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Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK!

The podcast of foojay.io, a central resource for the Java community’s daily information needs, a place for friends of OpenJDK, and a community platform for the Java ecosystem — bringing together and helping Java professionals everywhere.

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01:03:35

Agents, MCP, and Graph Databases: Java Developers...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/12/13

The AI revolution isn't replacing Java developers. No, it's forcing us to think harder.Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Today, we're talking about AI and Java, how it's changing the way we work, what we need to watch out for, and why understanding what's really happening matters more than ever.I recorded interviews at Devoxx and JFall and spoke with people who build and use this technology every day.Marianne Hoornenborg opened my eyes to something important:

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00:56:52

Code, Community, and Opportunity: Making Tech...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/12/06

Episode 85 of the Foojay Podcast. All info, show notes, and links are available at https://foojay.io/today/category/podcast/.What if the future of Java depends on who we invite to learn it today?In this Foojay Podcast, we're diving into something that affects all of us in the Java community: How can we inspire the next generation of developers, and how do we make the developer world more inclusive?You'll hear four incredible guests who are actively working to make tech more accessible and inclusive

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00:46:06

Sustainable Engineering (#84)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/11/29

In this Foojay Podcast, we're exploring a critical topic that's becoming increasingly important in our industry: developing sustainable software that is both performant and environmentally friendly.At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, I had fascinating conversations about how we as Java developers can make a real impact on both our cloud costs and our carbon footprint. And it's interesting to learn how these two goals are often perfectly aligned: what's good for your budget is

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00:47:12

OpenJDK Evolutions plus Tips and Tricks (#83)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/11/22

Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Just like in the previous episode, I bring you conversations from two of Europe's premier Java conferences - Devoxx in Belgium and JFall in the Netherlands.At these conferences, I had the opportunity to speak with members of the Java community about topics ranging from the evolution of Java itself to mobile development, performance optimization, and even automotive security.My first guest is Johan Vos, a Java Champion who takes us on a journey

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00:34:48

OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/11/15

In this Foojay Podcast, we're diving deep into some of the most exciting developments happening within the OpenJDK and TornadoVM projects.At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, we spoke with several speakers and visitors about some of the major themes that are shaping the future of Java development. The first guest is Moritz Halbritter from the Spring Engineering team. He provides us with more insights into Project Leyden and how it's improving Java startup times through ahead-of-time compilation and

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1:06:59

Maven 4 - The Future of Java Build Automation (#81)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/11/01

Maven 4 is approaching its release, bringing many improvements to the build tool powering millions of Java projects.In this Foojay Podcast episode, we talk about Apache Maven 4, a significant milestone that has been years in the making. Maven has been the backbone of Java dependency management and build automation since the early 2000s; however, the road to version 4 has been a long and deliberate one. With significant performance improvements, a modernized API for plugin

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1:06:28

AI4Devs Interviews - Part 2 (#80)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/10/18

This is part 2 of the interviews recorded on September 19th, 2025, at the first AI4Devs Conference (https://amsterdam.ai4devs.io/) in Amsterdam. In Part 1, we explored many AI-related topics as libraries, security, infrastructure, use cases, and more. In this second part, we'll dive into data science, tools for better AI development, Java in the cloud, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the conference came together. I also asked these guests the same opening question:

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1:06:35

AI4Devs Interviews - Part 1 (#79)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/10/04

On September 19th, 2025, the first AI4Devs conference (https://amsterdam.ai4devs.io/) took place in Amsterdam. I grabbed my camera and microphone to talk with speakers and attendees about the revolution in AI-powered coding and application development. In this first part, we'll explore Spring libraries, security, infrastructure and scaling, real-world use cases, event streaming, JetBrains tools, and more...I asked all my guests the same opening question: 'What's your name,

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1:01:26

Welcome to OpenJDK 25! (#78)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/09/13

Episode 78 of the Foojay Podcast. All info, show notes, and links are available at https://foojay.io/today/category/podcast/.We're excited to present the first episode of the Foojay Podcast's fifth season, marking the release of OpenJDK 25!For the first time, an OpenJDK release is aligned with the year, and we can welcome release 25 in 2025. As usual in the release podcast, I have my regular guest, Simon Ritter. And in this episode, we are joined by Balkrishna Rawool to talk

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0:14:41

DevBcn Report, Part 2 – Spanish Knowledge Sharing (#77)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/07/26

This is the first Foojay podcast in Spanish. It's also the shortest one and the final of season 4 ;-) Jonathan Vila "highjacked" the microphone from Geertjan Wielenga (See episode 76, https://foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-76-devbcn-report-part-1-learn-from-the-community/) during the DevBcn conference in Barcelona and interviewed a few of the participants for this first Spanish-only edition of the podcast.Stay tuned and subscribe to the podcast in your favorite app or on

