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 32:42


    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.

    Spring Boot and Spring Initializr legend Moritz Halbritter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 82:59


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Boot and Spring Initializr Moritz legend Halbritter

    BellSoft's Catherine Edelveis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 64:18


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

    Spring Legend Glenn Renfro on Devnexus 2025, Cold brews, and More

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 65:53


    Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment, I talk to Spring legend Glenn Renfro.

    ”Just Use Postgres!” author Denis Magda

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 58:49


    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.

    HTMX creator Carson Gross

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 76:46


    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.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 48:30


    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...

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 53:05


    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

    Apache Causeway's Dan Haywood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 53:05


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

    Dr. Dave Syer on the new and nifty Spring gRPC project

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 59:07


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the good and the great Dr. Dave Syer about the (experimental!) new Spring gRPC project!

    Australian tech legend Dez Blanchfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 45:38


    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!

    Intact's Luke Shannon on development velocity, micro services with Spring, integration, developer portals, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 56:17


    Hi, Spring fans! (and happy holidays!) in this installment I talk to Intact's Luke Shannon about their use of Spring, developer portals, and so much more.

    Nilesh Makwana on a Bootiful Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 59:33


    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.

    the amazing K. Siva Prasad Reddy (SivaLabs)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 79:47


    Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment I talk to industry legend K. Siva Prasad Reddy (@sivalabs). You've probably read one of his blogs. I know I have!

    project lead Rob Winch on the amazing new Spring Security 6.4 release

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 81:57


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we'll talk to the amazing Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security 6.4, about the jam-packed new release! #spring #springboot #security #java

    PostgreSQL contributor Dave Cramer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 96:13


    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving to my American listeners! and happy Thursday to the everyone! In today's episode I talk to PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL JDBC contributor Dave Cramer. #postgresql #jdbc #sql #java

    Heroku's Terence Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 110:08


    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Spring Boot 3.4.0 release day to those who celebrate! Today I'm joined by both Terence Lee, from Heroku, and my friend DaShaun Carter, and we talk about platforms, buildpacks, and more. #heroku #paas #buildpacks,

    engineer, CTO, teacher, and pilot Ken Sipe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 80:14


    Hi, Spring-fans, JVM enjoyers, and cloud natives! Have I got a treat for you today! We're going to be talking to my longtime pal Ken Sipe. #groovy #java #kotlin #go #rust #spring #jvm

    Baruch Sadogursky on Gradle, Java, developer productivity, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 54:13


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to legendary Gradle Developer Productivity Engineering guru (formerly of JFrog) and hero to the JVM-language community, Baruch Sadogursky, recorded live from Dr. Venkat Subramaniam's amazing conference, Dev2Next 2024!

    Vaadin founder Joonas Lehtinen and VP of Research at Vaadin Leif Åstrand

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 76:14


    Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I talk to Vaadin founder Joonas Lehtinen and VP of Research at Vaadin Leif Åstrand about the amazing opportunity before Vaadin, the energy at the fantastic Vaadin Create 2024 event in Frankfurt, Germany, and so much more!

    GraalVM founder and BDFL Thomas Wuerthinger on GraalPy, GraalVM, and so much more

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 56:02


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to GraalVM founder and benevolent dictator for life Thomas Wuerthinger, recorded live from Devoxx Belgium 2024!

    Oracle Developer Advocate Andres Almiray

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 64:19


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle developer advocate Andres Almiray about the latest-and-greatest in the amazing Oracle database. #Oracle #SQL #Java #JConf

    New York Java SIG chair and founder Frank Greco on community, AI, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 73:38


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to New York Java SIG chair and founder Frank Greco about AI, safety, Java, community, and more!

    Bruce Eckel, ”Thinking in Java” author and one of the most influential authors in my career

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 98:25


    Hi, JVM fans! In this installment, I talk to Bruce Eckel, who wrote - among countless other classics - "Thinking in Java" and "Thinking in C++," both of which were instrumental in helping me find my way into IT, Java, and community. Bruce is a personal hero of mine and I was so glad to sit down and talk to him, live, from Dev2Next, in Denver, Colorado, about his storied career, his books, learnings, and his new book, "Effect Oriented Programming" . #Java #Scala #Kotlin #Rust #Python #C++ * https://effectorientedprogramming.com "Effect Oriented Programming" * https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-path-programming/id1531666706 - Bruce and our mutual friend James Ward have an awesome podcast, too!

