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 #42: Jozi-JUG and Cape Town Java Community
Java communities thrive on the people who show up month after month to run meetups, line up speakers, and welcome newcomers. This episode takes us to South Africa to hear how two …
Foojay Podcast #41: Web Development with Java
Do you really need a JavaScript framework to build a modern web app? Many Java developers feel pushed toward Angular, React, Vue, or Svelte, but the JVM world has its own strong …
Foojay Podcast #40: Making Java Attractive for Beginners in Programming
“public static void main” stops a lot of people before they write their first real line of Java. Newcomers look at that line, compare it to a one-line Python script, …
Foojay Podcast #39: Java Dominicana
Java user groups grow in every corner of the world, and each one tells a story about the people who keep it alive. This time we travel to the Caribbean to hear how a …
Foojay Podcast #38: Java in the Cloud
Java was born in 1995, long before Docker, Kubernetes, and elastic cloud servers shaped our daily work. The runtime grew up in a different world, so the question keeps coming back. …
Foojay Podcast #37: J-Fall Report, Part 4 (final)
J-Fall packs a full year of Java conversations into a single day in the Netherlands, and one report episode does not fit it all. This is the fourth and final part of our hallway …
Foojay Podcast #36: J-Fall Report, Part 3
One conference day at J-Fall produces more good conversations than a single podcast episode can hold. That is why this third installment exists. We grabbed a quiet corner with …
Foojay Podcast #35: Dublin JUG
Running a local Java User Group takes more than booking a room and waiting for people to show up. It needs steady organizers, a steady stream of speakers, and a community that …
Foojay Podcast #34: J-Fall Report, Part 2
Conferences pack a year of conversations into a few hallway minutes. At J-Fall 2023 in the Netherlands, we grabbed a microphone and asked speakers and attendees what they care …
Foojay Podcast #33: J-Fall Report, Part 1
A Java conference hallway is where the real conversations happen, so we brought the microphones to one. We set up a Foojay Broadcast Room right in the entrance of the Pathé cinema …
Foojay Podcast #32: Philippines JUG
Java communities look different in every country, and the Philippines shows that well. A younger crew now leads the local JUG and shapes the Softcon conference at the same time. In …
Foojay Podcast #31: Report of Devoxx '23 in Belgium
Devoxx Belgium hit its 20th edition in 2023, and over 3000 Java developers packed into Antwerp to swap ideas and learn. We grabbed a microphone, walked the venue, and asked …
Foojay Podcast #30: Utrecht JUG
A local Java User Group lives or dies by the people who show up and the people who keep showing up to organize. On September 12th, I spoke at the Utrecht JUG and brought a camera …
Foojay Podcast #29: How will AI and ML Influence the Role of Developers?
AI and ML keep showing up in pull requests, IDE suggestions, and debugging sessions, and Java developers feel the shift first-hand. We sat down to ask what these tools actually …
Foojay Podcast #28: Java 21 Has Arrived!
Every six months a new Java version lands, but the long-term support releases set the rhythm for production teams. Java 21 is one of those releases, and it ships a stack of …
Foojay Podcast #27: Chicago JUG and KUG
User groups shape careers in ways conferences rarely can. They turn a city into a network of mentors, speakers, and friends who happen to share a language runtime. In this episode …
Foojay Podcast #26: The Future of Source Control and CI/CD
Most developers reach for Git without a second thought, but the tools we use to track code have a long history and an uncertain future. We wanted to step back and ask where source …
Foojay Podcast #25: Game Development with Java, JavaFX, and FXGL
Java and JavaFX rarely top the list when you think about building a game. The FXGL library changes that picture and opens the door to 2D and 3D games that even run on mobile and …
Foojay Podcast #24: BeJUG, BruJUG and how Devoxx was born as JavaPolis
Belgium punches above its weight in the Java world, and most of that energy comes from a small group of people who keep local communities alive. This episode digs into how BeJUG …
Foojay Podcast #23: Java Profiling and Performance
Your Java application runs, but is it fast enough? Profiling helps you measure what actually happens at runtime so you can spot bottlenecks, memory leaks, and slow paths before …