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1:12:03

DevBcn Report, Part 1 – Learn from the Community (#76)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/07/19

In early July, the DevBcn conference in Barcelona featured a diverse lineup of speakers, covering topics across multiple technology domains. Geertjan Wielenga took the camera and microphone with him to Spain. Together with Nacho Cougil and Jonathan Vila, two of the organizers, he spoke with many visitors about what they like most in Java, how AI influences their work, and what is important to them in the work they do.We have more than 20 people who are passionate about the

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1:02:04

JCON Report, Part 4 - Tips and Tricks for Java Devs...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/07/12

This is the final part of the JCON 2025 interviews with a lot of tips and tricks!In the three previous podcasts, we featured interviews from the JCON conference on "Being a better Java developer," "Evolutions in Java," and "How to use AI with Java." However, we talked to many more people during the conference, so this podcast focuses on tips and tricks. Let's learn from the many other experienced visitors of JCON.00:00 Introduction00:34 Merlin Bögershausen - OpenRewrite and

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0:50:29

JCON Report, Part 3 - AI, ChatGPT, LLM, ML, RAG, MCP,...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/06/28

Let's have an AI Bingo and talk about ChatGPT, LLM, ML, RAG, MCP, GenAI, and more!This is part 3 of the interviews recorded at the JCON conference in May. In the previous parts, you learned more about how to be a better Java developer and how Java has evolved and continues to evolve. Of course, Artificial Intelligence and large language models were hot topics at the conference.This episode collects all the interviews on the AI topic. You will learn more about the different

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0:47:26

JCon Report, Part 2 – Evolutions in the Java Language...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/06/14

In the second part of our JCON interviews, recorded at the conference in May, we focuses on general evolutions within the Java world and how they influence how we write code and develop applications. We take a look back at the history of Java, discuss new features in the latest release, how Java evolves with OpenJDK projects and JEPS, how Java is used in education, and much more...00:00 Introduction00:19 Steve Poole – Java APIs in a modern way, History of Java

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0:53:43

JCon Report, Part 1 - Grow your career, public...

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/05/31

On May 13th and 14th, Foojay attended the JCON conference in Köln, Germany, where we did over 30 live-stream interviews. In this episode, we present to you the first set of these interviews, in which we focus on celebrating 30 years of Java, how you can grow your career, become a public speaker and writer, make your code more green, a bit of AI (of course...), and how the connections between open-source contributors can be visualized.00:00 Introduction00:37 Richard Fichtner:

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1:14:29

Celebrating 30 Years of Java with James Gosling (#71)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/05/03

We are celebrating Java's 30th anniversary this May!This is a very special anniversary episode of the Foojay Podcast! As we approach May 23rd, marking exactly 30 years since Java's first beta release in 1995, we're honored to present our first-ever single-guest format. But we have a very special guest for you: James Gosling, the creator of Java! Join us for this exclusive conversation as we explore Java's beginnings, its revolutionary impact on the programming world, its

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0:31:10

Celebrating 5 Years of Foojay! (#70)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/04/24

On April 25, 2020, Geertjan Wielenga published the first Foojay post. Yes, we are celebrating 5 years since the Friends Of OpenJDK website launch! Today, more than 1,600 posts are on the site, written by over 250 authors. And there is much more to discover within the Foojay world...In this podcast, we look at how Foojay started with founder Geertjan Wielenga. We'll also hear from Gerrit Grunwald about how Foojay's Disco API has become part of your daily work without you

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0:49:13

All Things Java at VoxxedDays Amsterdam (#69)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/04/12

On April 3rd, the first VoxxedDays event in Amsterdam took place. VoxxedDays are tech events organized by local community groups, with support from the Devoxx team. Geertjan Wielenga brought along a camera and microphone and spoke with many of the attendees.This is the first Foojay podcast ever to feature more than 20 guests! Geertjan asked the same two questions to many of conference visitors: “Tell us who you are and what excites you about the technology landscape?” and

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0:54:53

Welcome to OpenJDK (Java) 24 (#68)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/03/15

We serve you a podcast about the new Java version every six months.Our regular guest, Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO of Azul, is known on social media as "speakjava." He is part of the OpenJDK vulnerability group, JCP executive committee, and expert group for the Java SE specification request so that he can share a lot of inside information with us. In this episode, we are joined by Hanno Embregts, a Java Developer by day and musician by night. He publishes a post on Foojay with

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1:15:28

Writing a book. Does it make you rich and famous? (#67)

Foojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK! ·

2025/02/22

Let me share a personal story. I started experimenting with Java on a Raspberry Pi about five years ago and blogged a few articles about it. But the more I experimented, the more I wrote down, and eventually, I had written a book… I worked on it for six months in a row, every evening and a lot of weekends. But the moment I received the box with my author copies was an incredible feeling. Holding a paper book with your name is a special moment.Fast forward to now. The 1000

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