airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien

An airhacks.fm conversation with Alvaro Hernandez (@ahachete) about: discussion about LLMs generating Java code with BCE patterns and architectural rules, Java being 20-30% better for LLM code generation than python and typescript, embedding business knowledge in Java source code for LLM context, stackgres as a curated opinionated stack for running Postgres on kubernetes, Postgres requiring external tools for connection pooling and high availability and backup and monitoring, StackGres as a Helm package and Kubernetes operator, comparison with oxide hardware for on-premise cloud environments, experimenting with Incus for system containers and VMS, limitations of Ansible for infrastructure automation and code reuse, Kubernetes as an API-driven architecture abstracting compute and storage, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for declarative Postgres cluster management, StackGres supporting sharding with automated multi-cluster deployment, 13 lines of YAML to create 60-node sharded clusters, three interfaces for StackGres including CRDs and web console and REST API, operator written in Java with quarkus unlike typical Go-based operators, Google study showing Java faster than Go, GraalVM native compilation for 80MB container images versus 400-500MB JVM images, fabric8 Kubernetes client for API communication, reconciliation cycle running every 10 seconds to maintain desired state, pod local controller as Quarkus sidecar for local Postgres operations, dynamic extension installation without rebuilding container images, grpc bi-directional communication between control plane and control nodes, inverse connection pattern where nodes initiate connections to control plane, comparison with Jini and JavaSpaces leasing concepts from Sun Microsystems, quarter million lines of Java code in the operator mostly POJOs predating records, PostgreSQL configuration validation with 300+ parameters, automated tuning applied by default in StackGres, potential for LLM-driven optimization with clone clusters for testing, Framework Computer laptop automation with Ubuntu auto-install and Ansible and Nix, five to ten minute full system reinstall including BIOS updates Alvaro Hernandez on twitter: @ahachete

An airhacks.fm conversation with Ales Justin (@alesj) about: Slovenian Christmas traditions, career journey from Bitcoin to Strimzi to quarkus development, Quarkus gRPC implementation using Google's legacy gRPC versus native Vert.x-based gRPC server, plans to make Vert.x gRPC the default in Quarkus with Vert.x 5, gRPC transcoding and gRPC-web browser support coming with new Vert.x version, OpenTelemetry integration in Quarkus with Bruno Baptista leading the effort, LGTM container image from Grafana containing Loki Grafana Tempo and Mimir for observability testing, Quarkus observability dev services providing out-of-the-box Grafana dashboards, custom Grafana dashboard configuration support in Quarkus applications, evolution from MicroProfile Metrics to micrometer to OpenTelemetry as the preferred standard, Protocol Buffers (protobuf) version migration challenges from proto 3 to proto 4 breaking Pulsar integration, WebAssembly-based protoc compiler replacing platform-specific binaries reducing dependency size from 100MB to 2MB, gRPC service development in Quarkus using GRPCService annotation and generated classes, gRPC client injection using GRPCClient annotation similar to REST client pattern, sharing protobuf definitions between projects using Git submodules for source code sharing, gRPC bidirectional streaming support in Quarkus, OpenTelemetry spans attributes and events for business and technical observability, gRPC interceptors for server and client telemetry instrumentation, VictoriaMetrics as Prometheus-compatible alternative with push-based metrics, OpenTelemetry logging support in Quarkus, OpenBlend Slovenia Java conference history from Java Blend to Oracle partnership, conference details with 400-450 attendees at Slovenian Adriatic coast in late May Ales Justin on twitter: @alesj