    Java developer advocate Billy Korando

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 64:33


    Hi, Spring fans! in this installment we talk to Oracle's Billy Korando - Java developer advocate, and my friend - about all the latest and greatest in Java 23.

    Flowable cofounder and my friend Joram Barrez on workflow, case management, AI, Spring, and so much more

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 42:07


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I catch up with my friend Joram Barrez, cofounder of Flowable, an amazing and opensource workflow engine, on their latest and greatest, AI, Spring, and so much more. #workflow #bpmn #apache2 #springboot #java

    Spring creator and cofounder, Dr. Rod Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 122:46


    In this wide-ranging interview, I finally sit down one-on-one and talk to Dr. Rod Johnson, the creator of Spring, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, engineer, father, Kotlin fan, AI researcher, and musician, about this, that, and everything in between, fresh off our recent SpringOne presentation on Spring AI with Spring AI founder Dr. Mark Pollack. This is an extra special, extra-long episode!

    Spring into Action with Sébastien Deleuze: A Runtime Efficiency Extravaganza!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 75:49


    Dive deep into the world of Spring Framework and Kotlin, GraalVM, Project Leyden, AppCDS, runtime efficiency, Kotlin, and more, with the one and only Sébastien Deleuze! From runtime efficiency to all things Kotlin, this episode is packed with expert insights and valuable information. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation with a true Spring guru! Tune in now! #Java #SpringFramework #Kotlin #TechTalks #SpringBoot

    Tanzu's Cloud and Spring legend Chris Sterling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 46:09


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the Tanzu legend Chris Sterling, who works on making Spring an even more valuable part of a platform. (This episode was recorded live at the [epic SpringOne](https://springone.io) 2024 event!)

    Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 58:23


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg about the lates-and-greatest in the wide and wonderful world of Spring.

    Gradle and Develocity engineer and Spring community legend Eric Haag

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 62:59


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Gradle and Develocity engineer and Spring community legend Eric Haag.

    Spring Cloud Dataflow, Spring Cloud Task, and Spring Batch legend Glenn Renfro

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 62:12


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Spring Cloud Dataflow, Spring Cloud Task, and Spring Batch legend Glenn Renfro

    Observability legend Jonatan Ivanov on the latest and greatest in Micrometer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 58:24


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to observability legend Jonatan Ivanov about the latest and greatest in the wide and wonderful world of observability. (Turns out a library that's used by countless projects including and beyond the Spring ecosystem keeps quite busy!)

    Digital Accessibility Architect, Java and Groovy legend, Scott Davis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 67:26


    Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I talk to Java ecosystem legend Scott Davis

    Cloud Legend Mark Fynes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 67:15


    Mark's a field principal with Tanzu at Broadcom, building platforms with our Pivotal/VMWare/Broadcom customers for the past 10 years. Passionate technologist, working closely with developers, architects, IT-operations, security architecture and IT-leaders.

    Cloud Native Cora Iberkleid on architecture, Spring Modulith, and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 47:42


    Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In today's episode, I talk to cloud native Cora Iberkleid about the awesome modular sensation that's sweeping the application, Spring Modulith!

    JobRunr creator Ronald Dehuysser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 33:51


    Hi, Spring fans! Happy 4th of July, if you celeberate! In this installment of A Bootiful Podcast, I talk to JobRunr.io creator Ronald Dehuysser, recorded live from the amazing Spring IO 2024 show in beautiful Barcelona, Spain!

    Spring Security community legend Laur Spilca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 22:08


    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Security community legend Laur Spilca, live from the Spring I/O show in beautiful Barcelona!

    Cloud Native Spring in Action author Thomas Vitale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 36:08


    Hi, Spring fans! In today's episode I'm thrilled to sit down with my friend and _Cloud Native Spring in Action_ author Thomas Vitale. This episode was recorded live at the amazing Spring IO 2024 event.

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