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• OpenJDK Evolutions plus Tips and Tricks (#83)

  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 through Java's history - from porting Java to Linux in 1995 to his current work on bringing Java and JavaFX to mobile and embedded devices through the Java On Mobile project.Then we'll hear from Stephen Chin, author of "The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX," who shares insights on building cross-platform client applications and reflects on how his daughter has followed in his footsteps to become a published author and technology educator.From JFall, Joseph Phillips joins us to discuss Java's evolution, the differences between REST and gRPC, and whether virtual threads have replaced the need for async implementations in modern Java applications.Next, François Martin walks us through the world of Java performance benchmarking with JMH - the Java Microbenchmark Harness - and explains why it's so valuable for comparing different implementations and optimizing code.Wouter De Geus shares his inspiring journey from finance and mathematics into Java development, and how his employer, the Dutch Tax Authority, supports open-source contributions and the Java community.And finally, Roald Nefs demonstrates something truly unique - using Java and the Foreign Function & Memory API to hack into automotive systems, revealing important security considerations for both hardware and software.Content00:00 Introduction of topics and guests02:11 Johan Voshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/johanvos/History of Java on LinuxHow the Java language and runtime are stable and evolving at the same timeLooking at the future of Write-Once-Run-Everywhere with Java(FX) on Mobilehttps://openjdk-mobile.github.io/19:04 Stephen Chinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steveonjava/Author of "The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX"Cassandra Chin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-chin-developer/ Her book: https://www.amazon.nl/Raising-Young-Coders-Teaching-Programming/dp/B0DVBQZ48323:22 Joseph Phillipshttps://foojay.social/deck/@infosec812Java evolutions, communityREST versus gRPCDo we still need async or are virtual threads a better solution?27:49 François Martinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7oismartinTools, chaos testing, ToxyproxyJava performance micro benchmarks with jmhhttps://github.com/openjdk/jmh33:30 Wouter De Geushttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wadegeus/Moved from finance to software developmentContributing back to the open-source community39:33 Roald Nefshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/roaldnefs/Hacking cars with the FFM APIHardware and software security concernsWhat you can learn from the Java community46:29 Outro

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• OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and TornadoVM (#82)

  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 profiling. We'll learn how Spring Boot developers can already take advantage of these improvements today.Next, we'll hear from John Cecerralli at Azul about performance optimizations, the evolution from x86 to ARM64 architectures, and how OpenJDK Projects bring improvements to the JVM itself at levels we couldn't achieve before.Then, Balkrishna Rawool will guide us through the world of vector databases and explain how Java's Vector API from Project Panama is perfectly positioned for AI use cases, despite its development beginning years before the current AI boom.And finally, we'll meet some of the team members behind TornadoVM - Christos Kotselidis and Michalis Papadimitriou from the University of Manchester - who will explain to us how Java developers can now harness the power of GPUs for AI workloads, running large language models in pure Java without leaving the Java ecosystem. They also explain the connection between TornadoVM and the OpenJDK Project Babylon.00:00 Introduction of topics and guests01:58 Moritz Halbritter* https://www.linkedin.com/in/moritz-halbritter-9301a1b1/* Project Leyden and how it can already be used with Spring* Difference between the approach of Project Leyden and CRaC11:02 John Cecerralli* https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-ceccarelli-95b7041/* OpenJDK evolutions in Project Leyden* Startup time improvements in Azul Prime* Java performance* ARM Graviton17:08 Balkrishna Rawool* https://www.linkedin.com/in/balkrishnarawool/* Vector API, project Panama22:44 Christos Kotselidis, Michalis Papadimitriou* https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalis-papadimitriou/* https://www.linkedin.com/in/kotselidis/* https://www.tornadovm.org/* https://www.tornadovm.org/gpullama3* https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM* TornadoVM status update, Java on GPU* How TornadoVM relates to Project Babylon and Project Panama33:42 Outro

