Jeffrey Ullman is a renowned computer scientist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to database systems, compilers, and algorithms. He co-authored influential texts like Principles of Database Systems and Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (often called the “Dragon Book”), which have shaped generations of computer science students. Jeffrey received the The post Turing Award Special: A Conversation with Jeffrey Ullman appeared f...
Mar 27, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Contextual memory in AI is a major challenge because current models struggle to retain and recall relevant information over time. While humans can build long-term semantic relationships, AI systems often rely on fixed context windows, leading to loss of important past interactions. Zep is a startup that’s developing a memory layer for AI agents using The post Knowledge Graphs as Agentic Memory with Daniel Chalef appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 25, 2025•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Remix is a full-stack, open-source web framework that was developed by the creators of the popular React Router library. It focuses on features such as server-side rendering and efficient data loading, and it emphasizes developer experience. Ryan Florence is a co-creator of React Remix and in this episode he speaks with Josh Goldberg about the The post React Remix with Ryan Florence appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 20, 2025•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jack Dongarra is an American computer scientist who is celebrated for his pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and high-performance computing. He developed essential software libraries like LINPACK and LAPACK, which are widely used for solving linear algebra problems on advanced computing systems. Dongarra is also a co-creator of the TOP500 list, which ranks the world’s The post Turing Award Special: A Conversation with Jack Dongarra appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 18, 2025•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rigetti Computing is an American company specializing in quantum computing, founded in 2013. The company develops quantum processors and hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, and aims to make quantum computing more accessible for research and commercial applications. David Rivas is the CTO at Rigetti Computing. He joins the podcast with Kevin Ball to talk about the The post Quantum Computing at Rigetti with David Rivas appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 13, 2025•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain platform that was created by Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Wood in 2015. It uses a cryptocurrency called Ether as its native token to power transactions and operations on the Ethereum network. Ethereum’s proponents envision a future where the network forms the foundation for a second platform layer, called L2, where The post The State of the Ethereum Blockchain with Andrew Koller appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 11, 2025•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast APIs are a fundamental part of modern software systems and enable communication between services, applications, and third-party integrations. However, their openness and accessibility also make them a prime target for security threats, and this makes APIs a growing focus on software teams. StackHawk is a company that scans and monitors source code to obtain the The post StackHawk and Shift-Left API Security with Scott Gerlach appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Mar 06, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast NVIDIA RAPIDS is an open-source suite of GPU-accelerated data science and AI libraries. It leverages CUDA and significantly enhances the performance of core Python frameworks including Polars, pandas, scikit-learn and NetworkX. Chris Deotte is a Senior Data Scientist at NVIDIA and Jean-Francois Puget is the Director and a Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA. Chris and Jean-Francois The post NVIDIA RAPIDS and Open Source ML Acceleration with Chris Deotte and Jean-Francois Puget appeared first on Sof...
Mar 04, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Browser security aims to protect users from cyber threats encountered online, such as phishing, malicious extensions, and malware. It’s a complex, multifaceted challenge that’s increasingly important as cloud-based tools, SaaS platforms, and collaborative applications become the backbone of modern workflows. Jeswin Mathai is the Chief Architect at SquareX which is a cybersecurity company focused on The post Browser Security with Jeswin Mathai appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 27, 2025•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast A distributed system is a network of independent services that work together to achieve a common goal. Unlike a monolithic system, a distributed system has no central point of control, meaning it must handle challenges like data consistency, network latency, and system failures. Debugging distributed systems is conventionally considered challenging because modern architectures consist of The post Troubleshooting Microservices with Julia Blase appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 25, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast The availability of high-quality AI model APIs has drastically lowered the barriers developing AI applications. These tools abstract away complex tasks such as model deployment, scaling, data retrieval, natural language processing, and text generation. Vercel has developed a complementary set of tools for building AI web applications, including their AI SDK, v0, and the shadcn/ui The post Vercel’s Developer Frameworks with Ary Khandelwal and Max Leiter appeared first on Software Engineering Dail...
Feb 20, 2025•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Agreements and contracts are a fundamental innovation and govern everything from personal commitments to major financial decisions. They function as trusted artifacts to capture the nature of a commitment and provide clarity and accountability. Software has revolutionized many business functions, including the basic mechanics of digitally signing an agreement. However, the process of managing agreements The post Docusign for Developers with Dan Selman and Larry Jin appeared first on Software Eng...
Feb 18, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Subsea cables are high-capacity fiber-optic lines laid along the ocean floor to enable global communication by transmitting data between continents. Spanning thousands of miles, they carry an estimated 95% of international internet, phone, and data transmissions. Critically, these cables are vulnerable to sabotage by state actors, as they form critical infrastructure for global communication and The post The Subsea Cable Network with Josh Dzieza appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 12, 2025•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast LangChain is a popular open-source framework to build applications that integrate LLMs with external data sources like APIs, databases, or custom knowledge bases. It’s commonly used for chatbots, question-answering systems, and workflow automation. Its flexibility and extensibility have made it something of a standard for creating sophisticated AI-driven software. Erick Friis is a Founding Engineer The post LangChain and Agentic AI Engineering with Erick Friis appeared first on Software Engineer...
