Podcasts 102
I love a good Java conversation. Over the years I joined a handful of podcasts as a guest, and since September 2022 I organize, record, edit, and most of the time host the Foojay Podcast. The full archive lives here, one page per episode, with a short summary and a link to the original show notes.
Foojay Podcast #79: AI4Devs Interviews – Part 1
AI changes how we write and ship code every week, and the questions pile up faster than the answers. At the first AI4Devs conference in Amsterdam on September 19th, 2025, I grabbed …
Foojay Podcast #78: Welcome to OpenJDK 25!
OpenJDK 25 lands as the first release where the version number matches the year. That small change signals something bigger about how Java keeps pace with developers who use it …
Foojay Podcast #77: DevBcn Report, Part 2 - Spanish Knowledge Sharing
Conferences sound different when you hear them in the language of the people who built them. For DevBcn in Barcelona, that language is Spanish, and this short episode hands the mic …
Foojay Podcast #76: DevBcn Report, Part 1 – Learn from the Community
What does the Java community sound like when you put a microphone in front of it at a Barcelona conference? In early July, DevBcn brought together speakers and visitors from across …
10xInsights: Frankly Speaking: How Java, Raspberry Pi, and Drum Created a Guru
A long career in tech rarely follows a straight line. Frank’s path runs from a Commodore 64 to Java Champion, with detours through drums, documentation, and a stack of …
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 …
Foojay Podcast #74: JCON Report, Part 3 - AI, ChatGPT, LLM, ML, RAG, MCP, GenAI, and more
AI talk often stays abstract, but Java developers want to know which frameworks, protocols, and patterns actually hold up in real projects. At JCON in May, we cornered speakers …
Foojay Podcast #73: JCON Report, Part 2 – Evolutions in the Java Language and Runtime
Java keeps moving, and every new release shifts how we write code and run applications. At JCON 2025 in May we sat down with seven speakers to hear how they see the language and …
Foojay Podcast #72: JCON Report, Part 1 - Grow your career, public speaking, 30 years of Java, greener coding,…
Walking the floor at JCON in Köln, we grabbed people between talks and asked the questions that matter to working Java developers. How do you grow a career, get on stage, write …
Foojay Podcast #71: Celebrating 30 Years of Java with James Gosling
Java turned 30 on May 23, 2025, and few people can speak to that journey like the person who started it. We sat down with the creator of the language himself to trace the path from …
Foojay Podcast #70: Celebrating 5 Years of Foojay
Five years ago, a single post about OpenJDK kicked off what grew into a hub for the Java community. The site now hosts more than 1,600 posts from over 250 authors. To mark the …
Foojay Podcast #69: All Things Java at VoxxedDays Amsterdam
A conference floor at VoxxedDays Amsterdam holds dozens of small conversations that rarely make it to a recording. This episode breaks that pattern by stitching many of those …
Foojay Podcast #68: Welcome to OpenJDK (Java) 24
Java 24 ships with 24 JEPs, and that number is no coincidence. The release packs compact object headers, generational Shenandoah, quantum-resistant cryptography, and the …
Foojay Podcast #67: Writing a book. Does it make you rich and famous?
Holding a paper book with your own name on the cover is a special moment. But what does it really take to get there, and does writing a technical book actually pay off in money or …
Foojay Podcast #66: Let's Talk About Java Code! Diving into a few Foojay blog posts…
Reading a good blog post often raises more questions than it answers. So we picked a handful of recent Foojay articles and asked the authors to walk us through their thinking, …
Foojay Podcast #65: Boost Your Career in 2025!
Your year-end review is done, the goals are set, and now the real question shows up. How do you actually grow as a developer in the year ahead? To kick off the first Foojay Podcast …
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 …
Foojay Podcast #63: How do we keep our Java applications up to date and secure?
Most teams want to run a current Java version, yet many production systems stay stuck on old releases and outdated dependencies. Management priorities, legacy code, and fear of …
Foojay Podcast #62: Better Coding with AI: Friend or Enemy?
AI tools promise faster code and smarter suggestions, but how far can we trust them inside a real Java project? In this Foojay Podcast #62, we sat down with Grace Jansen, Sean Li, …
Foojay Podcast #61: As a developer, how do we keep our body and mind healthy?
Long hours at a desk, the rise of AI, and remote teams across time zones put real pressure on developers. Staying healthy in body and mind is not a soft topic, it is a survival …