Foojay Podcast #100: Java Podcasters on Why They Started, What Broke, and What They Learned (#100)

Episode 100 of the Foojay Podcast. No grand plan. It just happened.

To mark the milestone, Frank turned the microphone around and invited other podcasters: Adam Bien (airhacks.fm), Jennifer Reif (Breaktime Tech Talks), Kadi McKean and Steve Pool (10xInsights), and Oumaima Zerouali (JCast). Same questions for each: why did you start, what broke, and what did you learn?

Along the way: why a no-prep podcast works when you have 20 years of experience, the difference between writing a blog and recording a podcast, burnout from editing, AI tools that changed someone's voice into Batman, and why a Dutch Java podcast about the human side of development got its first episode from a calendar invite that became a recording.

Guests:

• Adam Bien — airhacks.fm
• Jennifer Reif — Breaktime Tech Talks
• Kadi McKean and Steve Pool — 10xInsights
• Oumaima Zerouali — JCast

Links:

• airhacks.fm on Spotify
• Breaktime Tech Talks on Spotify
• 10xInsights | 10xInsights on Spotify
• JCast
• Foojay Podcast #67: Writing a book. Does it make you rich and famous?
• Foojay Podcast #71: 30 Years of Java with James Gosling
• Foojay Podcast #99: Testing the Untestable: LLM Security for Java Developers with Tiberius
• Frank on JCast
• Other podcasts mentioned:
• Spring Documentary

Content:

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Adam Bien (airhacks.fm)

12:52 Jennifer Reif (Breaktime Tech Talks)

26:25 Kadi McKean and Steve Pool (10xInsights)

38:43 Quote by James Gosling

39:46 Oumaima Zerouali (JCast)

48:01 Conclusion

Hosted by Frank Delporte | foojay.io