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Seriously Good Software
June 20, 2020
Seriously Good Software Marco Faella & Michael Carducci This week we're joined by Macro Faella - Computer Science professor at the University of Naples in Italy and Author of Seriously Good Software. ...
Java is not Dead
February 26, 2020
This week we're joined by Java Champion and JetBrains Developer Advocate Trisha Gee. Trisha helps us sort through the noise and confusion around some changes we've all seen in the Java ecosystem, she ...
Trisha Gee
Developer Advocate for JetBrains
Developing an Outward Mindset
February 12, 2020
This week we're joined by Paul Wilhelm Software Development Manager at MasterControl. We discuss leadership in Tech and how to develop an "outward mindset." This is Water The power of vulnerability Th ...
Paul Wilhelm
Tech Leader and Corporate Facilitator for The Arbinger Institute
Introducing Bazel
January 29, 2020
This week is a double-header. We're joined by Benjamin Muschko and Joshua Van Allen. We get both a front-end and back-end perspective of Bazel. Ben's Report on Bazel Getting Started with Bazel (requi ...
Benjamin Muschko
Independent Consultant at Automated Ascent LLC
The Art of Learning for Technology Professionals
January 15, 2020
Dr Heinz Kabutz is gifting a course to NFJS podcast listeners. Redeem this course here. This week I'm joined by Dr. Heinz Kabutz. Heinz is the author of The Java Specialists’ Newsletter, a publication ...
Heinz Kabutz
Publisher of The Java Specialists Newsletter
Developer Productivity - Tools & Metrics
January 1, 2020
Welcome to the 2020 season of the NFJS podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday! This week we're joined with Hans Docter discussing developer productivity. Hans Dockter is the founder and project l ...
Hans Dockter
Founder of Gradle and CEO of Gradle Inc.
WebAssembly and the Future of Software
November 13, 2019
WebAssembly is live, it's in your browser, and it's poised to completely transform how we build, run, and think about software. The promise of "write-once-deploy-anywhere" isn't now, but this fresh ta ...
Brian Sletten
Forward Leaning Software Engineer
Developer First Leadership
October 30, 2019
This week we're joined by Kate Wardin, founder of Developer First Leadership (https://www.developer-first.com/). She shares some insights on how to empower technical leaders and teams. Whatever your j ...
Kate Wardin
Senior Engineering Manager & Founder, Developer First
So you Want to be a Software Architect
October 16, 2019
This week we benefit from hard-won wisdom coming from decades of experience as a software architect. In this episode, Ken shares the vast skillset and the diverse roles that a successful software arch ...
Ken Sipe
Cloud Solution Architect
Exploring Smart-Home Skills & Conversational UI
October 2, 2019
Recorded LIVE at UberConfX. This week we're joined by Craig Walls, Spring expert extraordinaire but we'll be discussing one of his other passions - smart home skills and conversational UI. Don't miss ...
Craig Walls
Author of Spring in Action
Mini-Episode: The state of Java in 2019
September 18, 2019
This week we catch up with Chris Judd (@javajudd) to get his analysis of the state of Java in 2019 - the new release cadence, the new licensing model, and what to expect in the future. ...
Christopher Judd
CTO of Manifest Solutions
Communicating like an Architect
September 4, 2019
Recorded live @ UberConfX this week Nate Schutta shares his wisdom on the skills necessary to be a truly great software architect. ...
Nathaniel Schutta
Architect as a Service
The End of Agile, Leadership and Self Management
August 21, 2019
More insights and wisdom from Johanna Rothman. Don't miss this week's episode! https://leanpub.com/u/johannarothman ...
Johanna Rothman
Speaker, Consultant, Author for managing product development
The Future of the Web
August 7, 2019
This week I'm joined by Mike Hartington to talk about some of the new developments from the Ionic community. Ionic support for Vue and React, Stenciljs, Capacitor as well as his thoughts on PWAs and W ...
Mike Hartington
Ionic Developer Advocate
Tech Leadership Skills: OKRs
July 31, 2019
This week we're joined by Chris Hansen where he shares the what/why/how of OKRs (Objective/Key Result) as well as pitfalls to avoid from hard experience. OKRs are the goal setting framework popularize ...
Chris Hansen
Software Architect
Developer Productivity, Builds, and UberConf X
July 17, 2019
Recorded LIVE from UberConfX, This week I sit with Eric Wendelin and talk about how the team at Gradle is creating a better build process--even if you're not using Gradle for your builds. If you're a ...
