Spring: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER] Coming May 7th! 🚨 🚨 Spring: The Official Documentary premieres May 7th! Spring didn’t start as a framework — it started as a reaction to complexity. What began as a challenge to enterprise Java became a global…

Trailer for the Spring @spring.io documentary, featuring legends like Rod Johnson, Jürgen Höller, @starbuxman.joshlong.com, Rossen Stoyanchev, Mark Pollack, @seb.deleuze.fr, David Syer, @snicoll.be, @scottfrederick.us, @sergialmar.com and... me. 🙈

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTw...

/cc @starbuxman.joshlong.com
It seems ~Christmas~ Golden Week came early. :)

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

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

bootifulpodcast.podbean.com/e/the-legendary-craig-wa...

Fake It Till You Make It: Fault Injection with Spring using Headers and Baggage Propagation - Trifork Blog At Trifork, we build custom software that powers the core business of many clients. For Nederlandse Loterij we’re developing an integration platform that handles, among many other use cases, the purch...

Hey Josh, could you consider including my blog post for the next edition? trifork.nl/blog/fault-i...
All artisanal AI-free content 😋
See you at Voxxed Amsterdam tomorrow!

That’s a wrap 🎤✨

#vdams26 = 🔥

Great talks (Venkat , @starbuxman.joshlong.com , @victorrentea.ro , @lizeraes.bsky.social), awesome hallway convos 💬

Big thanks to ING, Rabobank, TuxCare & many more 💙
all Dutch JUGs, Foojay & Devoxx4Kids 🙌

What was your highlight? 👀

some of my favorite colleagues and frankly humans are in Barcelona at Spring IO. If you're there say hello and grab a card will ya!!!!

cc @spring.io @vmwaretanzu.bsky.social @dashaun.com @starbuxman.joshlong.com

Spring I/O 2026, day 2 🎆

Getting started ☕️, right here and now
Watching @jamesward.com and @starbuxman.joshlong.com booting up Spring AI, just after the obligatory selfie 😍

📷📲🥾💻

#springio26 #awesome

Day 2 at @springio.net 2026 🚀

A standout takeaway from @starbuxman.joshlong.com & @jamesward.com: "MCP is really of use for the enterprise".

💡 That’s exactly why we built @reshapr.io to connect enterprise data with the power of LLMs. Take a look: github.com/reshaprio/re...

@aaif.io 🙌

Mark Kropf on AI orchestration Hi Spring fans! I was delighted to get a chance to sit and talk to my pal and Pivotal alum Mark Kropf about his efforts around orchestrating AI. This doesn’t have to do with the JVM or Spring, per se, but it’s an interesting discussion nonetheless.

It was a lot of fun chatting with my friend and Pivotal alum Mark Kropf for this week's podcast https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-c3k79-1a94352

Java Developer Advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to legendary Java developer advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, recorded at JavaOne 2026

it was awesome chatting with Java developer advocate Ana-Maria Mihalceanu about Java Flight Recorder, Project Babylon, Project Panama, and so many other amazing things in the Java ecosystem

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-6xydn-1a8b92f

Happily! This is awesome 👏

Can’t wait to see you today!

This Week in Spring - March 31st, 2026 Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

Another wonderful rip-roaring and wonderful week in Spring

spring.io/blog/2026/03...

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!

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

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ysygg-1a81f31

Carbon Aware Processing The simple, open-source Java library for reliable background processing. Never lose a job again. Get a full dashboard, automatic retries, and durable job scheduling backed by your existing database.

Carbon Aware Job Processing now covers the US 🇺🇸

Add a time margin to your job schedule. JobRunr shifts execution to the lowest carbon intensity window.

Same job. Less CO2. One config change.

Docs: jobrunr.io/en/documentation/configuration/carbon-aware/

#Java #Sustainability #GreenIT #CarbonAware

Spring Boot 4.0.4 available now Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.

