Price Reduction - Azure Spring Apps does more, costs less!

We believe in providing the most innovative cloud offerings at incredibly competitive prices. As we operate Azure Spring Apps, we continue to build efficiencies and economies of scale. We are passing those efficiencies to you. Many customers have asked us to lower the size of the base unit to mak...

A Bootiful Podcast: the good Dr. Venkat Subramaniam

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to the good Dr. Venkat Subramaniam @venkats about the art of writing software, his latest projects, and more...

A Bootiful Podcast: Observability guru Jonatan Ivanov on the future of observability in Spring Boot

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to Spring observability guru Jonatan Ivanov @jonatanivanov...

This Week in Spring - August 1st, 2022

Aloha, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Im still on vacation on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii, but I wanted to say hello "aloha!" and share this weeks latest roundup of all thats good and glorious in the wide and wonderful world of Springdom. Funny thing,...

A Bootiful Podcast: Kubernetes cofounder and vice president of R&D at VMware, Craig McLuckie

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! In this episode, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to Kubernetes cofounder, all-around nice person, and vice president of R&D at VMware, Craig McLuckie @cmcluck...

A Bootiful Podcast: the legendary Adib Saikali

Hi, Spring fans! I'm so thrilled to have been able to sit down and talk to my friend Adib Saikali!...

Spring AI Agentic Patterns (Part 3): Why Your AI Agent Forgets Tasks (And How to Fix It)

Have you ever asked an AI agent to perform a complex multi-step task, only to find it skipped a critical step halfway through? You're not alone. Research shows that LLMs struggle with "lost in the middle" failures—forgetting tasks buried in long contexts. When your agent juggles file edits, test...

Your First Spring AI 1.0 Application

Your First Spring AI 1.0 Application by Dr. Mark Pollack, Christian Tsolov, and Josh Long Hi, Spring fans! Spring AI is live on the Spring Initializr and everywhere fine bytes might be had. Ask your doctor if AI is right for you! It's an amazing time to be a Java and Spring developer. There's nev...

This Week in Spring - May 6th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! As I write this, I'm winging my way to lovely London, UK, for the amazing Devoxx UK event! I'll be looking at the wide and wonderful world of Springdom. Then, from there, it's off to Code Remix in Miami. I'll also be speaking at the Tampa JUG while I'm there, so look out! After...

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Part 2 - Important Changes and Updates

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Part 2 - Important Changes and Updates This blog post is a continuation of our previous article Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates, where we introduced the significant changes to artifact IDs, dependency management, and autoconfiguration ...

A Bootiful Podcast: AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to AWS Developer Advocate and industry legend James Ward about AWS Bedrock, Amazon Cohere, Spring AI, MCP, and so much more!...

This Week in Sprng - March 11th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's a busy week as always, fresh off the rush that was Devnexus and busily preparing for the fun that is JavaOne! It's going to be epic! want to learn about dependency injection, auto-configuration, Spring Framework, Spring...

Audio Multimodality: Expanding AI Interaction with Spring AI and OpenAI

This blog post is co-authored by our great contributor Thomas Vitale. OpenAI provides specialized models for speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion, recognized for their performance and cost-efficiency. Spring AI integrates these capabilities via Voice-to-Text and Text-to-Speech TTS. The ne...

This Week in Spring - November 12th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Spring Cloud 2024.0.0-RC1 aka Moorgate has been released In this installment of A Bootiful Podcast , I talk to Gradle developer advocate Baruch Sadogursky good news everybody! GraalVM will now support jcmd, which allows you t...

Leverage the Power of 45k, free, Hugging Face Models with Spring AI and Ollama

This blog post is co-authored by our great contributor Thomas Vitale. Ollama now supports all GGUF models from Hugging Face , allowing access to over 45,000 community-created models through Spring AI's Ollama integration, runnable locally. We'll explore using this new feature with Spring AI. The...

This Week in Spring - October 1st, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! it's the first of October! We're officially in the fourth quarter of 2024! Time's moving too quickly. Way too quickly. But as always, there's awesome stuff afoot, so let's dive right in! Spring Framework lead Juergen Hoeller looks at the road ahead, to Spring Framework 6.2 and...

A Bootiful Podcast: Flowable cofounder and my friend Joram Barrez on workflow, case management, AI, Spring, and so much more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I catch up with my friend Joram Barrez, cofounder of Flowable, an amazing and opensource workflow engine, on their latest and greatest, AI, Spring, and so much more. workflow bpmn apache2 springboot java...