Eric Wendelin
Cactus Dweller @ Gradle Inc.
Testing, Mobbing and a new Take on Documentation
June 26, 2019
This week we are joined once again by Llewellyn Falco (@LlewellynFalco) to discuss lessons he's learned an epiphany he recently had around documentation. ...
Llewellyn Falco
Independent Agile Coach
The Journey to 20,000 Microservices Deployments in a year
June 19, 2019
This week we are joined by Chris Maki to learn about his journey from monolith to 20,000 microservices deployment in a single year. Chris is the founder and Chief Architect of Rip City Software, a co ...
Chris Maki
Founder & Chief Architect of Rip City Software
What's New With Groovy & Grails
June 5, 2019
This week I caught up with Søren Glasius at Gr8Conf in Denmark to get an update on what's going on in the world of groovy/grails. Grails 4 RC2 details ...
Søren Glasius
Software Engineer, OCI Grails Team
Security, Identity, OAUTH and more
May 22, 2019
This week I'm joined by Matt Raible and we discuss identity, security, and some best practices all developers should know. ...
Matt Raible
Developer Advocate at Okta
Learning and Growing in Git
May 8, 2019
Lyndsey Padget is a NoFluff speaker, Git Consultant and all-around Bad-ass. This week she joins us to share her expertise and journey with Git. If you're like me, git is a tool we use but don't alway ...
Lyndsey Padget
Founder, Longplay Software
AR, VR, and Emerging Tech
April 17, 2019
After a single interaction with VR, Eldon Alameda immediately recognized that this technology would be a seismic shift in our industry. He dove in head first and has been hands-on with the latest AR a ...
Eldon Alameda
Software Developer and Author
Containers, Knative, and reducing Developer Stress
April 10, 2019
It seems like every time we solve one problem, it opens the door to a more complex problem. Tools like docker and Kubernetes have solved many problems, but at the cost of increased complexity and incr ...
Jonathan Johnson
Software Architect
Aurelia in Action with Sean Hunter
March 27, 2019
This week we're joined by Sean Hunter, author of Aurelia in Action. He gives us the history as well as the current state of the Aurelia framework. Aurelia is a JavaScript client framework for web, mo ...
Sean Hunter
Lead Developer at Onset Design
Exploring Kotlin with Ken Kousen
March 20, 2019
Kotlin is an exciting new language for the JVM from the folks at Jetbrains. Kotlin has been making waves for a couple years now in the Android space but, as a general purpose language, it is finding i ...
Kenneth Kousen
President, Kousen IT, Inc.
Raju Gandhi on Vuejs and Evaluating web frameworks
March 6, 2019
For better or worse, the industry has coalesced around the big three frameworks: Angular, React and Vue. Each framework has it's own strengths and weaknesses, and Vue has positioned itself nicely as a ...
Raju Gandhi
CTO Integrallis Software & Technophile
Debugging Technical Teams
February 27, 2019
This week I'm joined by Esther Derby and we discuss how tech teams get so toxic and dysfunctional and what we can do about it. Esther will be speaking at a few shows this year including the Northern V ...
Esther Derby
Co-author of "Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management"
Hands-on learning with KataCoda
February 20, 2019
This week I sit with Ben Hall and Jon Johnson to discuss an incredible tool for software engineers to learn, teach, and polish their craft - Katacoda. It is interactive, hands-on learning at it's fine ...
Jonathan Johnson
Software Architect
Ben Hall
Founder of Katacoda
Adopting the Open Source Model in the Enterprise
February 13, 2019
This week developer, architect, and open source contributor David Sietz and I sit and discuss how enterprises can adopt the open source model, the challenges, the benefits, and some of the culture cha ...
David Sietz
Architect, Open Source Contributor
Nanoservices? Miniservices? Macroservices?
February 6, 2019
This week I'm joined by Rod Cope of Rogue Wave Software. The topic is multi-grain services. How to evaluate the tradeoffs and to chose the architecture that's best for you, your team, and the busines ...
Rod Cope
CTO of Rogue Wave Software
Big Data and the Cloud
January 30, 2019
This week we look at the big shift happening in Big Data as it moves to the cloud. Dave Hendrickson shares his experience at Thomson Reuters moving to the cloud, how to evaluate cloud vendors, and wh ...
Dave Hendricksen
Senior Architect for Thomson Reuters, Author, and Mentor
Quality Metrics and Improving Architecture (REMASTERED)
January 23, 2019
This week I'm joined by Alexander Von Zietzewitz from Hello2Morrow whose stated mission is to empower software craftsmanship. We talk about how to measure code quality, and more importantly, how Sonar ...
