Hi Spring and AI fans! In this installment we talk to the legendary Craig Walls (you've read his books) about Spring AI and so much more.

Coffee + Software

Craig Walls, author of Spring in Action and Spring AI in Action, discusses his book covering Spring AI 1.0, the new features in Spring AI 2.0 (MCP annotations, agentic patterns, skills), and the distinction between building AI into applications versus using AI to build applications. The conversation covers MCP apps (embedding rich UI widgets inside AI chat flows), the skills vs MCP debate, agentic definitions, AI coding assistants and their limitations, and the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape including Claw Runner and open home voice devices.

Craig Walls, author of Spring AI in Action