Nitin Avula is a Senior Principal Staff Engineer at the Social Security Administration (SSA) with over 20 years of experience building enterprise software at scale. A seasoned technical leader deeply rooted in the Java and Spring Boot ecosystems, Nitin specializes in navigating the tension between adopting cutting-edge features and maintaining legacy system stability.

Today, he's taking us into the trenches to explore the messy realities, architectural trade-offs, and interactive code challenges of adopting Java 26 in the real world.