Alexander von Zitzewitz
Founder and Managing Director, Hello2morrow
The Future of the IDE
January 16, 2019
The way we write software, our tools, and technologies have remained largely unchanged. This Week Tudor Girba demonstrates an entirely new set of tools that, in my opinion, will fundimentially change ...
Tudor Gîrba
CEO/software environmentalist at feenk.com
The Convergence of Web and Big Data Architecture
January 2, 2019
This week I'm joined once again by Steve Pousty (@theSteve0) and we're talking about the convergence of Big Data and Web architecture, how we're entering the golden age of distributed computing and wh ...
Steven Pousty
Steve is a developer evangelist for Red Hat's OpenShift
Lifelong Learning Redux
December 26, 2018
This week we celebrate the holidays and roll into 2019 with the legendary Venkat Subramanium (@Venkat_S). In this episode Venkat shares his philosophy towards work and his approach to lifelong learnin ...
Venkat Subramaniam
Founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
TradeOffConf - Software Architecture & Compromise
December 19, 2018
With the conclusion of ArchConf 2018 we've wrapped the 2018 tour. This week I sit with Neal Ford of ThoughtWorks. We talk about the trade-offs of software architecture, how to identify those, and the ...
Neal Ford
Application Architect at ThoughtWorks, Inc.
Analyzing Software Architectures
November 28, 2018
"Software Architecture is the stuff you can't google." There's no one answer. In this episode, I interview hands-on architect, speaker and trainer, Mark Richards. He shares some perspective on analy ...
Mark Richards
Independent Software Architect, Author of Software Architecture Fundamentals
An Inside Look at Tech Speaking
November 21, 2018
With the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching in the United States, we've decided to change gears on the NFJS podcast, pulling back the curtain on what it's like to be a traveling speaker. In this ep ...
Steven Pousty
Steve is a developer evangelist for Red Hat's OpenShift
Developer Automation and the Art of Yak Shaving
November 14, 2018
This week I get to sit with Jessica Kerr (aka jessitron) to discuss a topic developers love to hate – yak shaving. Jessica takes a different approach to Yak Shaving and sees it not as an inconvenienc ...
Jessica Kerr
Lead Engineer at Atomist
Don't Fear Kubernetes
November 7, 2018
This week I'm joined by Steve Pousty, author of Getting Started in OpenShift. In this episode he gives me some insight into what kubernetes is, why everyone is talking about it, and why we should g ...
Steven Pousty
Steve is a developer evangelist for Red Hat's OpenShift
Mob Programming with Llewellyn Falco
October 31, 2018
This week on the NFJS podcast I'm joined again by LLewellyn Falco where we discuss Mob Programming. Mob programming is a software development approach where the whole team works on the same thing, ...
Llewellyn Falco
Independent Agile Coach
The Future of Software Development
October 17, 2018
This week our host is joined in the studio with Rod Cope, speaker at the upcoming Tech Leader Summit, and we Discuss the future of software development. With supercomputers in our pockets, self-drivin ...
Rod Cope
CTO of Rogue Wave Software
Dealing with Legacy Code
September 26, 2018
We all have to deal with legacy code. As frustrating as legacy code can be, legacy code is important. Legacy code has users. Legacy code is in the wild delivering value making people's life's better. ...
Llewellyn Falco
Independent Agile Coach
Launching the Micro Future
September 12, 2018
This week I get to sit down with Jeff Brown of Object Computing and we talking about Micronaut, the latest framework designed for creating fast, lightweight microservices. Listen in and learn why thi ...
Jeff Brown
Grails Practice Lead - OCI Grails Team
Thinking Architectually
August 29, 2018
New software technology appears every year. Like clockwork, another language, library, pattern, or approach will arrive on the scene with plenty of hype and developer enthusiasm. As someone whose job ...
Nathaniel Schutta
Software Architect
Exploring Kafka
August 15, 2018
In this episode I'm joined by Tim Burglund who heads up developer relations at confluent. Tim brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in distributed systems, stream/realtime processing, and all th ...
Tim Berglund
Director of Developer Experience at Confluent
From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams
August 1, 2018
The NFJS podcast is back after the summer break. This week Michael Carducci is joined by Johanna Rothman talking about agile. How to do it right; especially when teams are distributed. ...
Johanna Rothman
Speaker, Consultant, Author for managing product development
Tales from the Jar Side
May 30, 2018
This week I gather around the microphone with Ken Kousen where he reflects on a life and career focused on the JVM. ...