A Bootiful Podcast: Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Vaadin developer advocacy legend Marcus Hellberg about the lates-and-greatest in the wide and wonderful world of Spring...

This Week in Spring - August 13th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's Tuesday and work is well underway to prepare for the huge SpringOne event in Las Vegas in just a few short week's time! I'm elated! So, let's get this roundup on the road so I can get back to the preparation frenzy...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Cloud Dataflow, Spring Cloud Task, and Spring Batch legend Glenn Renfro

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, I talk to Spring Cloud Dataflow, Spring Cloud Task, and Spring Batch legend Glenn Renfro...

A Bootiful Podcast: Digital Accessibility Architect, Java and Groovy legend, Scott Davis

Hi, Spring fans! In this episode I talk to Java ecosystem legend Scott Davis...

Spring Tips: Proxies

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we look at the use of JDK and CGLIB-based proxies in Spring, and demystify their application Java SpringBoot SpringFramework Architecture DesignPatterns oop...

Spring AI - Groq AI inference

Faster information processing not only inform—it transforms how we perceive and innovate. Spring AI, a powerful framework for integrating AI capabilities into Spring applications, now offers support for Groq - a blazingly fast AI inference engine with supports for Tool/Function calling. Because...

Spring Tips: Introducing Spring Modulith

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we look at the amazing Spring Modulith project. It's goal is to help you better structure your codebase for architectural scalability. It's an amazing and refreshing approach to building applications. Think of it like a chance to pair program on the architectu...

A Bootiful Podcast: Microsoft's Sandra Ahlgrimm on cloud, Java, AI, and more

Hi, Spring fans, from the amazing Spring IO conference in Barcelona, Spain! In this interview I talked to Microsoft's Sandra Ahlgrimm on all things cloud, Java, AI, and more. Also, a special and quick discussion with Spring IO founder Sergi Almar, who was last on the show in, I think, 2020!...

A Bootiful Podcast: Stuart Marks (aka ”Dr. Deprecator”) on Java, its amazing features, and more

Hi, Spring fans! Happy one-day-belated Java 22 release day to those who celebrate! To ring in the new release, we've got an extra special and incredible discussion with a Java legend - somebody who's been involved in the Java community and work for decades - Stuart Marks, or "Dr. Deprecator," as...

This Week in Spring - February 20th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How are you this fine 20th of February, 2024? I'm doing alright on this rainy 20th of Feburary here in San Francisco, and I hope you are too! We've got a ton of things to get into this week so let's dive right into it! Have y...

This Week in Spring - February 14th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! Friends, tomorrow is Valentine's day, and I love Spring. So, it's a very exciting thing indeed to be able to share this week's jam-packed roundup. Let's dive right into it! Spring Tools 4.21.1 is now available In the latest...

This Week in Spring - December 5th, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! today, Spring Cloud, based on Spring Boot 3.2, goes GA! Don't miss this! I love this blog by Spring Framework legend Sébastien Deleuze on CDS with Spring Framework 6.1 I really enjoyed this discussion with Spring Security...

A Bootiful Podcast: Azul Deputy CTO Simon Ritter

Hi, Spring fans! In this week's installment I talk to Azul Deputy CTO Simon Ritter @speakjava, recorded live at Devoxx Belgium 2023!...

This Week in Spring - September 12th, 2023

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! How are you this fine 12th of September? I'm doing alright, elated, even. I've just returned from beautiful Oslo, Norway, and I've got a busy 30 days or so ahead, starting today. I'm visiting Seattle, WA; Mexico City, Mexico;...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Security and Kubernetes legend Daniel Garnier-Moiroux

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment Josh Long talks to Spring contributor and adjunct professor at Mines Paris, Daniel Garnier-Moiroux @kehrlann, about the wild and wonderful intersection of all things Spring Security and Kubernetes, productized Spring Cloud Services, and more, recorded live at...

A Bootiful Podcast: UL Systems founder and chairman Shigeru Urushibara interviews.. me?

Hi, Spring fans! I just crossed 13 years on the Spring team! I just got to spend a lovely day in the presence of one of my heroes and friends, UL Systems founder and chairman, Shigeru Urushibara-san @ulsystems, here in Tokyo, Japan, and in this episode, we sort of flip the script. We had a brief...

