A Bootiful Podcast

Hi, Spring fans! Tired of worrying whether your data is actually correct? In this episode, we dive into the world of distributed transactions with Guy Pardon, founder of Atomikos, and unpack the technology that keeps mission-critical systems consistent when one database, one message broker, or one service call just isn’t enough. If you’ve ever wondered how banks move money safe...

Hi, Spring fans! In this nostalgic, wide-ranging conversation, I revisit my first podcast episode from 2018 with Cornelia Davis and catch up on her career across Pivotal, VMware, Weaveworks, Amazon, Kubernetes, and now Temporal. I reflect on the enduring relevance of cloud-native patterns, workflow engines, and the evolution of software delivery from infrastructure-centric syste...

Hi, Spring fans! In this conversation, Josh Long explores how JOOQ turns SQL into a type-safe, fluent Java language—making complex database work safer, cleaner, and far more expressive. They cover everything from dynamic SQL transformation and cross-dialect support to low-level security, stored procedures, views, and the realities of working with modern databases like DuckDB, Cl...

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, Josh sits down with longtime friend and JetBrains developer Anton Arkhipov for a fascinating look at how AI is reshaping the way software gets built. From the halls of Devoxx to the future of IntelliJ IDEA, the conversation explores how AI has moved from being a novelty to becoming a core part of modern development workflows. Anton shares how J...

Hi, Spring fans! What happens when a longtime Kotlin and JVM fan - my friend Andrew Lombardi - decides to take on the latest “rewrite everything in Rust” hype with AI in the driver’s seat? In this episode, Josh sits down with community legend Andrew Lombardi for a fast, funny, and deeply technical conversation about his wild experiment: porting a real application to Kotlin to se...