How Maven Changed Java Forever with Baruch Sadogursky | Ep. 25

About this episode

Viktor Gamov interviews Baruch Sadogursky about his career in developer advocacy and the impact of Maven on Java.

Viktor Gamov talks to Baruch Sudakurski (TuxCare) about his career in developer advocacy. Baruch's first job: fixing electric kettles. His challenge: figuring out how to map a non-relational database (MongoDB) into Spring Data’s SQL-oriented model. SEASON 2 Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed Music by Coastal Kites Artwork by Phil Vo 🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you list...

People in this episode

Hosts: Viktor Gamov, Tim Berglund, Adi Polak

Guest: Baruch Sadogursky

Topics covered

• Java
• Maven
• developer advocacy
• Spring Data
• MongoDB

Keywords

• developer tools
• non-relational database
• SQL-oriented model

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Maven, MongoDB, Spring Data

Books & works: SEASON 2

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