From Java EE to Quarkus and LLMs: Adam Bien’s Playbook for Boring, Future‑Proof Systems

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Adam Bien discusses the importance of using standards to future-proof systems in the context of Java and emerging technologies.

Adam Bien, an independent consultant and pioneer of zero dependencies in the enterprise world of Java, highlights the benefits of consistently using standards, regardless of whether they involve Java or existing patterns. He argues that by doing so, he managed to future-proof the systems he built, preparing them for the cloud era and even for the AI-Native era. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4cFAn3g Newsletter: Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter InfoQ online certification cohorts: Online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Join a 5-week confidential peer group to validate your approach and apply practitioner frameworks to the technical challenges you face at work. Learn more: https://certification.qconferences.com/ Upcoming Events: QCon AI Boston 2026 (June 1-2, 2026) Learn how real teams are accelerating the entire software lifecycle with AI. https://boston.qcon.ai QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026) https://qconsf.com/ The InfoQ…

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Host: InfoQ

Guest: Adam Bien

Topics covered

• Java EE
• Quarkus
• AI-Native
• future-proof systems
• cloud era
• zero dependencies

Keywords

• Java EE
• Quarkus
• AI-Native
• future-proof
• cloud
• zero dependencies
• enterprise

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Organizations: InfoQ, Java, QCon

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