
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers
Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. SE Radio covers all topics software engineering. Episodes are either tutorials on a specific topic, or an interview with a well-known character from the software engineering world. All SE Radio episodes are original content — we do not record conferences or talks given in other venues. Each episode comprises two speakers to ensure a lively listening experience. SE Radio is brought to you by the IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine.
Latest episodes

Jan 24, 2020 • 1h 5min
Episode 396: Barry OReilly on Antifragile Architecture
Barry OReilly of Black Tulip Technology discusses Antifragile Architecture, an approach for designing systems that actually improve in the face of complexity and disorder.

Jan 10, 2020 • 1h 5min
Episode 395: Katharine Jarmul on Security and Privacy in Machine Learning
Katharine Jarmul of DropoutLabs discusses security and privacy concerns as they relate to Machine Learning. Host Justin Beyer spoke with Jarmul about attack types and privacy-protected ML techniques.

Jan 3, 2020 • 52min
Episode 394: Chris McCord on Phoenix LiveView
Chris McCord, author of the Phoenix Framework and Programming Phoenix 1.4, discusses Phoenix's LiveView functionality to showcase the power or real-time applications without the need for writing a single line of JavaScript.

Dec 18, 2019 • 59min
Episode 393: Jay Kreps on Enterprise Integration Architecture with a Kafka Event Log
Jay Kreps, CEO of Confluent, talks with Robert Blumen about how an enterprise integration architecture organized around a Kafka event log simplifies integration and enables rich forms of data sharing. #podcast #seradio #ieeecs #ComputerSociety

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Dec 13, 2019 • 1h 2min
Episode 392: Stephen Wolfram on Mathematica
Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha discusses the wolfram language, the language behind both projects. Host Adam Gordon Bell spoke with Stephen Wolfram about computing, computational essays, building a language, notebook based...

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Dec 5, 2019 • 57min
Episode 391: Jeremy Howard on Deep Learning and fast.ai
Jeremy Howard from fast.ai explains deep learning from concept to implementation. Thanks to transfer learning, individuals and small organizations can get state-of-the-art results on machine learning problems using the open source fastai library...

Nov 26, 2019 • 40min
SE-Radio Episode 390: Sam Procter on Security in Software Design
Sam Procter of the SEI discusses architecture design languages, specifically Architecture Analysis and Design Language, and how we can leverage the formal modeling process to improve the security of our application design and improve applications overall.

Nov 18, 2019 • 1h 8min
Episode 389: Ryan Singer on Basecamp's Software Development Process
Ryan Singer on Basecamp’s “Shape Up” software development process. Basecamp has ditched the backlog and 2-week sprint in favor of solution “shaping” and strategic 6-week projects, using tools like scope mapping, checklists, and hill charts to understand and reduce risk.

Nov 12, 2019 • 50min
Episode 388: Bob Kepford on Decoupled Content Management Systems
Bob Kepford discusses Decoupled CMS. Many CMS practitioners are adopting a decoupled approach to improve scale, allow for more specialized roles, and to separate data collection from delivery. Host Jeff Doolittle spoke with Kepford about what makes a Decoupled CMS different.

Nov 7, 2019 • 1h 5min
Episode 387: Abhinav Asthana on Designing and Testing APIs
Abhinav Asthana, CEO of Postman, dives into the fascinating world of API design and testing. He highlights the crucial role of public APIs in modern software, discussing various types and when to implement them. Abhinav sheds light on effective design patterns, emphasizing the importance of API schemas and user-centric documentation. Tools like Swagger and Postman are explored for enhancing API development and collaboration. He shares best practices for error handling and maintaining documentation consistency, wrapping up with a nod to Stripe as a standout example.