A Bootiful Podcast

Russ Miles!

I'm joined, I think, for the second time by my friend, the legendary architect and developer extraordinaire Russ Miles, who has given some of the most cerebral and exciting Spring keynotes and talks ever. And this time, he's back to talk about — guess what — A.I. As usual, he's got a different and very interesting angle on the whole thing in this short-but-sweet episode. Recorded at UberConf 2026 in Westminster, Colorado!

Spring Boot legend Moritz Halbritter on the latest and greatest in Spring Boot 4 and 4.1

Hi Spring fans! Spring Boot 4.1 is here and with it a ton of amazing features. I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to sit down with Moritz Halbritter, of Spring Boot and Spring Initializr fame, to talk about some of the amazing features.

Sébastien Deleuze on the latest-and-greatest in Spring AI and Spring Framework

Hi Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary Spring AI and Spring Framework contributor Sébastien Deleuze about the latest-and-greatest in AI, Kotlin, the framework, and more.

My friend Francesco Ciulla on developer advocacy and more

Hi Spring fans! In this installment we talk to my friend Francesco Ciulla about the art of developer advocacy and more. Francesco Ciulla is the Head of DevRel Engineering at zerops.io.

DaShaun Carter on patching, Spring Boot 4.1, and security in the world of AI

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I have the privilege to sit down with my friend DaShaun Carter to talk about patching, Spring Boot 4.1, and security in the world of AI.

Spring Security lead Rob Winch answers some security questions for me

Hi Spring and security fans! I got the legendary Spring Security lead Rob Winch to answers some of my burning security questions for us! Also: make sure you're downloading all the updates for the new Spring releases this week, the week of June 11th, 2026! (or later)

Marit van Dijk

hi Spring and IntelliJ IDEA fans! In this installment I talk to my friend and JetBrains Developer Advocate extraordinaire Marit van Dijk! This episode was recorded at JNation, an amazing show in Coimbra, Portugal!

Microsoft’s Martijn Verburg

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I talk to my friend, of JClarity and Microsoft fame, fellow Java champion and Java guru Martijn Verburg

Hadi Hariri, Jetbrains legend

Hi Spring and Kotlin fans! In this installment I have the privilege of talking to my old friend and Jetbrains legend Hadi Hariri, recorded live from Kotlin Conf 2026 in Munich, Germany! #kotlin #jvm #java #springboot

the legendary Adib Saikali on AI, the power of the platform, and more

Hi, Spring fans! I'm so thrilled to have been able to sit down and talk to my friend Adib Saikali!

Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on his new book ”Testing Spring Boot Applications”

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Daniel Garnier-Moiroux and talk about "Testing Spring Boot Applications," from Manning! #testing #springboot #java #kotlin #springframework

Ronald Dehuysser, founder of JobRunr, on their ambitious new ”ClawRunr”-like agent runtime

Hi Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to my friend and JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser about the latest and greatest, and their new "ClawRunr" project!

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam and James Ward on Intelligent Kotlin

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talked with the legendary Dr. Venkat Subramaniam and James Ward, with whom I had the privilege of doing a presentation at Voxxed Days Amsterdam. This was filmed right before the three of us took the stage!

the legendary Craig Walls

Hi Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary Craig Walls, author of _Spring In Action_, _Spring AI in Action_, and more!

Mark Kropf on AI orchestration

Hi Spring fans! I was delighted to get a chance to sit and talk to my pal and Pivotal alum Mark Kropf about his efforts around orchestrating AI. This doesn’t have to do with the JVM or Spring, per se, but it’s an interesting discussion nonetheless.

Java Developer Advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to legendary Java developer advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, recorded at JavaOne 2026

Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on MCP Security

Hi Spring, AI, Spring AI, security, and Spring Security fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel-Garnier Moiroux!

Cay Horstmaan, legendary Java professor, author, lecturer

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary Java author, professor, and Java Champion Cay Horstmann, whom you might know from classics such as "Core Java." * his web site - https://horstmann.com

Spring Messaging Legend: Soby Chacko

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk with the legendary Soby Chacko about Apache Kafka, Spring AI, and much more! #apachekafka #kafka

Neo4j legend Jennifer Reif

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Jennifer Reif, developer advocate at Neo4J, about graph RAG, graph databases, GraphQL, Neo4J, Spring Data Neo4J, and more. #neo4j #graphRag #AI #artificialintelligence

John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason”

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! #ai #springboot #developers #artificailintelligence * [get the book](https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Reason-Aristotle-ChatGPT-Heroes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8TW8R) * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](https://start.spring.io)

Glenn Renfro: Java and Spring community legend and my friend - on Devnexus and more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the amazing Glenn Renfro about Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Spring AI, and much more — plus why you should definitely register to attend the amazing Devnexus event in Atlanta, GA!

Java Champion and hilarious friend, Richard Fichtner

Hi, Spring fans! I've been waiting for this episode for so long! Today, we're finally joined by my friend Richard Fichtner, who so took pity on my plight waiting for music to be added to the GraalVM that his company, XDev Software, created the `music-maven-plugin`, the best Maven plugin, ever! This episode was recorded live at the amazing JFokus 2026 event!

Jetbrains legend Marco Behler

hi, Spring fans! In this installment I have the privilege of talking to Jetbrains legend Marco Behler

Start Your Year with Java Right with Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando

Hi, Spring (and Java) fans! In this episode I am beyond delighted to talk Java developer advocate and longtime friend of the show Billy Korando about the latest-and-greatest in the Java ecosystem.

Jetbrains legend Dmitry Jemerov

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 Dmitry Jemerov, whose been a contributor and developer for the project since 2003!

Jonatan Ivanov on how to measure all the things with Micrometer

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

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 Session, and the amazing Testjars project.

Apache Tomcat legend Mark Thomas (Happy new year!)

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!

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 way), Nate Schutta — co-author of the wonderful book _Foundations of Software Engineering_! * get the book here https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-software/9781098143220/