All Things Java at VoxxedDays Amsterdam (#69)

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On April 3rd, the first VoxxedDays event in Amsterdam took place. VoxxedDays are tech events organized by local community groups, with support from the Devoxx team. Geertjan Wielenga brought along a camera and microphone and spoke with many of the attendees.

This is the first Foojay podcast ever to feature more than 20 guests! Geertjan asked the same two questions to many of conference visitors: “Tell us who you are and what excites you about the technology landscape?” and “What are two tips or insights you’d like to share?”
As you might expect, there's a lot of talk about AI and machine learning, but you’ll also hear about new Java features, profiling, open source, security, code reviews, and much more!
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Ko Turk: VoxxedDays organization
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ko-turk-b271b929/
01:34 Stephan Janssen: F ounder of Devoxx and VoxxedDays
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjanssen/
05:27 Lutske de Leeuw: Important new features in Java
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lutske/
06:25 Johannes Bechberger: Profiling and instrumentation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-bechberger/
07:03 Christian Tzolov: Spring AI and MCP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzolov/
09:01 Tom Cools: AI, machine learning, mathematical optimization, and all the opportunities in this field.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-cools-17547548/
11:30 Eric-Wubbo Lameijer: Automated code analysis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-wubbo-lameijer-64303013/
13:02 Abraham van de Vyver: GenAI, impact on job and opensource projects
https://www.linkedin.com/in/a5r/
15:01 Soham Dasgupta: Combining cloud native applications with AI, GenAI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dasguptasoham/
17:05 Josh Long: AI and its impact, MCP, role of junior developers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlong/
21:33 Susanne Pieterse: RAG and AI, vector search, VoxxedDays community reviewer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannepieterse/
23:22 Brian Vermeer: Security on using LLMs and what can possibly go wrong?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianvermeer/
24:47 Anton de Ruiter: Migrating the Dutch tax system to microservices and containers
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonderuiter/
25:32 Rafael de Lio: Redis, real-time databases
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaeldelio/
27:55 Jonathan Stronkhorst: Spring AI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-stronkhorst/
28:29 Jos Roseboom: Encapsulation with Spring Modulith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jos-roseboom-75508b11/
29:18 Soroosh Khodami: Software supply chain security
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sorooshkhodami/
30:33 Artem Makarov: Applied AI, real use cases after the hype
https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemy/
31:46 Kaya Weers: Learning thanks to the community
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayaweers/
35:27 Eddy Vos: Devoxx4Kids Foundation, volunteers learning children to code
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddyvos/
38:00 Paco van Beckhoven: Improving the code review and pull request process with errorprone and openrewrite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pacovanbeckhoven/
39:30 Hanno Embregts: Using AI and GenAI in a good way
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannotify/
41:14 Martijn van Iersel: Learning through gamification, internationalization of code, unicode
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijn-van-iersel-2314464/
43:54 Charl Fasching: Impact of AI on Dev and DevOps
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charl-fasching-77843288/
47:43 Joris Kuipers: Experimenting with AI to integrate in applications, learning at conferences
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkuipers/
48:48 Conclusion