Kenneth Kousen
President, Kousen IT, Inc.
Docker, Kubernetes and Containers
May 2, 2018
This week I sit with Jonathan Johnson and talk all things containers. What are the current trends, what are currently recommended tools and best practices. We also get a steak peek at Jon's full-day w ...
Jonathan Johnson
Software Architect
Thoughtworks: Build Your Own Tech Radar
March 7, 2018
At ArchConf 2017, leading engineers and software architects converged to teach, learn and discuss all the skills and elements necessary to be a great software architect in 2018. In addition to the in- ...
Evolutionary Architecture and Fitness Functions
January 24, 2018
This week we dive into evolutionary architecture. The software development ecosystem is constantly changing, with a constant stream of innovation in tools, frameworks and techniques. Over the ...
Neal Ford
Director / Software Architect / Meme Wrangler
Architecting for GDPR - Start Coding Now
January 10, 2018
GDPR is a regulation that requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens for transactions that occur within EU member states. And non-compliance could cost companies dearl ...
Jeremy Deane
Chief Architect at Foundation Medicine, Inc.
Changing the way we code w/ Tudor Girba
December 27, 2017
Tudor Girba gives us an update on how he and his team are changing the way we interact with code. ...
Tudor Gîrba
Software Environmentalist
NFJS Live: Emerging Tech
November 29, 2017
In this episode, we dive deep into the emerging trends with Brian Sletten, a forward-thinking software Engineer. Recording live in Chicago, IL. ...
Brian Sletten
Forward Leaning Software Engineer
NFJS LIVE - Deep Dive into Docker & Containers
November 17, 2017
This week on NoFluffJustStuff Live we dive deep into containers with the freshest face on the NFJS tour, Jonathan Johnson. ...
Jonathan Johnson
Software Architect
NFJS Live Halloween Special: Tech Horror Stories
October 31, 2017
From an unchecked rm -rf to almost starting World War III, we've experienced them. To celebrate the holiday Michael Carducci and NFJS attendees share their experiences. ...
NFJS Live: Security with Brian Sletten
October 6, 2017
In episode one of NoFluffJustStuff Live, we dive into where we need to shift our mindset as developers around security, best practices and resources worthy of review. ...
Brian Sletten
Forward Leaning Software Engineer
Podcast: A look back (and forward) with Daniel Hinojosa
May 30, 2017
In this episode, I explore a number of topics with Daniel Hinojosa. We talk about skills that should spread beyond developers, look back on our careers and talk about our techniques for making importa ...
Daniel Hinojosa
Independent Consultant/Developer
Remote Work and Thoughts on Travel
May 10, 2017
Many of the NFJS speakers are independent and frequently work remotely. This is a trend we're seeing more and more in our industry. Michael Carducci interviews speaker and independent consultant Danie ...
Daniel Hinojosa
Independent Consultant/Developer
Reflecting on Javascript and Developer Evolution
April 26, 2017
This week I have the opportunity to sit down with Nate Schutta. We had a fascinating conversation about the history and current state of Javascript along with it's evolution. We also dive into the ev ...
Nathaniel Schutta
Software Architect
Microservice REST API Design in 10 Steps – Part II
April 12, 2017
This week I sit with Rohit and we continue our discussion of his 10 step process for Microservice API design. ...
Rohit Bhardwaj
Principal Cloud Architect, Expert in cloud-native solutions
Microservice REST API Design in 10 Steps - Part I
March 27, 2017
The NFJS podcast is back for the 2017 Season! This week I sit with Rohit and discuss his 10 step process for Microservice API design. ...
Rohit Bhardwaj
Principal Cloud Architect, Expert in cloud-native solutions
Professional Git with Brent Laster
December 28, 2016
This week I sit down with Brent Laster, author of "Professional Git." ...
Brent Laster
Senior Manager, SAS
Software Environmentalism with Tudor Girba
December 14, 2016
At the 2016 ArchConf in Clearwater, FL, I sat down with Tudor Girba to discuss his ideas around Software Environmentalism. ...
Tudor Gîrba
Software Environmentalist
Leadership with Jake Harriman of Nuru International
November 30, 2016
The NFJS tour series has supported Nuru International for many years. This week I sit down with founder Jake Harriman and talk about his journey to start Nuru, what they're doing and discuss leadershi ...
Lifelong Learning with Venkat Subramaniam
November 16, 2016
This week we discuss Venkat's philosophy on learning and work. Don't miss this insightful episode! ...
