Explore the evolution of Java serialization in this 51-minute conference talk presented by Viktor Klang and Brian Goetz at Devoxx Belgium 2024. Discover how changing application requirements and recent Java language enhancements can lead to a simpler, safer model for object externalization. Learn about a data-oriented approach to serialization that offers greater flexibility in state extraction, encoding, and reconstruction. Gain insights into programmatically reasoning about object structures and understand why it's time to reconsider traditional serialization methods in Java.