An airhacks.fm conversation with Ladislav Thon (@ladicek) about:

Didaktik Gama to Red Hat,

early programming experiences with Basic and Karel,

learning Pascal and C in school,

working with Java in university and early career,

joining Red Hat as a quality engineer for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform,

testing clustering and load balancing with SmartFrog,

transitioning to WildFly Swarm / Thorntail development,

becoming Thorntail project lead,

moving to quarkus development,

involvement in CDI specification improvements,

discussion about portable extensions in CDI,

interest in science fiction literature,

mention of favorite authors and books including Neal Stephenson's Anathem and The Expanse series