2015-02-19
Flyway Java EE Hangout and Voxxed Interview
I've been quite active lately both doing conference talks and teaching my Architecting for Continuous Delivery and Zero Downtime course.
In the midst of all this, I also had the pleasure to take time out to give some interviews. These are the two latest ones.
Flyway Java EE Hangout
Yesterday Arun Gupta, of Java EE fame, and myself hosted a joint Google Hangout about Database Migrations in Java EE using Flyway.
In this hangout you'll learn how Flyway simplifies database migrations and seamlessly integrates with your Java EE application.
Topics covered:
- Need for database migration tool in a Java EE application
- Seamless integration with Java EE application lifecycle
- SQL scripts and Java-based migrations
- Getting Started guides
- Comparison with Liquibase
- And much more!
Voxxed interview on the Mainstreaming of Continuous Deployment
Back at Devoxx in Antwerp, I sat down with Lucy Carey, from Voxxed, where we discussed the mainstreaming of Continuous Deployment and my work at Boxfuse.
Enjoy!
About Axel Fontaine
I'm an entrepreneur, public speaker and software development expert based in Munich.
I'm the creator of Sprinters. Sprinters lets you run your GitHub Actions jobs 10x cheaper on your own AWS account with secure, ephemeral, high-performance, low-cost runners within the privacy of your own VPC.
I also created CloudCaptain, previously known as Boxfuse. CloudCaptain is a cloud deployment platform enabling small and medium size companies to focus on development, while it takes care of infrastructure and operations.
Back in 2010, I bootstrapped Flyway, and grew it into the world's most popular database migration tool. Starting late 2017, I expanded the project beyond its open-source roots into a highly profitable business, acquiring many of the world's largest companies and public institutions as customers. After two years of exponential growth, I sold the company to Redgate in 2019.
In the past I also spoke regularly at many large international conferences including JavaOne, Devoxx, Jfokus, JavaZone, JAX and more about a wide range of topics including modular monoliths, immutable infrastructure and continuous delivery. As part of this I received the JavaOne RockStar speaker award. As a recognition for my contributions to overall Java industry, Oracle awarded me the Java Champion title.
You can find me on 𝕏 as @axelfontaine and email me at axel@axelfontaine.com