A Bootiful Podcast
Episodes
Jetbrains legend Dmitry Jemerov
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring and IntelliJ IDEA fans! This week we celebrate 25 years of Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA, and who better to talk to us about its evolution than D...
Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! This week we catch up with the observably awesome Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer
Spring Security lead Rob Winch
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I have the privilege of sitting down and talking to the legendary Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security, Spring Ses...
Apache Tomcat legend Mark Thomas (Happy new year!)
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk with Mark Thomas, the legendary and highly prolific committer to Apache Tomcat. Happy New Year!
the legendary Nate Schutta, teacher, friend, and.. harbinger of doom!
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi Spring fans, and happy holidays! I'm delighted to be joined again on this episode by my friend and fellow harbinger of doom (in the best possible w...
Spring cofounder Juergen Hoeller on the amazing Spring Framework 7 release
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary cofounder of Spring itself, Juergen Hoeller, about the awesome new Spring Framework 7 r...
The legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning, declarative interface clients, RestTestClients, and more
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In this installment I talk to the legendary Rossen Stoyanchev on API versioning...
Dan Vega on the fundamentals of software engineering
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! I'm so excited to chat with fellow Spring developer advocate Dan Vega about his new book, "Fundamentals of Software Engineering" htt...
Spring community legend and friend Simon Martinelli
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving from me, and I am sure the entire Spring team, to you! We are, it should be clear, oh so very grateful.. thankful....
The legendary Sébastien Deleuze on all that’s new and nice in Spring Framework 7
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Spring Boot 4.0 release day! Make sure to get the bits at start.spring.io! This release is packed with new features, a lot of w...
The legendary Bruce Eckel on language design, effects, abstraction, concurrency, and so much more
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I sit down with the legendary Bruce Eckel, who has probably forgotten more about programming languages than I wi...
The Vaadin team, live from Vaadin Create 2025
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I had the privilege to sit down with Vaadin legends Joonas Lehtinen, Marcus Hellberg, and Leif Åstrand at the a...
Elastic’s developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to my friend and Elastic's developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging
Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, and more
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, a...
Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Wuerthinger
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Weurthinger, recorded at Devoxx 2025!
Spring Security contributor Josh Cummings on the latest-and-greatest in Spring Security 7
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring Security contributor and legend Josh Cummings
Dr. Kris De Volder on developer tooling for Spring developers
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring tooling legend Dr. Kris De Volder
Spring Batch lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary lead of the Spring Batch project, Mahmoud Ben Hassine, about the latest-and-greatest in ...
Spring Cloud lead Spencer Gibb
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary lead of Spring Cloud and friend to the community, Spencer Gibb! This was recorded liv...
Purnima Padmanabhan, General Manager, Tanzu Division, Broadcom
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the general manager of Tanzu, the legendary Purnima Padmanabhan, about AI, the power of the platform,...
Spring Cloud guru Ryan Baxter
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the amazing Spring Cloud contributor Ryan Baxter, live from SpringOne 2025!
JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser on what’s new in version 8
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, fresh after an exciting and exhausting SpringOne 2025, I am thrilled to have talked with JobRunr founder Ronald ...
Andrey Belyaev, product manager for IntelliJ IDEA
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to Andrey Belyaev, a Product Manager at JetBrains working on the IntelliJ IDEA product, about the latest...
Architecture sage and Spring Modulith lead Oliver Drotbohm
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I caught up with architecture guru and Spring Modulith founder and lead Oliver Drotbohm and we looked at some of ...
Andrew Lombardi, Beginning Spring AI co-author, and friend of the show
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I am thrilled to talk to my longtime friend Andrew Lombardi about the latest-and-greatest, his new book _Beginnin...
Spring Security lead Rob Winch on Spring Security 7.0, SpringOne 2025, and more
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I'm joined by Spring Security lead Rob Winch to discuss the amazing new additions to Spring Security 7.0, coming ...