Venkat Subramaniam
Founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
The Challenges facing Software Architects
November 2, 2016
This week I sit with Mark Richards, author of several popular books and Software Architecture as well as hit O'Reilly video series and we discuss the challenges facing our industry and how to be bette ...
Mark Richards
Independent Software Architect, Author of Software Architecture Fundamentals
What's new in Groovy, Grails & the G3 summit
October 19, 2016
This week I sit down with Ken Kousen (Kousen IT, Groovy Podcast) and Jeff Brown (OCI) and we talk about what's new in the world of Groovy, Grails as well as their plans for the upcoming (G3 Summit). ...
Kenneth Kousen
President, Kousen IT, Inc.
Debugging QA in the Agile World with John Borys
October 5, 2016
QA is a difficult area to integrate into an agile process. This week we discuss common pitfalls and their solutions. ...
John Borys
Agile Technical Coach at Accenture Digital Interactive
Reflections on Agile in 2016 - What's Wrong and How to Fix It
September 21, 2016
This week I sit with John Borys and we talk all things agile. We spend a great deal of time reflecting on where most teams and organizations go wrong in their implementations and how we can get better ...
John Borys
Agile Technical Coach at Accenture Digital Interactive
Diving into Angular2 with Daniel Zen
August 31, 2016
At AngularSummit West, I sat down with Daniel Zen of Zen Digital and talked about all things Angular2. Specifially what are some of the considerations for making the switch or beginning a new project ...
Daniel Zen
Chief Instruction Officer - zen.digital
Critical Thinking, Technology and Magic with Brian Sletten
July 27, 2016
Reflecting on UberConf 2016, we dive deep into technology thinking critically about all the implications-both good and bad-of our ever evolving world. A great (and somewhat longer) philosophical discu ...
Brian Sletten
Forward Leaning Software Engineer
Behind the tour with Jay Zimmerman
June 14, 2016
We sat down with Jay Zimmerman, creator of NoFluffJustStuff to talk about the philosophy behind the tour and what to expect this year. ...
Digging into functional programming with Venkat Subramaniam
May 10, 2016
We're joined this week by Venkat Subramaniam digging into functional programming, why it's exciting and how you can begin to see the benefits. ...
Venkat Subramaniam
Founder of Agile Developer, Inc.
Inside Security with Ksenia Dmitrieva
April 21, 2016
This week I was able to sit down with Ksenia and talk security. ...
Ksenia Dmitrieva
Web Security Consultant
Diving into the internals of the JVM with Doug Hawkins
March 30, 2016
At the tail end of the Rich Web Experience, I had a chance to sit down with Doug Hawkins and talk about his work optimizing the JVM in performance critical environments with Azul Systems. We discuss g ...
Douglas Hawkins
VM Engineer
Solving problems without reading code - With Tudor Girba
March 15, 2016
Tudor Girba joins us at ArchConf 2015 where he discusses the work he's doing to change the way we deal with code and why fundamentally, code is not text but data and can be queried as such. ...
Tudor Gîrba
Software Environmentalist
Checking out Aurelia with Peter Pavlovich
February 22, 2016
We're joined by Peter Pavlovich to discuss Aurelia, why Rob Eisenburg left Google to work on it and why it's definitely worth checking out! ...
Peter Pavlovich
CTO, Censinet
Scala & Functional Programming with Danial Hinojosa
February 8, 2016
Daniel Hinojosa talks Scala, the importance of being multi-lingual, and in the end shares his secret for learning new languages fast! ...
Daniel Hinojosa
Independent Consultant/Developer
Ionic 2, AngularJS 2 and the future of hybrid apps - Mike Hartington
January 25, 2016
Today we're joined by Mike Hartington, Ionic Developer advocate. We're discussing what's new in Ionic 2, Angular 2.0 along. Also, how to build you apps to ensure a smooth upgrade and even whether or n ...
Mike Hartington
Ionic Developer Advocate
Exploring Groovy, Grails3 and more with Ken Kousen
January 11, 2016
We're joined with Ken Kousen to discuss the current state of Groovy, Grails3 and why those technologies are well worth exploring.
The time for Groovy is now. It makes your life easier and quicker. Any ...
Kenneth Kousen
President, Kousen IT, Inc.
REST is Dead, Long Live the Web! - Peter Pavlovich
December 28, 2015
Is REST really dead? What are the alternatives and how could they be so superior?
We're joined this week by Peter Pavlovich, Principal Architect at Emerging Technologies & Innovations where we discus ...