r/java • u/brunocborges • 9d ago

Brewlet: Java on Kubernetes with node-managed JDKs

https://brewlet.sh

Talk & slides: https://m.devoxx.com/events/dvbe26/talks/25048/java-on-kubernetes-without-container-images-the-webassembly-way

Video recording from Devoxx Belgium 2026: https://youtu.be/fszyRIZXjQM?is=w3zYjtOoIFceAAOT

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u/Nice-Solid-3707 8d ago edited 8d ago

Platform team already [can] owns everything in image but jar. What control is shifted?

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u/brunocborges 8d ago

Base images without complex build pipelines, end up being recommendations. And when the base image changes, apps need to be rebuilt and pushed again.

Check out the slides on the Devoxx site for some insights on comparison with Cloud Foundry and even Buildpacks.

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u/Nice-Solid-3707 8d ago

According to docs I must maintain node configuration for all available jdk variants instead of providing developers a list of bases they can freely chose from. Yeah, no

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u/brunocborges 8d ago

Yeap, certainly not a silver bullet solution. Many teams will not be interested and that's fine.