airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien

Mar 09 2025 335 ep. 68 mins 562
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Java, Serverless, Clouds, Architecture and Web conversations with Adam Bien

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From OCCAM and CSP to Java

Mar 09 2025 69 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Kevlin Henney (@KevlinHenney) about: first computer was a Sinclair ZX81 with 1K of memory, programming in Basic and later Z80 assembly language, creating simulations like volcano explosions and n-body problems as a teenager, transitioning to the ZX Spectrum and other early home computers, studying physics at university but becoming more interested

Java Scalability Considerations

Mar 02 2025 68 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Francesco Nigro (@forked_franz) about: Netty committer and performance engineer at Red Hat, discussion of Netty's history, focus on low-level core components like buffers and allocators in Netty, relationship between Vert.x and Netty where Vert.x provides a more opinionated and user-friendly abstraction over Netty, explanation of reactive back pres

From Kona Coffee Beans to Java

Feb 23 2025 75 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Burr Sutter (@burrsutter) about: first computer: IBM PS/2 386SX funded by grandparents' Kona coffee sales, early passion for programming and problem-solving, self-taught C programming, database engine development as a student, transition from theater aspirations to computer science, work with Progress 4GL and Silverstream, shift to .net development

Pure Java Inception

Feb 16 2025 63 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Christian Humer (@grashalm_) about: early programming experiences with DOS text Adventures and Captain Comic, transition from graphics design to computer science, work on Java Server Pages (JSPs) and point-of-sale systems, development of Swing GUI for touchscreens, introduction to GraalVM and Truffle framework, ActionScript, Adobe Flash and Adobe F

From Swing to Blockchain

Feb 09 2025 61 mins  
An airhacks.fm conversation with Richard Bair (@RichardBair) about: early programming experiences with Basic and building computers, his first production app at 17 for his father's auto repair shop, starting computer science degree at 16 and completing it at 43, joining Sun Microsystems' Swing team, working on JavaFX from its inception as F3 through its evolution, becoming lead of

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