A Bootiful Podcast: Java Champion Ken Kousen on Gradle, Java, Kotlin, Mockito, and more

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to Java Champion Ken Kousen @kenkousen, live from the Great International Developer Summit 2023 in beautiful Bangalore, India, about Gradle, the Kotlin DSL, Java, and so much more Check out Ken's awesome Youtube channel...

A Bootiful Podcast: Gradle Developer Advocate, Java Champion, and legend Trisha Gee

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Java Champion and legend Trisha Gee @trishagee rejoins the show to talk about Gradle, developer productivity, and so much more...

This Week in Spring - March 28th, 202

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I'm reporting to you from Los Angeles, where my family and I have gone for my daughter's spring break. We're going to survey some prospective colleges and we're going to Disneyland. Needless to say, I'm doubly glad to have al...

A Bootiful Podcast: opensource, Spring Cloud, and Kubernetes maestro Abel Salgado Romero

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to Abel Salgado Romero @abelsromero about open source, Kubernetes, and building Kubernetes controllers with Spring Boot and GraalVM native images...

A Bootiful Podcast: GraalVM advocate Alina Yurenko on a Bootiful Podcast

Liiiive from New York, it's a Bootiful Podcast! This week I @starbuxman talk to Developer Advocate for GraalVM at Oracle Labs, and legend, Alina Yurenko @alinayurenko...

A Bootiful Podcast: Dr. Amanda Martin, Gradle developer advocate

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks with Gradle developer advocate Dr. Amanda Martin @DrAmandaLMartin...

A Bootiful Podcast: Field CTO and Chief Evangelist at Gradle Justin Reock

Hi, Spring fans and happy holidays!! In this installment, Josh Long talks to Field CTO and Chief Evangelist at Gradle Justin Reock...

A Bootiful Podcast: Nate Schutta: The Thinking Person's Architect, My Friend, and Teammate

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, Josh Long @starbuxman talks to his friend, teammate, and architect extraordinaire, Nate Schutta @ntschutta...

Spring Tips: Brave, Bold, and Boring YugabyteDB

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we dare to be boring with YugabyteDB, a distributed database that just works. Its a database that feels like PostgreSQL but scales like Apache Cassandra...

Spring Office Hours Podcast: S5E15 - Upgrading Spring and OSS Security

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun tackle two challenges every Spring developer faces: keeping applications up to date and staying ahead of security vulnerabilities in open source dependencies. They explore how AI...

Spring Office Hours Podcast: S5E14 - Spec Driven Development with Simon Martinelli

Join Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter for the latest updates from the Spring Ecosystem. In this episode, Dan and DaShaun are joined by Java Champion, Vaadin Champion, and Oracle ACE Pro Simon Martinelli to talk about Spec-Driven Development. With AI reshaping how we write code, Simon makes the case th...

This Week in Spring - March 31st, 2026

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another fun edition of This Week in Spring! I'm writing to you from beautiful Amsterdam ahead of the wonderful Voxxed Days Amsterdam event, and I'm really looking forward to it. If you're there, please come say hello! Also, be aware that I'll be speaking at the Paris J...

Optimizations in Spring MVC

Spring Fruits Benchmark Abstract Benchmarks are tricky to do well, and the results are often hard to interpret. This analysis attempts to go beyond a simple headline number to explore how performance varies with data set size. The results show that while results might be disappointing for a given...

Anthropic Agent Skills Support in Spring AI

In this blog, we show how using Spring AI, we can integrate with Anthropic's Native Skills API for Cloud-Based Document Generation and Custom Skills. Spring AI adds support for Anthropic's Agent Skills — modular capabilities that let Claude generate actual files rather than text descriptions. Wit...

This Week in Spring - January 27th, 2026

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this, I cannot believe we're nearly at the end of the month! Time sure flies. Spring AI 2.0.0-M2 is available now Spring Modulith 2.1 M1, 2.0.2, and 1.4.7 released In last week's installment of A Bootiful Podcast ,...

This Week in Spring - January 20th, 2026

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's already the 20th of January and we are off on yet another rip roarin' adventure as we look at the week that has been... this week in Spring! even more good stuff from Spring AI team legend Christian Tsolov, this one on...

This Week in Spring – December 16th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! And what a week it’s been! We’ve got around nine shopping days ’til Christmas, and the New Year is almost here! Things are moving so quickly and the Spring community is no exception! Let's dive into this week's wonderful...