Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this podcast, Jaromir Hamala, a seasoned Java engineer specialising in high-throughput data systems, shares his thoughts on how developers can tackle high-performance software development. He touches on the benefits of modern Java that allow writing idiomatic Java code while remaining "mechanically sympathetic", and also on his experience debugging a Linux kernel bug.

Read a transcript of this interview: bit.ly/4mIDdrA

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