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Foojay Podcast #89: Quarkus and Agentic Commerce

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Picking a Java framework shapes everything from cold-start times to your cloud bill, so it pays to understand what each one optimizes for. We also looked at a question that hits closer to home for many of us. How do open-source authors and content creators actually get paid for the work they put out? In this conversation with Michal Maléř and Holly Cummins, we dig into both topics in Foojay Podcast #89.

10xInsights: Frankly Speaking: How Java, Raspberry Pi, and Drum Created a Guru

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

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 Raspberry Pi boards. Hosts Kadi McKean and Steve Poole invited Frank as the guest on episode 6 of 10xInsights to unpack that journey.

FLOSS Weekly Episode 809: Pi4J – Stable And Boring On The Raspberry Pi

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Java on a Raspberry Pi sounds like an odd pairing to some developers, but it opens the door to a huge ecosystem for anyone who already knows the language. Pi4J wraps the low-level pins and buses behind a clean Java API, so reading a sensor or driving an LED stays familiar. Jonathan Bennett and David Ruggles invited Frank Delporte on FLOSS Weekly Episode 809 to dig into how the project got here and why “stable and boring” is a compliment.

Java Challengers: Java Rockstar Career #4 - Java on Raspberry Pi, Start with Open Source with Java with Frank Delporte

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Wondering how a Java developer moves from writing business code to tinkering with hardware and contributing to open source? That path is shorter than most people think, and it starts with curiosity and a small board on your desk. Rafael del Nero sits down with Frank Delporte for episode #4 of the Java Rockstar Career series to walk through that journey.

Foojay Podcast #19: How Working For Free For Fun Brought Me Fame and Fortune – Or At Least Some Of Each – In The End

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Plenty of developers spend evenings hacking on open-source projects for free. Some of them turn that hobby into a job, a company, or a reputation that opens unexpected doors. In this conversation we sit down with Tim te Beek, Maarten Mulders, and Lukas Eder to hear how their unpaid work led to paid work. This is Foojay Podcast #19.

Open Source Projects

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I spend a fair amount of time building and maintaining open-source Java projects. Most of them started from a personal itch (run Java on a Pi, render Lottie animations in JavaFX, control DMX lights from code) and grew from there. Here is a short tour of the ones I am most involved with.