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Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, we catch up with one of the most influential engineers in modern Java history - Kohsuke Kawaguchi - for a wide-ranging conversation that’s equal parts tech retrospective, career reflection, and future-gazing. It all starts with a chance reunion at a Java documentary screening in the Bay Area, where familiar faces from Sun and Oracle, old friends, and long-time admirers gathered to celebrate the ecosystem that shaped a generation. From there, the conversation opens up into a fascinating tour through the history of Java, XML, and the tools that quietly powered the industry. Our guest looks back on his work at Sun, where he helped build XML and web services infrastructure in the JDK, and on the hobby projects that became beloved utilities for developers everywhere. We hear the origin stories behind Com4J, his XML schema validator, and his daemonization tool, along with the ideas that made them so useful in the first place: making Java more practical on the desktop, in Windows…
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, we catch up with one of the most influential engineers in modern Java history - Kohsuke Kawaguchi - for a wide-ranging conversation that’s equal parts tech retrospective, career reflection, and future-gazing. It all starts with a chance reunion at a Java documentary screening in the Bay Area, where familiar faces from Sun and Oracle, old friends, and long-time admirers gathered to celebrate the ecosystem that shaped a generation. From there, the conversation opens up into a fascinating tour through the history of Java, XML, and the tools that quietly powered the industry. Our guest looks back on his work at Sun, where he helped build XML and web services infrastructure in the JDK, and on the hobby projects that became beloved utilities for developers everywhere. We hear the origin stories behind Com4J, his XML schema validator, and his daemonization tool, along with the ideas that made them so useful in the first place: making Java more practical on the desktop, in Windows…
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legendary Java developer Kohsuke Kawaguchi
AscultateHi, Spring fans! In this episode, we catch up with one of the most influential engineers in modern Java history - Kohsuke Kawaguchi - for a wide-ranging conversation that’s equal parts tech retrospective, career reflection, and future-gazing. It all starts with a chance reunion at a Java documentary screening in the Bay Area, where familiar faces from Sun and Oracle, old friends, and long-time admirers gathered to celebrate the ecosystem that shaped a generation. From there, the conversation opens up into a fascinating tour through the history of Java, XML, and the tools that quietly powered the industry. Our guest looks back on his work at Sun, where he helped build XML and web services infrastructure in the JDK, and on the hobby projects that became beloved utilities for developers everywhere. We hear the origin stories behind Com4J, his XML schema validator, and his daemonization tool, along with the ideas that made them so useful in the first place: making Java more practical on the desktop, in Windows…
JReleaser creator and fellow Java Champion Andres Almiray
AscultateHi, Spring fans! What if the JVM could feel as frictionless as the modern dev tools people rave about on other platforms? In this wide-ranging, high-energy conversation, you’ll hear two longtime friends (Andres Almiray is a fellow Java champion and a legend) geek out over the future of desktop Java, the pain of Electron, the elegance of JavaFX, and the tools making it all easier to ship. The discussion dives into a brand-new favorite workflow for managing environments and dependencies, then pivots into the powerhouse that is JReleaser — the tool that helps Java projects publish releases, package native installers, generate distribution bundles, compute signatures and checksums, post announcements to social platforms, and even automate releases across GitHub, GitLab, Maven Central, and more. Along the way, they explore how JReleaser powers everything from desktop apps to command-line tools, how it fits with JLink and JPackage, why it’s become essential for projects like JBang and more, and how it’s helping…
Michael Carducci on optimizing data for agentic workflows
AscultateHi, Spring fans! In this episode, I sit down with Michael Carducci - software architect, magician, and knowledge graph expert—for a high-energy conversation about the future of AI. Michael breaks down why semantic data and auditable, deterministic reasoning are becoming essential for building trustworthy AI systems that actually work in production. If you’re curious about what’s next beyond bigger models and more tokens, this one is packed with big ideas, sharp insights, and a few surprises along the way. #ai #magic #knowledge #graph
Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert
AscultateHi, Spring fans! In this conversation, Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert joins us for a fascinating look at how developer tooling has evolved from Eclipse to VS Code and beyond. We dig into the architecture behind Spring Tools, language servers, MCP, and how the same ideas that once helped developers stay in flow are now helping AI coding agents understand Spring projects better. If you care about the future of Java, IDEs, and AI-assisted development, this one’s packed with insight.
Netflix’s Paul Bakker
AscultateHi, Spring fans! This week’s interview is a must-watch if you care about where Java is headed next. This week, I talk to Netflix's Paull Bakker! We dig into Netflix’s real-world playbook for scaling Java, cutting costs with newer JDKs, and replacing reactive complexity with virtual threads and structured concurrency. Plus, there’s a sneak peek at the exciting future of Java, from AI-powered tooling to the upcoming Valhalla era.