On behalf of the team and everyone who has contributed, I'm happy to announce that Spring Boot 4.0.4 has been released and is now available from Maven Central.

spring.io/blog/2026/03...

I hope it's not 404ing.

#java #spring #springboot

final live blog post of the day. ask the java architects at #javaone www.selikoff.net/2026/03/19/j...

“Lombok is like cocaine. At first, it feels awesome, but after a while, you regret your choices.”

Heard that at JavaOne last year—and it came back to me today during the fireside chat..

Lombok solved real problems, now Java evolves (records, pattern matching), and those gaps are closing.
#JavaOne

Cay Horstmaan, legendary Java professor, author, lecturer Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk to the legendary Java author, professor, and Java Champion Cay Horstmann, whom you might know from classics such as "Core Java." * his web site - https://horstmann.com

only through the magic of a great show like JavaOne could I get to sit down with legendary Java author Cay Horstmann

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-w4k7i-1a7831e

Josh Long Trading Card

Phil Webb Trading Card

Headed to #Devnexus this week? So is the Spring team! 🍃

Beyond this lineup of sessions with your favorite speakers and topics, we will have limited-edition trading cards! Collect the full set by attending our talks.

See the full Spring & Tanzu schedule here: go-vmware.broadcom.com/vmware-tanzu...

Spring Messaging Legend: Soby Chacko Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk with the legendary Soby Chacko about Apache Kafka, Spring AI, and much more! #apachekafka #kafka

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we talk with the legendary Soby Chacko about Apache Kafka, Spring AI, and much more! #apachekafka #kafka

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rx2jy-1a6c3bf

Neo4j legend Jennifer Reif Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Jennifer Reif, developer advocate at Neo4J, about graph RAG, graph databases, GraphQL, Neo4J, Spring Data Neo4J, and more. #neo4j #graphRag #AI #artificialintelligence

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Jennifer Reif, developer advocate at Neo4J, about graph RAG, graph databases, GraphQL, Neo4J, Spring Data Neo4J, and more.

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cuapw-1a63034

John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason” Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! #ai #springboot #developers #artificailintelligence * [get the book](https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Reason-Aristotle-ChatGPT-Heroes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8TW8R) * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](https://start.spring.io)

An honor, as always, to talk to my friend and industry legend John Willis about his new book, "Rebels of Reason," the role of the developer in an AI-powered world, and so much more, in this week's episode of _A Bootiful Podcast_! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qxur7-1a58c3d

Helllloooo @starbuxman.joshlong.com ! Welcome to AJUG!

Two of my favorite people! Have a listen.

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.
🗓 March 26–27
👉 Register now: jb.gg/3vwzgv
#IntelliJIDEAConf

💥 Build, deploy & scale AI agents!

Join @jamesward.com & @starbuxman.joshlong.com at #Devnexus for a full-day, hands-on workshop using Spring AI, MCP, Java, & Amazon Bedrock.

devnexus.com/events/hands...

Learn RAG, chat memory, & multi-agent systems — all in one session.

🎟️ Tickets- devnexus.com

Glenn Renfro: Java and Spring community legend and my friend - on Devnexus and more Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the amazing Glenn Renfro about Spring Batch, Spring Integration, Spring AI, and much more — plus why you should definitely register to attend the amazing Devnexus event in Atlanta, GA!

In which I talk to the amazing Glenn Renfro about Spring - plus why you should register Devnexus! https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9xg5m-1a4ea5a

Thank you for having me AJUG, and for being a wonderful friend, teammate, and host @cppwfs.bsky.social

Josh Long will explore how Spring Boot and Kotlin come together to create a cleaner, more productive path to building JVM applications that move to production more quickly and safely.

kotlinconf.com#speakers

Bringing decades of experience from the Spring ecosystem to KotlinConf’26 is @starbuxman.joshlong.com, the first Spring Developer Advocate. 🧵⬇️