Foojay Podcast #75: JCON Report, Part 4 - Tips and Tricks for Java Devs
Every Java conference leaves you with a notebook full of small tricks you want to try on Monday morning. This episode collects exactly that kind of advice from a packed lineup of JCON 2025 speakers and attendees. We close out the JCON report series with short, focused chats covering tools, frameworks, and habits that make day-to-day Java work smoother. Joining me are Merlin Bögershausen, Eberhard Wolff, Annelore Egger, Michael Vitz, Michael Simons, Stefan Böhringer, Johannes Rabauer, Roland Weisleder, Simon Martinelli, Loïc Magnette, Tanja Obradovic, Syed Usman Ahmad, and François Martin in Foojay Podcast #75.
What we talked about
- OpenRewrite and Azul Intelligence Cloud for code modernization
- How to measure developer productivity without breaking the team
- Code quality management approaches that actually stick
- Surprising places Java shows up beyond the usual enterprise stack
- Graph data modeling with Neo4j
- Using Quarkus in education projects
- Architecture testing with ArchUnit
- Modern web development with htmx, Vaadin, and jOOQ
- Jakarta EE direction inside the Eclipse Foundation
- Monitoring stacks with Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry
- Chaos testing and fault injection with Toxiproxy
What stood out
The mix of topics shows how broad the Java ecosystem stays in 2025. Database modeling, architecture rules, observability, and chaos testing all sit next to each other as everyday concerns for Java teams. The common thread is small, targeted tools that solve one problem well.
See the Foojay Podcast #75 for all info, shownotes, links, etc.