State of the Art of Java in 2026 • Ben Evans

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Ben Evans discusses the state of Java technology in 2026.

This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in March 2026. https://gotopia.tech Ben Evans - Senior Principal SW Engineer at Red Hat & Co-Author of "Optimizing Cloud Native Java" & many more Books Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/439 RESOURCES Ben https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst https://bsky.app/profile/ogkittylyst.bsky.social https://github.com/kittylyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylyst https://www.kittylyst.com Li...

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Evans

Topics covered

• Java
• Cloud Native
• Software Engineering
• Technology Trends
• Interviews

Keywords

• Java
• Cloud Native
• Software Development
• Technology
• Interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Hat

Books & works: Optimizing Cloud Native Java

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