Josh Long 🍃
@starbuxman.joshlong.com
Spring Developer Advocate Java Champion Kotlin Google Dev Expert https://YouTube.com/@coffeesoftware https://github.com/joshlong
This week’s Spring roundup's packed: idempotency keys for Boot, AI/OSS security, agent loops, RabbitMQ Streams, AI ontologies, Spring Cloud dynamic config + microservices, DynamoDB integration, great chats with Phil Webb & more. 🚀 https://spring.io/blog/2026/08/04/this-week-in-spring-august-4-2026
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the Carters r hilarious
DaShaun Carter@dashaun.com · 2d agoMy son just asked if RAM stands for "Real Actual Money" while he was watching a video of me and @starbuxman.joshlong.com talking about the value of upgrading. He knows what RAM is. He was being clever. My son is the actual author/source of many of the jokes I tell in public.
Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb joins the show to discuss Spring Boot 4.1, including Spring gRPC support, the MongoDB batch starter, and improvements to security, observability, service connections, and more. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-89x3m-1b23874
Spring Boot founder and lead Phil Webb
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb who joins the show to unpack the latest Spring Boot 4.1 release, from the long-awaited Spring gRPC support and MongoDB batch starter to security, observability, service connections, and other polished improvements.
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Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb joins the show to discuss Spring Boot 4.1, including Spring gRPC support, the MongoDB batch starter, and improvements to security, observability, service connections, and more. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-89x3m-1b23874
Spring Boot founder and lead Phil Webb
Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Boot cofounder Phil Webb who joins the show to unpack the latest Spring Boot 4.1 release, from the long-awaited Spring gRPC support and MongoDB batch starter to security, observability, service connections, and other polished improvements.
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Look who is on the show… The awesome @starbuxman.joshlong.com - by far the greatest dev advocate you can imagine, what an honor to be on the same team with him
IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE@intellijidea.com · 2w agoWho is actually accountable when AI-generated code ships to production? @starbuxman.joshlong.com (Spring Developer Advocate) has a 1970s IBM answer that's hard to argue with, and a case for why the JVM is better positioned for the AI era than most developers think. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/_ftzJ33mCTI
Spring devs, this week’s roundup is packed: smarter Spring Tools/MCP, IntelliJ updates, Spring AI persistence & workflows, Spring Batch + MongoDB repos, Java 27 chat, and more. Dive in for the best links and updates 👇 https://spring.io/blog/2026/07/28/this-week-in-spring-july-28-2026
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Custom Spring Security OAuth2 starter module to support multitenant configuration, built on top of the Arconia Multitenancy module. docs.arconia.io/arconia/late...
Arconia Multitenancy :: Arconia
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Spring Security with Azure Extenal Entra ID. We still store the GUID/UUID in the user table (so as not to tie us to a single provider), but as a secondary ID. Spring has been a champ helping with this, it would have taken days if not weeks to implement this by hand otherwise.
how do you handle users and tenancy in your application? Are you using OAuth (or SAML)? A custom users table or some enterprise-wide standard? Are you using Active Directory, Keycloak, Clerk, Okta, Auth.0, Spring Authorization Server, etc? Sound off!
Java 27 brings big JVM gains: compact object headers, stronger post-quantum TLS, JFR redaction, and more. With virtual threads + Spring, JVM AI/dev looks great. Billy Korando shares insights on all this in this Bootiful Podcast episode. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-4d52x-1b1b2b7
Java 27 brings big JVM gains: compact object headers, stronger post-quantum TLS, JFR redaction, and more. With virtual threads + Spring, JVM AI/dev looks great. Billy Korando shares insights on all this in this Bootiful Podcast episode. https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-4d52x-1b1b2b7
Your IDE can do more than you think. At IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026, @starbuxman.joshlong.com will show how IntelliJ IDEA and Spring Boot work together to boost developer productivity. 🗓 September 8–9 👉 Register now: jb.gg/3vwzgv #IntelliJIDEAConf
Is Java about to have its AI moment? @starbuxman.joshlong.com argues the JVM is uniquely positioned for building AI applications and explains why AI-generated code creates new problems instead of solving old ones. Watch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ftzJ33mCTI
Who is actually accountable when AI-generated code ships to production? @starbuxman.joshlong.com (Spring Developer Advocate) has a 1970s IBM answer that's hard to argue with, and a case for why the JVM is better positioned for the AI era than most developers think. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/_ftzJ33mCTI
I’m on PTO in the Caribbean with coffee, ocean dips, and a laptop nearby ☕🌊 Lots of great Spring AI content This Week in Spring: from AG-UI, RAG, chat memory, observability, and more. Dive in! #Spring #SpringAI #Java https://spring.io/blog/2026/07/21/this-week-in-spring-july-21-2026
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The premiere of the @java documentary was amazing.
Josh Long 🍃@starbuxman.joshlong.com · 3w agoThis Java documentary is about to premiere! So excited
The premiere of the @java documentary was amazing.
Josh Long 🍃@starbuxman.joshlong.com · 3w agoThis Java documentary is about to premiere! So excited
it's not every day I get to sit down with Spring ecosystem and architect extraordinaire legend Russ Miles and pick his brain on the latest-and-greatest. but I did, in this latest installment of a Bootiful Podcast! Enjoy! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-y7trb-1b1344e
Russ Miles!
I'm joined, I think, for the second time by my friend, the legendary architect and developer extraordinaire Russ Miles, who has given some of the most cerebral and exciting Spring keynotes and talks ever. And this time, he's back to talk about — guess what — A.I. As usual, he's got a different and very interesting angle on the whole thing in this short-but-sweet episode. Recorded at UberConf 2026 in Westminster, Colorado!
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"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product." www.independent.co.uk/tech/ford-ai...
Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly
‘We didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers,’ says automaker
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We’re at a point where there are more packaging formats for agent skills/prompts/MCP than JavaScript frameworks.
what a wild week in Spring it’s been! https://spring.io/blog/2026/07/14/this-week-in-spring-july-14-2026
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I for one am fighting jetlag and working on my upcoming talks at UBERCONF, in Denver, CO
