Java Champion Ben Evans provides a data-driven analysis of Java's health in 2026, arguing against its perceived decline. He covers its robust ecosystem, the core tension between dynamism and integrity, its evolving role in AI, and a detailed roadmap including Project Valhalla and the Vector API.
Colin Griffin and William Rizzo discuss the future of platform engineering, emphasizing the need to move beyond one-size-fits-all frameworks. They explore how different industries like fintech, telco, and automotive require tailored platforms due to unique regulatory and business challenges. The conversation highlights the growing pressure to link platform investments to clear business outcomes and details the infrastructure reckoning caused by large-scale GPU investments for AI, which brings hardware and network orchestration to the forefront.
Docker educators Bret Fisher and Elton Stoneman discuss the second edition of Stoneman's book, "Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches". They explore why Docker fundamentals remain crucial in a Kubernetes-dominated world, the evolution of the container ecosystem over the past five years, and the key skills that differentiate a Docker expert from a beginner, such as multi-platform builds, security, and configuration management.
In this panel discussion, Holly Cummins, Abby Bangser, and Adrian Mouat explore the inherent conflict between security and developer experience. They argue that traditional security, often driven by fear and restrictive policies, can lead to 'Shadow IT' and greater insecurity. The solution proposed is a platform engineering approach, which centralizes security expertise to provide secure defaults, infrastructure guardrails, and a clear shared responsibility model, thus enabling development teams to deliver value quickly and safely without needing to become security experts themselves.
Authors Martin Štefanko and Jan Martiška discuss their book "Quarkus in Action," detailing the framework's powerful developer experience, the trade-offs between JVM and native compilation, and its cloud-native capabilities. They explore the book's structure, which guides readers through building a complex microservices application to showcase over 29 different extensions, from REST and gRPC to reactive messaging and cloud deployment.
Explore the shift from reactive to predictive DevSecOps with Akshay Mittal. This discussion covers how AI-Augmented DevSecOps and Agentic Workflows are creating self-healing systems, the critical role of Explainable AI (XAI), and a four-layer architecture for building scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions.