Foojay Podcast #100: Java Podcasters on Why They Started, What Broke, and What They Learned (#100)

Episode 100 of the Foojay Podcast. No grand plan. It just happened.
To mark the milestone, Frank turned the microphone around and invited other podcasters: Adam Bien (airhacks.fm), Jennifer Reif (Breaktime Tech Talks), Kadi McKean and Steve Pool (10xInsights), and Oumaima Zerouali (JCast). Same questions for each: why did you start, what broke, and what did you learn?
Along the way: why a no-prep podcast works when you have 20 years of experience, the difference between writing a blog and recording a podcast, burnout from editing, AI tools that changed someone's voice into Batman, and why a Dutch Java podcast about the human side of development got its first episode from a calendar invite that became a recording.

Guests:
• Adam Bien — airhacks.fm (open.spotify.com/show/6nOTQLa2uZxeyGpMW8eppS)
• Jennifer Reif — Breaktime Tech Talks (open.spotify.com/show/30PqTBEJY7Tr9iHrSCbhMb)
• Kadi McKean and Steve Pool — 10xInsights (10xinsights.dev/podcasts.html)
• Oumaima Zerouali — JCast (jcast.dev)

Links:
• airhacks.fm on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6nOTQLa2uZxeyGpMW8eppS)
• Breaktime Tech Talks on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/30PqTBEJY7Tr9iHrSCbhMb)
• 10xInsights (10xinsights.dev/podcasts.html) | 10xInsights on Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/2YbZUWoqmpJJb5b15Pa9p8)
• JCast (jcast.dev)
• Foojay Podcast #67: Writing a book. Does it make you rich and famous? (foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-67)
• Foojay Podcast #71: 30 Years of Java with James Gosling (foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-71)
• Foojay Podcast #99: Testing the Untestable: LLM Security for Java Developers with Tiberius (foojay.io/today/foojay-podcast-99)
• Frank on JCast (webtechie.be/podcasts/2026/2026-05-04-jcast-co…)
• Other podcasts mentioned:
• Spring Documentary (youtube.com/watch?v=4qTwA6Y1-OI)

Content:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Adam Bien (airhacks.fm)
12:52 Jennifer Reif (Breaktime Tech Talks)
26:25 Kadi McKean and Steve Pool (10xInsights)
38:43 Quote by James Gosling
39:46 Oumaima Zerouali (JCast)
48:01 Conclusion

Hosted by Frank Delporte | foojay.io