John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason”

Hi Spring fans! In this installment I sit down with DevOps legend and industry analyst extraordinaire John Willis and talk about his new book _Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith_, and talk about the nature of the ecosystem, AI, the role of the developer in this exciting new world, and so much more! * [get the book]( * begin your [AI journey with Spring AI](

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John Willis, author of ”Rebels of Reason” is an episode from A Bootiful Podcast by Josh Long.

This episode is 48:30 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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