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Software Security for Developers • Laur Spilca & Thomas Vitale

April 14, 2026 · 30 min

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.
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Laurenţiu Spilcă - Java Champion, Java Community Lead at Endava & Author of "Software Security for Developers" & more books
Thomas Vitale - Senior Software Architect at Systematic & Author of "Cloud Native Spring in Action"

RESOURCES
Laur
https://bsky.app/profile/laurspilca.bsky.social
https://x.com/laurspilca
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenţiu-spilcă-01a931107
https://laurspilca.com

Thomas
https://bsky.app/profile/thomasvitale.com
https://mastodon.online/@thomasvitale
https://twitter.com/vitalethomas
https://linkedin.com/in/vitalethomas
https://github.com/ThomasVitale
https://www.thomasvitale.com

Links
https://www.manning.com/books/software-security-for-developers
https://adibsaikali.wordpress.com

DESCRIPTION
Thomas Vitale sits down with Java Champion and author Laurentiu Spilca to discuss his co-authored book "Software Security for Developers". The conversation explores why security is so often avoided by developers, the widespread confusion between foundational concepts like encoding, hashing, and encryption, the dangers of reinventing established security standards, the growing risks of AI-generated code written without security awareness, and why understanding topics like PKI and certificates is more important than ever in modern software development.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Adib Saikali & Laurentiu Spilca • Software Security for Developers • https://amzn.to/4aPhqu0
Laurentiu Spilca • Spring, Start Here • https://amzn.to/3L6Sv6c
Laurentiu Spilca • Spring Security in Action • https://amzn.to/3LqEkZW
Laurentiu Spilca • Troubleshooting Java • https://amzn.to/4u5vkj0
Thomas Vitale • Cloud Native Spring in Action • https://amzn.to/3kLu1ns

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