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!...

Securing Spring AI MCP servers with OAuth2

Spring AI offers support for Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short, which allows AI models to interact with and access external tools and resources in a structured way. With Spring AI, developers can create their own MCP Servers and expose capabilities to AI models in just a few lines of code...

This Week in Sprng - April 1st, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another exciting installment of This Week in Spring! It's April Fools day, so be wary of things you read on the internet, but it's also the 11th anniversary of Spring Boot 1.0, which was released this day in 2014! that's not an April Fools. Happy birthday! I'm in...

A Bootiful Podcast: My friend Anthony Dahanne on Buildpacks, Production, Docker images, and more

Salut fans de Spring! In this installment I'm joined by the legendary Anthony Dahanne. If you've enjoyed success in production using Spring's built-in spring-boot:build-image capability, you've got today's guest Anthony to thank for it!...

This Week in Spring - March 25th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! This week, I’m in Portland, OR, then I'm off to Austin, TX for the Arc of AI show, and then I'm off to Amsterdam for Voxxed Days Amsterdam! If you're around, be sure to say hi! There's a ton of cool stuff to look at, so witho...

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates

Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT introduces several important changes to artifact IDs, dependency management, and autoconfiguration. This blog post outlines these changes and provides guidance on how to update your projects. The most significa...

A Bootiful Podcast: Java Champion and legend Henri Tremblay

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Henri Tremblay, head of TS Imagine Canada, Java Champion, Montreal JUG leader, EasyMock lead dev and all around legend!...

Spring Security BCryptPasswordEncoder does not enforce maximum password length

BCryptPasswordEncoder.matchesCharSequence,String will incorrectly return true for passwords larger than 72 characters as long as the first 72 characters are the same...

Spring Security authorization bypass for method security annotations on parameterized types

Spring Security may not correctly locate method security annotations on parameterized types or methods. This may cause an authorization bypass. Your application may be affected by this if the following are true: In that case, the target method may be able to be invoked without proper authorizatio...

This Week in Spring – March 18th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! I just got back from the amazing JavaOne show held in Redwood Shores. It was a fun, uproarious event and a great chance to reconnect with tons of friends, old and new. I love this community! One of the central highlights of this show? Java 24 is here, finally! And, as usual, we'v...

A Bootiful Podcast: Jonatan Ivanov, observability legend on the Micrometer team

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to one of the Willy Wonka's of observability, the amazing Jonatan Ivanov! This episode was recorded at ConFoo 2025...

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...

Null Safety in Spring applications with JSpecify and NullAway

The initial introduction of the null safety support in Spring dates back to 2017 and the release of Spring Framework 5.0. In 2025, we are evolving that story to bring more added value for Spring developers, either in Java or Kotlin. But before having a deeper look to the changes we are working on...

A Bootiful Podcast: Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer at SAP

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Johannes Bechberger, Java engineer working on profilers and their underlying technology in the SapMachine team at SAP. His work today comprises many open-source contributions and his blog, where he regularly writes on in-depth profiling and debugging...

Spring gRPC 0.4.0 for great good!

NB : you can find the working code for this blog here There's a new release of the amazing—if experimental—Spring gRPC project: version 0.4.0. I won't get into the nitty-gritty of all that's new, but I just wanted to highlight how elated I am to use it and walk you through the step-by-step path t...

This Week in Sprng - March 4th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring , and Happy Devnexus 2025 to those who celebrate! That's right sports fans, I'm off to awesome Atlanta, Georgia later today for Devnexus, one of the world's largest annual gatherings of Java community and luminaries alike. I'l...

This Week in Spring - February 25th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and welcome to another rip-roarin' installment of This Week in Spring! Later today I'll board a plane for magnificent Montreal, Canada for the amazing Confoo conference! I'm super excited! Good news everybody! Spring Boot 3.5.0-M2 is now available! In last week's installment of t...