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

  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 developers, and changes that affect how we think about project structure, Maven 4 represents both an evolution and a revolution. What does this mean for the millions of developers who depend on Maven daily? How should teams prepare for the transition? And what's the story behind the Maven Central Repository changes that have been making headlines? To answer these questions and more, we're joined by a few of the many contributors who are actually building Maven 4 and stewarding its ecosystem.Guests   Hervé Boutemy      https://www.linkedin.com/in/hboutemy/    Guillaume Nodet      https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumenodet/    Maarten Mulders      https://www.linkedin.com/in/mthmulders/ Content00:00 Introduction of the topic and guests04:23 Status of Maven 4 release   https://maven.apache.org/whatsnewinmaven4.html    https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-migration-to-mvn4.html 07:57 Why we needed a new Maven version   https://maarten.mulders.it/2020/11/whats-new-in-maven-4/    https://maarten.mulders.it/2021/03/introduction-to-maven-toolchains/    https://www.javaadvent.com/2021/12/from-maven-3-to-maven-5.html 12:37 You can already start using Maven 414:35 Some benefits of switching to Maven 418:52 Changes in the pom file, and yes, still XML20:30 Changes for Maven plugin developers and integrators22:24 Changes for Maven users, for instance, the need for Java 1728:34 Maven The Tool versus Maven The Repository34:51 Reasons for the change in authentication for uploads to Maven Central36:01 The one and only Maven Central URL to use   https://central.sonatype.com/ 38:04 About the very first "server" hosting the Maven repository40:32 The importance of setting up your own caching repository   https://www.sonatype.com/blog/maven-central-and-the-tragedy-of-the-commons    https://openssf.org/blog/2025/09/23/open-infrastructure-is-not-free-a-joint-statement-on-sustainable-stewardship/    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t74ClffSUW0 44:04 The relationship between POM, BOM, BOM-POM , and SBOM49:43 Gradle versus Maven57:54 How to contribute to Maven or any other open-source project, and how to get the support of your company to do so01:05:23 How to upgrade your projects from Maven 3 to 4   https://maven.apache.org/tools/mvnup.html 

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• AI4Devs Interviews - Part 2 (#80)

  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: 'What's your name, and what brings you to this conference?'00:00 Introduction00:43 Eileen Kapel   Data Scientist, building an evaluating a model, taking the enduser into account   https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileenkapel/ 06:13 Jonathan Ellis and Ryan Svihla   Coding with AI with Brokk, AI-native code platform, Java language improvements while keeping stability   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbellis/    https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-svihla-096752182/    https://brokk.ai/    https://foojay.io/today/indexing-all-of-wikipedia-on-a-laptop/ 16:24 David Parry   Qodo, AI developer tools, empowering engineering teams to standardize code quality and move fast with AI   https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddryparry/    https://www.qodo.ai/ 28:46 Alessandro Stefouli-Vozza   Java in the cloud, Impact of our job on the environment and our future, Green Software Foundation, Dutch Cloud Native meetup and conference   https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandrovozza/    https://cloudnative.amsterdam/    https://greensoftware.foundation/    Article by Miro about energy usage: https://foojay.io/today/research-measuring-energy-consumption-in-programming-languages-for-ai-applications/ 35:02 Sushant Shekhar   Using Java and AI, Moved from Java to other languages and back, Building your own models versus tweaking   https://www.linkedin.com/in/sushant-shekhar-2b43ba17/ 39:09 Arno Koehler   Organisator, Ai code experiments versus production use, Schiphol POC, Kotlin versus Java versus Scala, The power of the JVM   https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnokoehler/ 45:37 Joost Kaan   About organizing the conference, Python and Java driving AI forward   https://www.linkedin.com/in/joost-kaan/ 50:45  Coen de Waal, Samantha Burattini, and Luis San Martin   Conference sponsor, Use of AI in a banking environment   https://www.linkedin.com/in/coen-de-waal/    https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-burattini/ 54:51 Nahir Vila   Student, How the youth is using AI 57:33 Jonathan Vila   AI4Devs Organizer, How the conference started and a lookback at the end of the day, How AI can be used when writing articles   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvila/ 01:05:58 Outro

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• AI4Devs Interviews - Part 1 (#79)

  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, and what brings you to this conference?' Let's get started!00:00 Introduction00:44 Christian Tzolov and Josh Long   Spring AI, Spring MCP, Spring Security   https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlong/    https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzolov/ 17:07 Brian Vermeer   AI and security and the responsibility of the developer   https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianvermeer/ 27:57 Camille Nigon and Maarten Vandeperre   Quarkus, Scaling AI applications, the cost of using LLMs   https://www.linkedin.com/in/camille-nigon/    https://www.linkedin.com/in/maarten-vandeperre/ 36:15 Luca Berton   Infrastructure for AI  applications    https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaberton/    https://www.youtube.com/@BertonLuca 41:15 Soham Dasgupta   Real life AI use cases    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dasguptasoham/    https://github.com/marketplace?type=models 48:03 Mary Grygleski   Event driven agents to handle complex flows   https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-grygleski/ 55:04 Anton Arhipov   Java and Kotlin at JetBrains, Junie AI   https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonarhipov/ 01:06:07 Outro

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