Seriously Good Software Marco Faella & Michael Carducci This week we're joined by Macro Faella - Computer Science professor at the University of Naples in Italy and Author of Seriously Good Software. If you want to get a copy for yourself, us

Java is not Dead

Feb 26th, 2020 46m 50s

This week we're joined by Java Champion and JetBrains Developer Advocate Trisha Gee. Trisha helps us sort through the noise and confusion around some changes we've all seen in the Java ecosystem, she highlights some exciting development on the

Developing an Outward Mindset

Feb 12th, 2020 32m 3s

This week we're joined by Paul Wilhelm Software Development Manager at MasterControl. We discuss leadership in Tech and how to develop an "outward mindset." This is Water The power of vulnerability The Arbinger Institute

Introducing Bazel

Jan 29th, 2020 42m 6s

This week is a double-header. We're joined by Benjamin Muschko and Joshua Van Allen. We get both a front-end and back-end perspective of Bazel. Ben's Report on Bazel Getting Started with Bazel (requires safari subscription) Alex Eagle @ NGConf

The Art of Learning for Technology Professionals

Jan 15th, 2020 59m 18s

Dr Heinz Kabutz is gifting a course to NFJS podcast listeners. Redeem this course here. This week I'm joined by Dr. Heinz Kabutz. Heinz is the author of The Java Specialists’ Newsletter, a publication enjoyed by tens of thousands of Java expert

Developer Productivity - Tools & Metrics

Jan 1st, 2020 29m 32s

Welcome to the 2020 season of the NFJS podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday! This week we're joined with Hans Docter discussing developer productivity. Hans Dockter is the founder and project lead of the Gradle build system and the CEO o

WebAssembly and the Future of Software

Nov 13th, 2019 1h 17m

WebAssembly is live, it's in your browser, and it's poised to completely transform how we build, run, and think about software. The promise of "write-once-deploy-anywhere" isn't now, but this fresh take comes with 20+ years of experience and bo

Developer First Leadership

Oct 30th, 2019 38m 44s

This week we're joined by Kate Wardin, founder of Developer First Leadership (https://www.developer-first.com/). She shares some insights on how to empower technical leaders and teams. Whatever your job title, don't miss this one!

So you Want to be a Software Architect

Oct 16th, 2019 22m

This week we benefit from hard-won wisdom coming from decades of experience as a software architect. In this episode, Ken shares the vast skillset and the diverse roles that a successful software architect most possess. If you'd like to dive

Exploring Smart-Home Skills & Conversational UI

Oct 2nd, 2019 35m 41s

Recorded LIVE at UberConfX. This week we're joined by Craig Walls, Spring expert extraordinaire but we'll be discussing one of his other passions - smart home skills and conversational UI. Don't miss his insights and register for the Progressiv

Mini-Episode: The state of Java in 2019

Sep 18th, 2019 20m 3s

This week we catch up with Chris Judd (@javajudd) to get his analysis of the state of Java in 2019 - the new release cadence, the new licensing model, and what to expect in the future.

Communicating like an Architect

Sep 4th, 2019 54m 35s

Recorded live @ UberConfX this week Nate Schutta shares his wisdom on the skills necessary to be a truly great software architect.

The End of Agile, Leadership and Self Management

Aug 21st, 2019 39m 13s

More insights and wisdom from Johanna Rothman. Don't miss this week's episode! https://leanpub.com/u/johannarothman

The Future of the Web

Aug 7th, 2019 32m 21s

This week I'm joined by Mike Hartington to talk about some of the new developments from the Ionic community. Ionic support for Vue and React, Stenciljs, Capacitor as well as his thoughts on PWAs and Webassembly.

Tech Leadership Skills: OKRs

Jul 31st, 2019 46m 37s

This week we're joined by Chris Hansen where he shares the what/why/how of OKRs (Objective/Key Result) as well as pitfalls to avoid from hard experience. OKRs are the goal setting framework popularized by google. Read more here: https://www.ok

Developer Productivity, Builds, and UberConf X

Jul 17th, 2019 34m 24s

Recorded LIVE from UberConfX, This week I sit with Eric Wendelin and talk about how the team at Gradle is creating a better build process--even if you're not using Gradle for your builds. If you're at UberConfX this week, drop by and say hello

Testing, Mobbing and a new Take on Documentation

Jun 26th, 2019 36m 45s

This week we are joined once again by Llewellyn Falco (@LlewellynFalco) to discuss lessons he's learned an epiphany he recently had around documentation.

The Journey to 20,000 Microservices Deployments in a year

Jun 19th, 2019 51m 55s

This week we are joined by Chris Maki to learn about his journey from monolith to 20,000 microservices deployment in a single year. Chris is the founder and Chief Architect of Rip City Software, a company dedicated to Java Microservices and bu

What's New With Groovy & Grails

Jun 5th, 2019 26m 40s

This week I caught up with Søren Glasius at Gr8Conf in Denmark to get an update on what's going on in the world of groovy/grails. Grails 4 RC2 details

Security, Identity, OAUTH and more

May 22nd, 2019 43m 28s

This week I'm joined by Matt Raible and we discuss identity, security, and some best practices all developers should know.

Learning and Growing in Git

May 8th, 2019 37m 37s

Lyndsey Padget is a NoFluff speaker, Git Consultant and all-around Bad-ass. This week she joins us to share her expertise and journey with Git. If you're like me, git is a tool we use but don't always understand. Lyndsey shines a light into th

AR, VR, and Emerging Tech

Apr 17th, 2019 22m 30s

After a single interaction with VR, Eldon Alameda immediately recognized that this technology would be a seismic shift in our industry. He dove in head first and has been hands-on with the latest AR and VR technologies ever since. In this inter

Containers, Knative, and reducing Developer Stress

Apr 10th, 2019 33m 16s

It seems like every time we solve one problem, it opens the door to a more complex problem. Tools like docker and Kubernetes have solved many problems, but at the cost of increased complexity and increased developer stress. To quote Mark Richar

Aurelia in Action with Sean Hunter

Mar 27th, 2019 59m 38s

This week we're joined by Sean Hunter, author of Aurelia in Action. He gives us the history as well as the current state of the Aurelia framework. Aurelia is a JavaScript client framework for web, mobile and desktop that leverages simple conve

Exploring Kotlin with Ken Kousen

Mar 20th, 2019 45m 36s

Kotlin is an exciting new language for the JVM from the folks at Jetbrains. Kotlin has been making waves for a couple years now in the Android space but, as a general purpose language, it is finding it's way into many projects and developers se