José Paumard, Java developer advocate and professor
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, recorded at Devoxx UK 2025, I talk to the legendary professor of computer science and legend José Paumard about...
Spring legends Tasha Isenberg and Jason Konicki
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I speak with Spring legends Jason Konicki and Tasha Isenberg about Spring, the ecosystem, and SpringOne 2025. (B...
API oracle Arjen Poutsma
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this edition, I had the pleasure of chatting with the brilliant Arjen Poutsma, our go-to API oracle. If you’re curious about hi...
Dr. Heinz Kabutz, a legendary Java Champion, teacher, and author of the Java Specialists newsletter!
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Dr. Heinz Kabutz, a legendary Java Champion, trainer, teacher, and author of the Java Specialists news...
DevOps and AI luminary Patrick Debois
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring, cloud native, and AI fans! In this installment, I had the opportunity to briefly sit down and talk with DevOps and AI luminary Patrick Deb...
Micrometer.io lead Tommy Ludwig on the latest-and-greatest in observability for the Spring developer
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I talk to Micrometer.io lead Tommy Ludwig on the latest-and-greatest in observability for the Spring developer
The legendary Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on security, AI, MCP, and more
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on security, AI, MCP, and more, recorded live at Devoxx UK 2025.
IntelliJ IDEA project lead Aleksey Stukalov
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to IntelliJ IDEA lead Aleksey Stukalov
Java community legend Victor Rentea
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 am...
Eclipse Collections legend Donald Raab
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this edition, we talk to Eclipse Collections founder Donald Raab
V Körbes on security from the platform on up
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Jeff Genender on Apache, ActiveMQ, AI, the Java community, and more
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Wiremock’s Lee Turner and Tom Akehurst
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
My friend Anthony Dahanne on Buildpacks, Production, Docker images, and more
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Java Champion and legend Henri Tremblay
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Micrometer legend Jonatan Ivanov
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Co...
Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer at SAP
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachi...
Spring Boot and Spring Initializr legend Moritz Halbritter
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Boot and Spring Initializr Moritz legend Halbritter
BellSoft’s Catherine Edelveis
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment, I talk to Spring legend Glenn Renfro.
”Just Use Postgres!” author Denis Magda
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
HTMX creator Carson Gross
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 complex...
Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando on JavaOne 2025, Java 24, and so much more
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! in this installment I talk to Java developer advocate Billy Korando about the latest and greatest in the amazing Java ecosystem! #jav...
Apache Causeway’s Dan Haywood
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Intact’s Luke Shannon on development velocity, micro services with Spring, integration, developer portals, and more
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Nilesh Makwana on a Bootiful Podcast
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of _A Bootiful Podcast_! Happy holidays from the Spring team to you! In this warm and wonderful episod...
the amazing K. Siva Prasad Reddy (SivaLabs)
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ha...
project lead Rob Winch on the amazing new Spring Security 6.4 release
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 #spr...
PostgreSQL contributor Dave Cramer
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving to my American listeners! and happy Thursday to the everyone! In today's episode I talk to PostgreSQL and PostgreS...
Heroku’s Terence Lee
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
engineer, CTO, teacher, and pilot Ken Sipe
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 #ja...
Baruch Sadogursky on Gradle, Java, developer productivity, and more
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to legendary Gradle Developer Productivity Engineering guru (formerly of JFrog) and hero to the JVM-langu...
Vaadin founder Joonas Lehtinen and VP of Research at Vaadin Leif Åstrand
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 bef...
GraalVM founder and BDFL Thomas Wuerthinger on GraalPy, GraalVM, and so much more
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to GraalVM founder and benevolent dictator for life Thomas Wuerthinger, recorded live from Devoxx Belgium ...
Oracle Developer Advocate Andres Almiray
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Oracle developer advocate Andres Almiray about the latest-and-greatest in the amazing Oracle database. ...
New York Java SIG chair and founder Frank Greco on community, AI, and more
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Java developer advocate Billy Korando
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Flowable cofounder and my friend Joram Barrez on workflow, case management, AI, Spring, and so much more
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I catch up with my friend Joram Barrez, cofounder of Flowable, an amazing and opensource workflow engine, on thei...
