An airhacks.fm conversation with Burr Sutter (@burrsutter) about:

first computer: IBM PS/2 386SX funded by grandparents' Kona coffee sales,

early passion for programming and problem-solving,

self-taught C programming,

database engine development as a student,

transition from theater aspirations to computer science,

work with Progress 4GL and Silverstream,

shift to .net development,

joining JBoss and Red Hat through acquisition,

Mark Fleury's impactful "free don't suck" presentation,

evolution of Java application servers and middleware technologies,

enterprise service bus and SOA,

impact of docker and kubernetes on the industry,

Red Hat's adaptation to cloud-native technologies,

development of quarkus,

current interest in language models and GenAI,

Java's longevity and adaptability,

Quarkus' fast startup time and compatibility with legacy Java EE applications,

work on Kubernetes and Quarkus,

the importance of Java's "write once, run anywhere" principle,

Java's performance compared to other languages