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The Stack Overflow Podcast

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For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a software developer and how the art and practice of programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, join the Stack home team for conversations with fascinating guests to help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed.

Episodes

Is AI a bubble or a revolution? The answer is yes.

2024 was a defining year for AI investment. Read the HumanX/Crunchbase report . You can learn more about HumanX or register for next year’s event , April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Follow Stefan on LinkedIn . Follow Jager on LinkedIn ....

Apr 04, 202533 minEp. 803

Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX

Holistic AI is an AI governance platform that helps the enterprise adopt and scale AI. Audioshake uses AI to mix, master, and separate music and other audio content. Learn more about HumanX here . Feeling the FOMO? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here . Connect with Raj on LinkedIn . Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn ....

Apr 01, 202524 minEp. 802

“Are AI agents ready for the enterprise?”

Deepak works on Amazon Q Developer , a GenAI-powered coding assistant that includes autonomous agents. Thinking, Fast and Slow by psychologist Daniel Kahneman is one of those books that’s a classic for a reason—and it’s more relevant to today’s AI landscape than you might think. Connect with Deepak on LinkedIn . Congrats to Stack Overflow user Morten Zilmer , who earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining Multiplication of two different bit numbers in VHDL ....

Mar 28, 202528 minEp. 801

AI is shifting focus from syntax to critical thinking

They also: Emphasize the critical role of customer feedback in shaping products, highlighting how continuous feedback loops drive innovation and improvement. Explore how AI is empowering non-technical team members and enabling meaningful collaboration between developers and other departments. Discuss the potential of GenAI as a learning tool and the importance of prompt engineering as a key skill for future developers. Episode notes: Connect with Lee Faus on LinkedIn , X , and learn more about G...

Mar 27, 202536 minEp. 800

An AI future free of slop

Read more about Stack Overflow’s future here . Learn more about HumanX here . Missed it this year? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here . Follow Prashanth on LinkedIn or explore his posts on our blog ....

Mar 21, 202523 minEp. 798

WBIT #5: Building a framework to lure web devs to mobile

Ionic is a platform for building and deploying modern mobile applications and micro frontend experiences. It’s open source , too. Two mobile tools got multiple mentions on this episode: Xcode and Material Design . Connect with Maria on LinkedIn ....

Mar 19, 202541 minEp. 797

Improving error monitoring with AI

Sentry is an application monitoring software. Explore the Sentry docs or get started in the sandbox . Connect with Tillman on LinkedIn . You can also read his posts on the Sentry blog . Listeners, how do you handle stack traces? How do you trace the root cause? Let us know at podcast@stackoverflow.com . Sentry user? The company would love to hear your feedback. Let them know what you think on Discord ....

Mar 18, 202527 minEp. 796

Can climate tech startups address the current crisis?

Lisbeth cofounded and coleads the Compute for Climate Fellowship , which funds climate tech startups using advanced cloud computing and AI. Applications are open until April 6, 2025. Read about how some climate tech startups are leveraging GenAI . Connect with Lisbeth on LinkedIn . