#80 is out! The gang is back with magician, software architect, and YouTuber @Michaelcarducci! They discuss #IBM buying #Confluent, the job market, #agent #skills, #JakartaEE 12, #omnihai, #openrouter, #gastown, #java 26, #kotlin 2.3, #Oracle Database 26a. Then they dive into Michael’s background as both a magician and a software engineer, his YouTube show #DevRandomTV, the complexity of YouTube’s algorithm, and his book, Mastering Software Architecture. https://www.pubhouse.net/podcast/stackd-80-checkmate-magic-man/

Happy to see Ivar cover Bauke’s #OmniHai at @confoo along with the #lLangChain4J #cdi extension. #java #jakartaee #ai

My colleague @balusc has released #OmniHai 1.0: a lightweight library for working with different #AI providers. Works well with #JakartaEE, #Microprofile, #Spring, or plain #Java when you need a simple utility library rather than a framework. https://balusc.omnifaces.org/2026/02/omnihai-10-released.html