From Java EE to Quarkus and LLMs: Adam Bien’s Playbook for Boring, Future‑Proof Systems @infoq
From Java EE to Quarkus and LLMs: Adam Bien’s Playbook for Boring, Future‑Proof Systems  @infoq
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Adam Bien, an independent consultant and pioneer of zero dependencies in the enterprise world of Java, highlights the benefits of consistently using standards, regardless of whether they involve Java or existing patterns. He argues that by doing so, he managed to future-proof the systems he built, preparing them for the cloud era and even for the AI-Native era.

Read a transcript of this interview: bit.ly/4cFAn3g


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