HeyJaredFoojay.io, the Friends Of OpenJDK!
The podcast of foojay.io, a central resource for the Java community’s daily information needs, a place for friends of OpenJDK, and a community platform for the Java ecosystem — bringing together and helping Java professionals everywhere.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Sep 12, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 11, 2026
Latest episodes
Java 27 in Practice: Smaller Heaps, Smarter Defaults, and Valhalla on the Horizon (#101) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Episode 101 of the Foojay Podcast. JDK 27 arrives on 15 September 2026 without finalising a single new piece of language syntax. It is still worth the upgrade: object headers shrink from 64 bits to 32, which the JEP measures at 22% less heap and 8% less CPU on SPECjbb2015, and G1 becomes the default garbage collector on every machine. Both changes live inside the JVM, so an application you compiled years ago picks them up with no code change at all. Simon Ritter , Deputy CTO at Azul and Java Cha
Foojay Podcast #100: Java Podcasters on Why They Started, What Broke, and What They Learned (#100) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
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 record
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.