An airhacks.fm conversation with Johan Haleby (@johanhaleby) about: first computer experience with Commodore C64 and typing Basic programs from instruction manuals, early gaming experiences and interest in understanding load commands, transition to Amiga 500 Plus for demo scene scripting and composition, moving to PC era with 486 SX25 and four megabytes of RAM, learning Turbo Pascal and creating 2D Super Mario-inspired games, experimenting with inline assembler in Pascal and reading "The Art of Assembly Programming", reverse engineering games using Win32 disassembler to bypass license checks, studying computer science at Blekinge and Lund University in Sweden, first job at JayWay consultancy firm working on IKEA project in 2005, early adoption of Spring framework and automated testing practices, comparison of old-style EJB with heavy XML configuration versus Spring's lightweight approach, the evolution from XML-based configuration to annotation-based Java EE 5 and 6, creating PowerMock with colleague Jan Kronqvist to mock static methods and final classes, using asm and JavaAssist for bytecode manipulation instead of AspectJ, implementing custom class loaders where each JUnit method executed in different class loader, deep clone module for cloning object graphs between class loaders, tight coupling challenges between PowerMock and Mockito/EasyMock/JUnit versions, transition from EasyMock's record-replay pattern to Mockito's when-then approach, modern preference for avoiding mocks and testing against real cloud environments, optimizing for fast CI/CD pipelines rather than local simulation, structuring code to separate infrastructure concerns from pure business logic, using Java Records as pure data carriers versus adding behavior to records, Clojure-inspired philosophy of decoupling state from behavior and identity, Rich Hickey's "Simple Made Easy" talk and definitions of simple versus easy, multi-methods in functional languages as alternative to polymorphism, domain modeling example with network devices and fiber channel connections, benefits of object-oriented polymorphism for transparent persistence and simple code, avoiding religious adherence to patterns in favor of pragmatic solutions, Maven's stability and opinionated approach versus Gradle's flexibility, reducing external dependencies and Maven plugins in favor of CI/CD automation, the NPM ecosystem's over-modularization compared to Java's more reasonable approach, decline of OSGi hype and return to simpler monolithic architectures, Johan's current work on Occurrent Event Sourcing library and cloud events Johan Haleby on twitter: @johanhaleby

An airhacks.fm conversation with Ales Justin (@alesj) about: Early computing experiences with spectrum 48ZX and game development in Yugoslavia, progression from Basic to Pascal to C/C++ and eventually Java, mathematics education and its application to programming, working on energy consumption analysis applications for Slovenian companies, transitioning from a big IT company to a startup focusing on energy sector software, implementing Spring deployer for JBoss and contributing to open source, joining JBoss/Red Hat after impressing Bill Burke and Mark Fleury with Spring-JBoss integration, working on JBoss microcontainer with Adrian Brock and emphasis on precise testing, development of CapeDwarf as a JBoss implementation of Google App Engine APIs, collaboration with Google on TCK (Technology Compatibility Kit) development, solving concurrency bugs for a billion-dollar kitten app company using Cape Dwarf clustering, transition to cloud technologies with kubernetes and openshift integration, brief departure to work on cryptocurrency exchange using Spring Boot and Kafka, experiencing and solving Kafka / Strimzi issues on Google Cloud Platform, returning to Red Hat to work on Strimzi and eventually quarkus, focus on runtime systems and reactive programming with grpc and observability, importance of open source contribution and community engagement, evolution from monolithic application servers to cloud-native microservices architecture Ales Justin on twitter: @alesj

An airhacks.fm conversation with Stanislav Bashkyrtsev (@sbashkirtsev) about: scientific software for chemists and drug discovery, peaksel flagship software for analyzing mass spectrometer data, parsing binary instrument formats up to gigabytes in size, mass spectrometry measuring molecular weights using electric fields and detectors, daltons as mass units, isotope patterns for molecule identification, storing experimental data in PostgreSQL with potential big data challenges, S3 storage solutions, drug discovery process from hit identification to molecule modifications, molecular libraries and combinatorial chemistry, enumeration of molecular structures in computers, synthesis reactions mixing reactants with solvents and various conditions, liquid handlers and laboratory automation challenges, return on investment issues in early drug discovery automation, lab of the future concepts, Molbrett product combining excalidraw with chemical structure drawing capabilities, SMILES format for representing molecular structures as strings, graph-based molecular formats storing atom connections and bond types, 2D vs 3D molecular visualization preferences, Meve centralized event system for tracking molecular experiments across different software systems, ETL processes for data integration, Crystalline software for documenting protein crystallography experiments, protein structure determination using X-ray crystallography, Synchrotron facilities for high-energy X-ray generation, crystal growing conditions and documentation, fishing crystals with microscope and lasso wands, liquid nitrogen cooling for crystal preservation, Java backend, JavaScript frontend, minimal dependencies approach, six-person team structure, sponsorship business model for open source scientific software development, free updates for sponsors, subscription model for non-sponsors, checkout: https://elsci.io Stanislav Bashkyrtsev on twitter: @sbashkirtsev