This Week in Spring finds the author in Frankfurt, headed to Javazone 2025 with James Ward to present on AI and Spring. The author is still catching up after SpringOne 2025. Last week's podcast featured JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser. Rod Johnson's video series comparing AI agent development using Spring AI and Embabel is recommended. A look at the MCP protocol by Siva is highlighted. The article explores the best embedded web server for Spring Boot. A mechanism for loading configuration using Dotenvx is showcased. Essential utility classes are discussed. Loiane Groner provides insights into Spring Boot 4 and Spring Framework 6. A Spring Boot tutorial has been updated. Andrew Fawcett's Spring I/O 2025 talk on 12-factor applications with Spring Boot is mentioned. The author is currently watching a video on streaming millions of responses.