John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason”

About this episode

Josh Long interviews John Willis about his book 'Rebels of Reason' and discusses AI and the developer's role in the evolving tech landscape.

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! #ai #springboot #developers #artificailintelligence * [get the book](https://www.amazon.com/Rebels-Reason-Aristotle-ChatGPT-Heroes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8TW8R) * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](https://start.spring.io)

People in this episode

Host: Josh Long

Guest: John Willis

Topics covered

• DevOps
• AI
• developer role
• technology ecosystem
• book discussion

Keywords

• DevOps
• AI
• developers
• Rebels of Reason
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spring AI, Amazon

Books & works: Rebels of Reason

More episodes of A Bootiful Podcast

• Spring Security lead Rob Winch answers some security questions for me · June 11, 2026 · 59 min
• Marit van Dijk · June 4, 2026 · 30 min
• Microsoft’s Martijn Verburg · May 28, 2026 · 19 min
• Hadi Hariri, Jetbrains legend · May 21, 2026 · 37 min
• the legendary Adib Saikali on AI, the power of the platform, and more · May 14, 2026 · 24 min
• Daniel Garnier-Moiroux on his new book ”Testing Spring Boot Applications” · May 7, 2026 · 24 min