Happy Path Programming

Rod Johnson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonroda/], creator of the Spring Framework, has created a JVM-based AI Agent framework called Embabel [https://github.com/embabel/embabel-agent]. We dive in and learn how enterprises can build more reliable Agents using deterministic planning and domain-driven orchestration. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

We chat with Steve Manuel [https://x.com/nilslice] (of dylibso.com and mcp.run) about LLM "plugins" with Wasm & MCP (Model Context Protocol). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Justin Reock [https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinreock/] has spent a lot of his career thinking about how to help developers be more productive. In this episode we learn about the methodologies that can help developers spend more time in "flow state" - happily coding the fun stuff. Further reading: Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4 [https://getdx.com/research/measuring-developer-productivity-with-the-dx-core-4/] Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Lize Raes [https://x.com/LizeRaes] teaches us about AI models, LLMs, Tools, Agents, and MCP. Article from Anthropic on Agent architectures: Building effective agents [https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents] Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Join us at the 2025 Winter Tech Forum! www.wintertechforum.com [https://www.wintertechforum.com/] Projects Mentioned: * uv for Python [https://github.com/astral-sh/uv] * TypeScript Effect [https://effect.website/] * Pkl CloudFormation Extras [https://github.com/jamesward/cfn-pkl-extras] * Pkl GitHub Actions [https://github.com/jamesward/pklgha] Other Episodes Mentioned: * #81 TypeScript & Effects with Michael Arnaldi [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/happypathprogramming/episodes/81-TypeScript--Effects-with-Michael-Arnaldi-e26d91o] * #97 The Pkl Configuration Language with Philip Hölzenspies [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/happypathprogramming/episodes/97-The-Pkl-Configuration-Language-with-Philip-Hlzenspies-e2hntq1]