A Bootiful Podcast: BellSoft's Catherine Edelveis

Hi, Spring and JDK fans! In this week's episode I talk to BellSoft developer advocate Catherine Edelveis java springboot jre jdk graalvm CRaC...

This Week in Spring - February 18th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's the week of February 18th, 2025, and you know what that means? ConFoo and Devnexus are nearly here! Next week, I'll be traveling to amazing Montreal, Canada, to speak at the ConFoo show for an amazing community, poutine, and technology! Then, a few days later, it's off to...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Boot and Spring Initializr legend Moritz Halbritter

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to Spring Boot and Spring Initializr legend Moritz Halbritter...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Legend Glenn Renfro on Devnexus 2025, Cold brews, and More

Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment, I talk to Spring legend Glenn Renfro...

This Week in Spring - February 11th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's almost Valentine's day, and let me just say: I love the Spring community! It's such an exciting and interesting place to be. Thank you everyone for all that you do. I'm busy preparing for ConFoo, in Montreal, Canada, and for Devnexus, in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're around be...

A Bootiful Podcast: 'Just Use Postgres!' author Denis Magda

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment we talk to Java and distributed database ninja Denis Magda about his new book, "Just Use Postgres!", which looks at how to wield Postgres for a variety of use cases that an application developer should know...

This Week in Spring - February 4th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's February 4th, 2025, as I write this. We are ten days away from Valentine's day, and about a month away from Devnexus. Lots to look forward to, in both the short term and the long term! Let's dive right into this week's...

This Week in Spring - February 11th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! It's almost Valentine's day, and let me just say: I love the Spring community! It's such an exciting and interesting place to be. Thank you everyone for all that you do. I'm busy preparing for ConFoo, in Montreal, Canada, and for Devnexus, in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're around be...

A Bootiful Podcast: HTMX creator Carson Gross

Hi, Spring and HTML fans! Today I talk to hypermedia enjoyer Carson Gross, creator of the ever popular HTMX library which eschews a ton of the complexity associated with building client side applications...

This Week in Spring - January 28th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another rip-roarin' and exciting installment of This Week in Spring , wherein we look at the amazing week that was in the Spring community. And what a week it's been! In addition to tons of cool tooling and AI related stuff, this week saw the release of the first steps...

A Bootiful Podcast: Java Developer Advocate Billy Korando on JavaOne 2025, Java 24, and so much more

Hi, Spring fans! in this installment I talk to Java developer advocate Billy Korando about the latest and greatest in the amazing Java ecosystem! java JavaOne Oracle...

Building Effective Agents with Spring AI (Part 1)

In a recent research publication: Building effective agents, Anthropic shared valuable insights about building effective Large Language Model LLM agents. What makes this research particularly interesting is its emphasis on simplicity and composability over complex frameworks. Let's explore how...

This Week in Spring - January 21st, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another rip-roaring installment of This Week in Spring! It's time to dive into this week's wondrous roundup! Good news, everybody! Spring Cloud AWS 3.3.0 is available! A neat video on stored procedures in Spring A very interesting article on the flow diagrams for Sprin...

A Bootiful Podcast: Apache Causeway’s Dan Haywood

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the legendary Dan Haywood, contributor to the Apache Causeway project...

This Week in Spring - January 14th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and greetings from the island of St. Barths! Salut depuis l'île de Saint-Barthélemy! I'm on a bit of PTO and have been bouncing around from one beach to another with my family. I just landed on a winning combination for a beach: warm water, a restaurant/bar, and some for-pay seat...

A Bootiful Podcast: Dr. Dave Syer on the new and nifty Spring gRPC project

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment I talk to the good and the great Dr. Dave Syer about the experimental! new Spring gRPC project!...

This Week in Spring - January 7th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans, and happy new year! It's been another super seven days since we last spoke and, as always, there's a lot to cover so let's dive right into it! A long time in coming, but it's finally here! Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring the Spring AI hits just keep on...

Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring

The Spring team will be rolling out a simplified contribution process that replaces the requirement to sign a Contributor License Agreement CLA with a Developer Certificate of Origin DCO. The process will start this week with Spring Framework, Spring Security, & Spring Boot and then roll out to t...

A Bootiful Podcast: Dez Blanchfield, a tech legend for all ages

Hi, Spring fans! Happy happy = new Year2025! It's a new year and a new opportunity! In this episode I talk to my friend and legendary technologist Dez Blanchfield!...

This Year in Spring - December 31st, 2024

Hi Spring fans! Happy New Year! And welcome to another installment of This Year in Spring! The year that was... I write this edition from a desk overlooking the beautiful jungle of Martinique, a beautiful island nation in the French Caribbean. I’m sipping some rhum martinique , enjoying the...

A Bootiful Podcast: Intact's Luke Shannon

Hi, Spring fans! and happy holidays! in this installment I talk to Intact's Luke Shannon about their use of Spring, developer portals, and so much more...

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024

This Week in Spring - December 17th, 2024 Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of a Bootiful Podcast! It's the 17th of December, 2024! And you know what means? The end of the year is nearly upon us! I can't believe it. It's been a very long year indeed, but I'm happy to get on board a...

A Bootiful Podcast: the amazing K. Siva Prasad Reddy (SivaLabs)

Hi, Spring fans! In today's installment I talk to industry legend K. Siva Prasad Reddy @sivalabs. You've probably read one of his blogs. I know I have!...

A Bootiful Podcast: Intact's Luke Shannon

Hi, Spring fans! and happy holidays! in this installment I talk to Intact's Luke Shannon about their use of Spring, developer portals, and so much more...

Announcing Spring AI MCP: A Java SDK for the Model Context Protocol

We're excited to introduce Spring AI MCP, a robust Java SDK implementation of the Model Context Protocol MCP. This new addition to the Spring AI ecosystem brings standardized AI model integration capabilities to the Java platform. What is MCP? The Model Context Protocol MCP is an open protocol th...

This Week in Spring - December 10th, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! As I write this I am in the southern hemisphere it's summer down here!, in Brisbane, waiting to board a plane for Sydney. It's been a ton of fun! I did a video looking at the latest-and-greatest in Spring Framework 6.2 - chec...

Introducing Spring AI Amazon Bedrock Nova Integration via Converse API

The Amazon Bedrock Nova models represent a new generation of foundation models supporting a broad range of use cases, from text and image understanding to video-to-text analysis. With the Spring AI Bedrock Converse API integration, developers can seamlessly connect to these advanced Nova models a...

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...

A Bootiful Podcast: Spring Security lead Rob Winch on the amazing Spring Security 6.4 release

Hi, Spring fans! In this installment, we'll talk to the amazing Rob Winch, lead of Spring Security 6.4, about the jam-packed new release! spring springboot security java...

Extending Spring Data Repositories Just Got Easier

Since its inception, Spring Data Repositories have been designed for extension, whether you want to customize a single query method or provide a completely new base implementation. The 2024.1 release enhances your ability to extend a repository with custom functionality making it easier than ever...

This Week in Spring - December 3rd, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's the first week of December and I am in the amazing city of Perth, Australia. Perth, for those of you who don't know, is amazing. And well worth the journey. But it is quite the journey! 27 hours, door-to-door, from San...

A Bootiful Podcast: PostgreSQL contributor Dave Cramer

Hi, Spring fans! Happy Thanksgiving to my American listeners! and happy Thursday to the everyone! In today's episode I talk to PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL JDBC contributor Dave Cramer. postgresql jdbc sql java...

HTTP/3 support in Reactor 2024.0 Release Train

HTTP/3, the latest major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, had its specification finalized in June 2022. This version is designed to enhance performance, reliability, and security. Unlike its predecessors, HTTP/3 utilizes QUIC instead of TCP as its transport layer. QUIC is a UDP-based,...