A Bootiful Podcast

I run a podcast called A Bootiful Podcast, a celebration of the heroes that drive the Spring and Java ecosystems. It's also on Twitter (@BootifulPodcast).
Michael Carducci on optimizing data for agentic workflows
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Michael Carducci on optimizing data for agentic workflows

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I sit down with Michael Carducci - software architect, magician, and knowledge graph expert—for a high-energy conversation about the future of AI. Michael breaks down why semantic data and auditable, deterministic reasoning are becoming essential for building trustworthy AI systems that actually work in production. If you’re curious about what’s next beyond bigger models and more tokens, this one is packed with big ideas, sharp insights, and a few surprises along the way. #ai #magic #knowledge #graph
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  1. Michael Carducci on optimizing data for agentic workflows

    Hi, Spring fans! In this episode, I sit down with Michael Carducci - software architect, magician, and knowledge graph expert—for a high-energy conversation about the future of AI. Michael breaks down why semantic data and auditable, deterministic reasoning are becoming essential for building…

  2. Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert

    Hi, Spring fans! In this conversation, Spring Tools lead Martin Lippert joins us for a fascinating look at how developer tooling has evolved from Eclipse to VS Code and beyond. We dig into the architecture behind Spring Tools, language servers, MCP, and how the same ideas that once helped…

  3. Redouble AI CTO Andrey Santrosyan on the pitfalls of agentic systems in the enterprise

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, my friend James Ward and I sat down with Redouble AI CTO and founder Andrey Santrosyan This was an extra special episode because I conducted the interview with my friend, AWS' James Ward. * https://www.linkedin.com/in/santrosyan/ * https://redouble.ai

  4. Data guru Gregory Green on RabbitMQ, Valkey, Gemfire, Data Flow, and more

    Hi, Spring and data fans! Want a faster, smarter data stack? Tune into this episode with Gregory Green for a deep dive into GemFire, RabbitMQ Streams, Dataflow, and more. We cover real-time event processing, active-active consistency, full-text search, vector search, and how to build resilient…

  5. 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.

  6. Spring Boot legend Moritz Halbritter on the latest and greatest in Spring Boot 4 and 4.1

    Hi Spring fans! Spring Boot 4.1 is here and with it a ton of amazing features. I'm delighted to have had the opportunity to sit down with Moritz Halbritter, of Spring Boot and Spring Initializr fame, to talk about some of the amazing features.

  7. Spring Security lead Rob Winch answers some security questions for me

    Hi Spring and security fans! I got the legendary Spring Security lead Rob Winch to answers some of my burning security questions for us! Also: make sure you're downloading all the updates for the new Spring releases this week, the week of June 11th, 2026! (or later)

  8. the legendary Craig Walls

    Hi Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary Craig Walls, author of _Spring In Action_, _Spring AI in Action_, and more!

  9. Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on MCP Security

    Hi Spring, AI, Spring AI, security, and Spring Security fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Daniel-Garnier Moiroux!

  10. Jetbrains legend Dmitry Jemerov

    Hi, Spring and IntelliJ IDEA fans! This week we celebrate 25 years of Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA, and who better to talk to us about its evolution than Dmitry Jemerov, whose been a contributor and developer for the project since 2003!

  11. the legendary Nate Schutta, teacher, friend, and.. harbinger of doom!

    Hi Spring fans, and happy holidays! I'm delighted to be joined again on this episode by my friend and fellow harbinger of doom (in the best possible way), Nate Schutta — co-author of the wonderful book _Foundations of Software Engineering_! * get the book here…

  12. Spring community legend and friend Simon Martinelli

    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving from me, and I am sure the entire Spring team, to you! We are, it should be clear, oh so very grateful.. thankful.. for you, the community. This week it is my great pleasure to chat with Spring community legend Simon Martinelli.

  13. The legendary Sébastien Deleuze on all that's new and nice in Spring Framework 7

    Hi, Spring fans! Happy Spring Boot 4.0 release day! Make sure to get the bits at start.spring.io! This release is packed with new features, a lot of which comes from Spring Framework 7. To help break it down for us this week, we’re joined by none other than the legendary Sébastien Deleuze!

  14. The legendary Bruce Eckel on language design, effects, abstraction, concurrency, and so much more

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I sit down with the legendary Bruce Eckel, who has probably forgotten more about programming languages than I will ever know, and whose book _Thinking in Java_ helped launch me into a career.

  15. The Vaadin team, live from Vaadin Create 2025

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I had the privilege to sit down with Vaadin legends Joonas Lehtinen, Marcus Hellberg, and Leif Åstrand at the amazing Vaadin Create 2025 event in Frankfurt, Germany.

  16. Elastic's developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to my friend and Elastic's developer advocate extraordinairre Philip Krenn on the state of logging

  17. Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, and more

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the Spring team engineer Dariusz Jędrzejczyk on the latest-and-greatest in the reactive world, MCP, and more

  18. Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Wuerthinger

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Oracle VP and GraalVM founder Thomas Wuerthinger, recorded at Devoxx 2025!

  19. Spring Security contributor Josh Cummings on the latest-and-greatest in Spring Security 7

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring Security contributor and legend Josh Cummings

  20. Dr. Kris De Volder on developer tooling for Spring developers

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Spring tooling legend Dr. Kris De Volder

  21. Spring Cloud guru Ryan Baxter

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the amazing Spring Cloud contributor Ryan Baxter, live from SpringOne 2025!

  22. Spring Batch lead Mahmoud Ben Hassine

    hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary lead of the Spring Batch project, Mahmoud Ben Hassine, about the latest-and-greatest in Spring Batch in the Spring Boot 4 generation.

  23. Spring Cloud lead Spencer Gibb, live from SpringOne 2025

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary lead of Spring Cloud and friend to the community, Spencer Gibb! This was recorded live from Las Vegas, NV, at the fantastic SpringOne 2025 event!

  24. Purnima Padmanabhan, General Manager, Tanzu Division, Broadcom

    Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the general manager of Tanzu, the legendary Purnima Padmanabhan, about AI, the power of the platform, and more. Recorded live from SpringOne 2025!

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