Overview

After a long hiatus, Kito, Josh, and Ian are back! They catch up and discuss the current state of software development given recent layoffs and #AI software development tools. They discuss #JakartaEE 11, #Java AI agents with #embabel, #Spring AI, #JetBrains #Junie, #ClaudeCode, and more. 

News 

• Duolingo – Won’t replace employees with AI 
• Bill Gates: AI won’t replace programmers for 100 years
• Gitpod is now Ona, moving beyond the IDE
• Atlassian AI Browser Acquisition
• Jakarta EE 12 Release Plan DRAFT

Java

• GitHub – embabel/embabel-agent: Agent framework for the JVM. Pronounced Em-BAY-bel /ɛmˈbeɪbəl/
  • Embabel: A New Agent Platform For the JVM | by Rod Johnson | Medium

Tools

• pinokio
• Graphite.dev – Stacked PRs FTW!
• webforJ
• ArchUnit

AI

• w.ai
• Spring AI
• Anthropic Claude Code – Agentic Coding Best Practices
• Kent Beck: TDD, development skills, and AI 
• JetBrains Junie
• DHH (RoR creator) on AI – The Productivity Paradox

Picks

• CodeRabbit
• Cosmo App for CodeSignal

Other Pubhouse Network podcasts

• OffHeap
• Java Pubhouse

Events

• Northern Virginia Software Symposium, Reston, VA, USA, September 19-20, 2025
• Dev2Next – Colorado Springs, CO, USA –  September 29 – October 2, 2025
• Devoxx – Antwerp, Belgium, October 6-10, 2025
• Pacific Northwest Software Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA, October 10-11, 2025
• APIConf –  Clearwater, FL, USA, December 1-3, 2025 
• DevOps Vision, Clearwater, FL, USA, December 1-3, 2025
• Tech Leader Summit – Clearwater, FL, USA, December 3-5, 2025
• ArchConf – Clearwater, FL, USA, December 8-11, 2025
• JakartaOne Livestream – Online, December 2, 2025