Spring Office Hours: Episode 42 - Virtual Threads

In this episode of the Spring Office Hours podcast, hosts DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega explore the latest Spring releases and preview upcoming events like SpringOne and KCDC. They discuss the exciting developments in Spring Shell, Spring CLI, and Spring Cloud, highlighting the benefits of commercial support and the significance of staying updated with release notes. The conversation also tackles Project Loom's virtual threads, showcasing their lightweight design and how they enhance scalability for blocking operations in Spring MVC applications, while still recognizing the importance of reactive programming. The episode wraps up with listener questions, covering topics such as Open Policy Agent, error handling in Spring Reactor, and the future of native image building.