A software engineer, Chris, shares his story of choosing engineering excellence over expediency while working at LinkedIn. The podcast delves into his challenges with remote work, company culture, and a critical incident. It explores the clash between innovation and project health, leading Chris to decide between compromising his beliefs or pursuing work aligned with his principles.

Predrag Gruevski, a software developer from the Rust community, and Chris Krycho, known for his work with TypeScript at LinkedIn, dive into the world of semantic versioning. They discuss the complexities and benefits of SemVer, highlighting the need for improved tooling. The conversation touches on common challenges and violations experienced in the Rust ecosystem and how consistent practices can enhance software development. They also consider alternative approaches to manage breaking changes and the importance of community collaboration in refining versioning strategies.

Predrag Gruevski and Chris Krycho discuss semantic versioning challenges and advantages, improving SemVer tooling, where it shines, Types and SemVer, exploring if there's a better way, and the complexities of opting out.