In this episode we are joined by a unique guest: Ted Neward!
Ted is a big geek and has an incredible amount of experience with Java and other platforms and languages! Whether you're a seasoned professional or a junior developer, there's something to learn from Ted about software architecture, engineering, culture or just about anything else around the software development.
In this video we focus on Java and GraalVM, what's the current state of Java ecosystem, what are the challenges.mostly solved, what are the problems typical projects stumble on, potential ways to solve these and how modern technology can help on the way.
Here's a short bio to introduce Ted a little better:
Ted Neward currently labors on behalf of Quicken Loans as the Director of Technology Culture, leveraging his speaking, writing, and coding experience to bring a technology-focused and -sharpened mindset to the mortgage industry. During his more code-focused years, he specialized in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), programming languages of all forms, back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:00 - What is Ted doing nowadays?
6:30 - Technical architect vs. People architect problems
11:39 - Rise in dynamic languages
14:11 - Is there a decline in Java interest?
18:38 - Should runtimes be polyglot just like people are?
24:02 - Fractal programming by Ola Bini
31:34 - Key message of delivering successful software
32:25 - Favorite Java / OpenJDK project?
38:35 - Support custom bytecodes would be very cool
41:50 - Isolates in native image
43:45 - The future of exception handling?
48:25 - I don't care about language, I care about the platform
51:03 - Final words
