Foojay Podcast #64: Interviews at JFall about open source, OpenJDK evolutions, Project Loom, JVM, and more!
A conference hallway tells you more about the state of Java than any keynote. We grabbed a microphone at JFall and asked developers what they care about right now, from Project Loom and structured concurrency to writing your own language on the JVM. We close the year with Geertjan Wielenga, Nataliia Dziubenko, Hanno Embregts, Hinse ter Schuur, Anthony Goubard, Steffan Norberhuis, Paulien van Alst, Lutske de Leeuw, and Johan Hutting in Foojay Podcast #64.
What we talked about
- OpenJDK evolutions and the Foojay mission
- Writing custom programming languages on the JVM
- Project Loom, structured concurrency, and scoped values
- Code review habits that actually help the team
- Building desktop applications with Java
- Infrastructure as Code on AWS
- JUG Noord and the value of regional Java User Groups
- Getting started with open source contributions
- Speaking at conferences for the first time
What stood out
Every guest connects a personal story to a piece of the Java ecosystem. The mix of platform work, tooling, and community shows how broad “Java” really is today. It is a good snapshot of what JFall attendees took home this year.
See the Foojay Podcast #64 for all info, shownotes, links, etc.