The Stack Overflow Podcast
The Stack Overflow Podcast
For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, we host important conversations and fascinating guests that will help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code.
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May 31, 2024 • 28min
Can software startups that need $$$ avoid venture captial?
Author Benjamin Shestakofsky discusses the impact of venture capital on software startups, focusing on issues of inequality, rapid growth demands, and financial infrastructure. Topics include employee ownership, funding dynamics, and the potential impact of software developers unionizing.
May 28, 2024 • 22min
An open-source development paradigm
Explore the open-source paradigm of durable execution with Temporal, ensuring seamless execution migration upon failure. Learn about the upcoming Replay conference in Seattle and connect with Temporal's CTO. Dive into the challenges of supporting large-scale concurrency and transitioning to cloud services, and the evolution of durable execution in backend applications.
May 24, 2024 • 21min
Would you board a plane safety-tested by GenAI?
Exploring challenges in testing generative AI tech, with a focus on reliability and automation. Discussing AI impact on UI testing and future deployment challenges. Envisioning collaborative future with AI as co-pilots, emphasizing human intelligence.
May 21, 2024 • 33min
How to train your dream machine
The podcast discusses Galileo's platform for GenAI evaluation, a user winning a Lifeboat badge on Stack Overflow, and the importance of software developers participating in the annual survey. Topics also include language models, AI applications, monitoring model responses for user safety, and advancements in AI models and cost considerations.
May 17, 2024 • 32min
OverflowAI and the holy grail of search
This podcast discusses OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered add-on for Stack Overflow for Teams, including enhanced search, Visual Studio Code extension, and auto-answer app for Slack. They talk about the challenges and successes of integrating AI for search, efficiency with semantic tools, centralizing knowledge, and recognizing user contributions.
May 14, 2024 • 25min
Spreading the gospel of Python
Author Al Sweigert, known for programming books, discusses ASCII art project, Python's evolution in AI, limitations, programming books for beginners, and community involvement in PyCon US.
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May 10, 2024 • 29min
Between hyper-focus and burnout: Developing with ADHD
Guest Chris, a front-end dev teacher specializing in helping devs with ADHD, discusses using a 'second brain' for task management. They explore ADHD advantages in coding, adapting work structures, and utilizing Stack Overflow as a learning tool. Strategies for managing ADHD in work environments, including time blocking and optimizing tasks based on mood, are also shared.
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May 7, 2024 • 26min
Reshaping the future of API platforms
Meet Marco, CTO of a tech company, discussing challenges of managing software in multi-cloud infrastructures, evolution of API infrastructure with multi-cloud capabilities, impact of AI on infrastructure, and future of AI-enriched API platforms
May 3, 2024 • 23min
The reverse mullett model of software engineering
Exploring software engineering job market trends, transition from UI to back-end development, economic impact on recent layoffs, intersection of AI and software engineering, and rebuilding teams post-layoffs.
Apr 30, 2024 • 19min
Net neutrality is in; TikTok and noncompetes are out
US FTC bans almost all noncompete agreements in a tight vote, impacting tech industry. Finnish hacker targets psychiatric records for extortion. Biden signs TikTok 'ban' requiring ByteDance divest. Net neutrality makes a comeback, with implications discussed.
