A bite-sized tech podcast for busy developers where we’ll briefly cover technical topics, new snippets, and more in short time blocks. Your host, Jennifer Reif, is an avid developer and problem-solver with special interest in data, learning, and all things technology.
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A bite-sized tech podcast for busy developers where we’ll briefly cover technical topics, new snippets, and more in short time blocks. Your host, Jennifer Reif, is an avid developer and problem-solver with special interest in data, learning, and all things technology.
In this episode:
Recap of NODES 2025 and standout sessions
How AI and music graphs are shaping new tech (featuring Luanne Misquitta’s talk)
Exploring RushDB: open source tools for graph data
Developer advocacy in the classroom: inspiring the next generation
Updates on Spring AI, Langchain4j, and upcoming workshops
Blog post on new Aura Fundamentals course
Solving tough graph problems with Cypher 25
Resources Mentioned:
NODES 2025 playlist (only keynotes at this time)
Luanne Misquitta’s Music Graph session
RushDB session by Artemiy Vereshchinskiy
Langchain4j read only db issue (solved!)
Neo4j Graph Academy Aura Fundamentals blog post
Solve Hard Problems with Cypher 25 blog post
Advent of Code (2025)
Thanks for listening!
Breaktime Tech Talks
A bite-sized tech podcast for busy developers where we’ll briefly cover technical topics, new snippets, and more in short time blocks. Your host, Jennifer Reif, is an avid developer and problem-solver with special interest in data, learning, and all things technology.
