Episodes 77
Avg. Duration 11m
Activity Moderate
Since Jun 2024
Latest Episode May 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
Consistency
61%
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About This Podcast

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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Ep77: Spring AI Memory Bug + LLMs, Skills, & Your Dev Career

May 15, 2026 11m Transcript

A packed week of travel, debugging, writing, and reading. I share what I learned and ran into this week as a developer. Highlights: 🗣️ Spoke at the JavaMUG (Java Metroplex User Group) meetup in…

Ep76: Batching in Native Cypher + Avoiding Injection Vulnerabilities

May 01, 2026 15m Transcript

A quieter week, but still full of forward motion — from clearing the Neo4j developer blog backlog and making progress on the upcoming Java book, to lining up upcoming speaking events. Plus, two…

Ep75: Versioning AI Models + Define Schema for Better Knowledge Graphs

Apr 24, 2026 12m Transcript

This week, I prepped for upcoming events, tweaked and strategized some existing processes, and found more data on how defining a schema can produce better knowledge graph…

Ep74: Building without a Blueprint + Scaling Graphs with Infinigraph

Apr 17, 2026 16m Transcript

In this episode, I reflect on career growth in tech after speaking with a group of students, along with a few technical topics I explored this week — from Cypher optimization to scaling graph…

Ep73: Cypher Query Tuning + Does Language Still Matter in the Age of AI?

Apr 10, 2026 11m

Back from a short holiday, I caught up on a few things this week — including the inevitable yak shaving. Highlights: 📖 Book Progress: wrapped up another chapter draft. I've been finding that blocking…

Ep72: Live Coding Fails and Fixes + Why LLMs Lose the Plot

Mar 27, 2026 11m Transcript

My recap of virtual presentations, live streams, and workshop support — sharing wins, lessons from a humbling live coding session, and a fascinating article on solving long-running LLM memory…

Ep71: GraphRAG Learnings + Langchain4j Apps for Production

Mar 20, 2026 14m Transcript

This week, I share hard-won lessons from building a GraphRAG application with Neo4j in Python, plus standout tips from Lize Raes's Devoxx Belgium talk on taking Langchain4j apps to…

Ep70: Devnexus Conference Recap + No-LLM Agentic Workflow

Mar 13, 2026 21m Transcript

Hear my recent experience at the Devnexus conference in Atlanta, where I delivered two sessions and connected with so many amazing people! Devnexus session 1: "Agents, Tools, and MCP, Oh My! Next…

Ep69: Growth through Challenge + Rise of Agentic AI

Feb 27, 2026 11m Transcript

Jennifer shares highlights from a week full of spontaneity and preparation. Highlights: The Bootiful Podcast (Coffee + Software) with Josh Long Impromptu livestream with Josh on building a Spring +…

Ep68: Career Highlights + OGM Alternatives

Feb 20, 2026 15m Transcript

In this episode, hear my reflections on eight years as a Developer Advocate at Neo4j - learning in public, teaching before feeling “ready”, and navigating the constant balance between deep technical…

Ep67: Conference Recap + Cypher Query Patterns

Feb 13, 2026 11m Transcript

Fresh back from Jfokus in Stockholm! This week, I'm sharing highlights from the conference and diving into advanced Cypher techniques that make graph databases shine. Highlights: Jfokus 2025 recap:…

Ep66: Neo4j Data Loading at Scale + Vector Search Filtering

Jan 30, 2026 14m Transcript

Hear about my hard-won lessons from loading a large-scale book dataset into Neo4j with Ollama embeddings, plus a preview of exciting new vector search features. Highlights: Data Loading Battle…

Ep65: RAG Filtering + Context Graphs with Neo4j

Jan 23, 2026 11m Transcript

This week has been a whirlwind. From starting a new RAG project to getting involved in other community events, there is so much to learn and do. This week had the following highlights: 🎤 Glasgow…

Ep64: Neo4j Vector Migration + Learning in the AI Era

Jan 09, 2026 10m Transcript

Welcome back to Breaktime Tech Talks for 2026! In this episode, dive into the technical challenges I faced with GenAI procedure migrations, and the workarounds needed for Ollama embeddings. Then,…

Ep63: MCP Integration Success + Advancing Semantic Search

Dec 19, 2025 10m Transcript

Welcome to Breaktime Tech Talks! In this episode, get my latest breakthroughs and insights with Quarkus and Langchain4j, a new vector data type in Neo4j, and details on other projects and events I'm…

Ep62: Quarkus Langchain4j Updates + Production-Ready Agents on JVM

Dec 12, 2025 9m Transcript

In this episode, hear my latest adventures in the world of Java development, focusing on integrating Langchain4j with Quarkus, tackling dependency management, and exploring the evolving landscape of…

Ep61: William Lyon on Knowledge Graphs + Agentic Memory

Dec 05, 2025 15m Transcript

For the first time ever, Jennifer welcomes a guest to the show! William Lyon gives us a deep dive into the evolving world of AI agents, knowledge graphs, and the concept of memory in artificial…

Ep60: Langchain4j & Neo4j Integration Breakthroughs + The Decade of Agents in AI

Nov 21, 2025 13m Transcript

Welcome to Breaktime Tech Talks! In this episode, dive into the latest updates and challenges in the world of developer tools, AI, and graph databases.  Episode Highlights: Overcoming technical…

Ep59: NODES 2025 Highlights + Solving Graph Problems with Cypher 25

Nov 07, 2025 11m Transcript

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…

Ep58: Hybrid Search Headaches + GraphRAG as MCP Server

Oct 17, 2025 10m Transcript

In this episode of Breaktime Tech Talks, dive into the real-world challenges and discoveries from my recent work with Langchain4j, Quarkus, and Neo4j. If you’re a developer navigating the evolving…

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