Spring creator and cofounder, Dr. Rod Johnson
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, en...
Spring into Action with Sébastien Deleuze: A Runtime Efficiency Extravaganza!
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dive deep into the world of Spring Framework and Kotlin, GraalVM, Project Leyden, AppCDS, runtime efficiency, Kotlin, and more, with the one and only ...
Tanzu’s Cloud and Spring legend Chris Sterling
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. (...
Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg about the lates-and-greatest in the wide and wonderfu...
Gradle and Develocity engineer and Spring community legend Eric Haag
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Digital Accessibility Architect, Java and Groovy legend, Scott Davis
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I talk to Java ecosystem legend Scott Davis
Cloud Legend Mark Fynes
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark’s a field principal with Tanzu at Broadcom, building platforms with our Pivotal/VMWare/Broadcom customers for the past 10 years. Passionate tec...
Cloud Native Cora Iberkleid on architecture, Spring Modulith, and more
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
JobRunr creator Ronald Dehuysser
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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, recor...
Spring Security community legend Laur Spilca
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Abdel Sghiouar, Cloud Native Developer Advocate at Google
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this week's installment, I talk to Abdel Sghiouar, a senior Cloud Native Developer Advocate at Google, a co-host of the Kubernet...
Bellsoft Developer Advocate Pasha Finkelshteyn
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this installment I talk to Jetbrains Developer Advocate Pasha Finkelshteyn
Microsoft’s Sandra Ahlgrimm on cloud, Java, AI, and more
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans, from the amazing Spring IO conference in Barcelona, Spain! In this interview I talked to Microsoft's Sandra Ahlgrimm on all things ...
Tagir Valeev, Fellow Java Champion and IntelliJ IDEA Java legend
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment we talk to Tagir Valeev, a fellow Java Champion and IntelliJ IDEA Java legend.
Oleg Šelajev, Docker and Testcontainers legend
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring and Testcontainers fans! In this interview, I talk to Oleg Šelajev
cofounders Dr. David Syer and Phil Webb, on the occassion of the 10th Anniversary of Spring Boot
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Dr. Dave Syer and Phil Webb, on the occassion of the 10th Anniversary of Spring Boot
Carl Azoury, Zenika founder, CEO, and friend to the community
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Zenika founder and CEO Carl Azoury, and friend to the community and a part of the Spring story for deca...
Spring and Platform engineer Daniel Garnier-Moiroux
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to my friend and colleague Daniel Garnier-Moiroux about the amazing awesome implications of passkeys in a...
Spring founders Rod Johnson and Juergen Hoeller on the 20th Anniversary of Spring Framework 1.0
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, more than 20 incredible years in the making, Spring founders Rod Johnson (@springrod) and Juergen Hoeller (@springju...
Marit van Dijk, Jetbrains Developer Advocate
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jetbrains Developer Advocate Marit van Dijk on reading code, IntelliJ IDEA, and more.
Netflix’s Paul Bakker and Kavitha Srinivasan on scaling Spring Boot and Spring GraphQL
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I'm thrilled to be joined by Netflix's Paul Bakker and Kavitha Srinivasan, who explain how they're integrating a...
Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi on _Beginning Spring 6_
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I'm joined by Java luminaries and Apress' _Beginning Spring 6_ authors Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi.
Stuart Marks (aka ”Dr. Deprecator”) on Java, its amazing features, and more
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! Happy Java 22 release day to those who celebrate! To ring in the new release, we've got an extra special and incredible discussion wi...
Spring Boot Testjars founder Rob Winch
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this week's installment we talk Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security and founder of the exciting new project Spring Boot Testjars.
Cristian Schuszter on CERN
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Cristian Schuszter, a software engineer at CERN. (This episode was recorded live at VOXXED DAYS CERN!)....
Roni Dover on Digma AI
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Digma AI founder Roni Dover.