airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien

Feb 02 2025 330 ep. 68 mins 559
airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien artwork

Java, Serverless, Clouds, Architecture and Web conversations with Adam Bien

  Technology
RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


Postgres Performance Optimization: Connection Pooling, JDBC, and Distributed Databases

Feb 02 2025 69 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Alvaro Hernandez (@ahachete) about: discussion on Postgres JDBC driver contributions, SCRAM authentication library implementation, importance of connection pooling for Postgres performance, tuning Postgres configuration, PgBouncer as a popular connection pooler, challenges with lambda and database connections, benefits of using connection poolers a

Natural Born Breaker

Jan 26 2025 82 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Francesco Nigro (@forked_franz) about: starting with a used Commodore 64 without display, breakdancing as a hobby and its influence on his learning approach, studying computer science at university with a focus on AI and compilers, pursuing a PhD in reinforcement learning, transitioning to IoT and embedded system work, discovering high-performance

Just Another CDI Committer

Jan 19 2025 62 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Ladislav Thon (@ladicek) about: CDI history and evolution, transition from XML-based configuration to annotation-based dependency injection, introduction of CDI lite in version 4.0, differences between portable extensions and build-compatible extensions, Arc as Quarkus CDI implementation, challenges in implementing CDI at build time, new features i

Prepared Statements, Connection Pooling, Sharding, Partitioning and Serverless Workloads with Oracle Database

Jan 12 2025 72 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Gerald Venzl (@GeraldVenzl) about: discussion on prepared statements and their benefits in Oracle databases, explanation of hard parsing vs soft parsing in database queries, overview of connection pooling and its importance in database performance, introduction to Oracle's Database Resident Connection Pool (DRCP), exploration of Oracle's support fo

From Enterprise Java to Cloud-Native PostgreSQL

Jan 06 2025 63 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Alvaro Hernandez (@ahachete) about: first computer experiences with Amstrad CPC 464, early programming with Basic, university studies in Telecommunication Engineering, transition from PHP to Java development, creating an ERP system, attending JavaOne conferences, failed startup attempt with a mobile phone bill analysis app, specialization in Postgr

From Didaktik Gama to Quarkus

Dec 21 2024 45 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Ladislav Thon (@ladicek) about: Didaktik Gama to Red Hat, early programming experiences with Basic and Karel, learning Pascal and C in school, working with Java in university and early career, joining Red Hat as a quality engineer for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, testing clustering and load balancing with SmartFrog, transitioning to WildF

Espresso: Java on GraalVM

Dec 15 2024 63 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Alfonso Peterssen (@TheMukel) about: updates on Lama 3 Java project and performance improvements, GraalVM Vector API support and performance enhancements, Espresso's ability to run Java code within GraalVM, implementation of Continuations and serializable continuations in Espresso, development of a debugger for native image using Espresso, potentia

From Enterprise Java over Scala to Drools

Dec 08 2024 55 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Mario Fusco (@mariofusco) about: early programming on ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, father's computer shop in South Italy, work experiences with Olivetti and IBM, the Olivetti M10 laptop, introduction to Java and aspect-oriented programming, project on advertisement optimization for Berlusconi's company, experience with Scala and presenting at Scal

From .mobi Over GraphQL to Quarkus Dev UI

Nov 30 2024 59 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Phillip Krueger (@phillipkruger) about: early programming experiences with Visual Basic and Java, transition from actuarial science to computer science, first job at a bank working with Java Swing and RMI over CORBA, experience with J2EE and XML technologies, working with XML and XSLT, development of open-source Swing components, work on dotMobi si

ChatGPT for Java Development: Insights and Best Practices

Nov 24 2024 50 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Bruce Hopkins about: discussion on using ChatGPT for Java development, challenges and benefits of AI-assisted coding, importance of understanding and reviewing AI-generated code, bootstrapping approach in Bruce's book, using ChatGPT as a pair programmer, limitations of AI in making architectural decisions, potential pitfalls of relying too heavily