Feb 11, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast BlackBerry is a Canadian company known for its pivotal role in the smartphone market during the 2000s. Today, BlackBerry has adopted a major focus on cybersecurity. John Wall is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Products, Engineering and Services at QNX, which is a division of BlackBerry. Ismael Valenzuela is the former Vice President The post Secure Communications in Embedded Systems with Ismael Valenzuela and John Wall appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 06, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Caves of Qud is a roguelike game set in a richly detailed, post-apocalyptic world blending science fiction and fantasy. The game is known for its deep lore, emergent gameplay, and wildly creative character customization. It is a massive indie success, and recently hit a major milestone with the release of version 1.0 after 15 years The post Caves of Qud with Brian Bucklew appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 05, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Compute optimization in a cloud environment is a common challenge because of the need to balance performance, cost, and resource availability. The growing use of GPUs for workloads, including AI, is also increasing the complexity and importance of optimization given the relatively high cost of GPU cloud computation. Jerzy Grzywinski is a Senior Director of The post Maximizing Cloud Efficiency with Jerzy Grzywinski and Brent Segner appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Feb 04, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Docker container vulnerability analysis involves identifying and mitigating security risks within container images. This is done to ensure that containerized applications can be securely deployed. Vulnerability analysis can often be time intensive, which has motivated the use of AI and ML to accelerate the process. NVIDIA Blueprints are reference workflows for agentic and generative AI The post NVIDIA’s Agentic AI for Container Security with Amanda Saunders and Allan Enemark appeared first on So...
Jan 30, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Raylib is a lightweight, beginner-friendly, and open-source C library for game development, known for its simplicity and lack of external dependencies. It’s designed to streamline the creation of 2D and 3D games, and has an intuitive API for managing graphics, audio, and input. Ramon Santamaria is the Founder and Lead Developer of Raylib. He joins The post The Raylib C Library for Game Development with Ramon Santamaria appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anduril is a technology defense company with a focus on drones, computer vision, and other problems related to national security. It is a full-stack company that builds its own hardware and software, which leads to a great many interesting questions about cloud services, engineering workflows, and management. Gokul Subramanian is Senior Vice President of Engineering The post Anduril with Gokul Subramanian appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 28, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast QuantStack is an open-source technology software company specializing in tools for data science, scientific computing, and visualization. They are known for maintaining vital projects such as Jupyter, the conda-forge package channel, and the Mamba package manager. Sylvain Corlay is the CEO of QuantStack. He joins the podcast to talk about his company, Conda, Mamba, the The post Mamba and Software Package Security with Sylvain Corlay appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 23, 2025•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ableton is a music software and hardware company based in Germany. The company develops Ableton Live which is a digital audio workstation for both improvisation and traditional arrangements. The software is remarkable for successfully blending good UI design with a powerful feature set. This has made it popular with new musicians as well as professionals The post Ableton Live with Tobias Hahn appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 22, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast beeps is a startup focused on building an on-call platform for Next.js. The company is grounded in the key insight that Next.js has become a dominant framework for modern development. A key motivation in leveraging Next.js is to create a developer-first experience for on-call. Joey Parsons is the founder and CEO of beeps, and he The post beeps and on-call for Next.js developers with Joey Parsons appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 21, 2025•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Digital forensics is the process of identifying, preserving, analyzing, and presenting electronic data for investigative purposes. It’s often related to addressing cybercrime and is crucial in tracing the origin of breaches, recovering lost data, and security hardening. Emre Tinaztepe is the Founder and CEO of Binalyze which is a cybersecurity company specializing in digital forensics The post Digital Forensics with Emre Tinaztepe appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 16, 2025•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fallout: London is a 2024 total conversion mod developed by Team FOLON. The mod is based on Fallout 4 by Bethesda Softworks and takes place in a post-apocalyptic rendition of London. The project is remarkable for its ambition and scope, with the small indie team delivering a fully-realized open world RPG. Daniel Morrison Neil led The post Fallout: London with Daniel Morrison Neil and Jordan Albon appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Heroku is a cloud platform-as-a-service that enables developers to build, deploy, and manage applications. It was founded in 2007 and was acquired by Salesforce in 2010. The platform supports multiple programming languages, including Ruby, Python, Node.js, and Java, and has features such as automated scaling, database monitoring tools, and a streamlined deployment workflow. Vish Abrams The post Heroku and the Twelve-Factor App with Vish Abrams appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 14, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the years, Google has released a variety of ML, data science, and AI developer tools and platforms. Prominent examples include Colab, Kaggle, AI Studio, and the Gemini API. Paige Bailey is the Uber Technical Lead of the Developer Relations team at Google ML Developer Tools, working on Gemini APIs, Gemma, AI Studio, Kaggle, Colab The post AI Developer Tools at Google with Paige Bailey appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 09, 2025•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Video game emulation is the process of using software to replicate the functionality of gaming hardware. It’s a fundamental approach to making older games accessible on modern devices. The Carbon Engine is a tool developed internally at video game publisher and distributor Limited Run Games. It allows a variety of emulators to interface with modern The post Game Emulation on the Carbon Engine with Dimitris “MVG” Giannakis appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
Jan 08, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Serverless computing is a cloud-native model where developers build and run applications without managing server infrastructure. It has largely become the standard approach to achieve scalability, often with reduced operational overhead. However, in banking and financial services, adopting a serverless model can present unique challenges. Brian McNamara is a Distinguished Engineer at Capital One where The post Going Serverless in Financial Services with Brian McNamara appeared first on Software ...
Jan 07, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Teardown is a 2022 sandbox puzzle game developed and published by Tuxedo Labs. The game revolves around the owner of a financially stricken demolition company, who is caught undertaking a questionable job and becomes entangled between helping police investigations and taking on further dubious assignments. The game stands out for its technical achievements, particularly its The post Teardown and Voxel-Based Rendering with Dennis Gustafsson appeared first on Software Engineering Daily ....
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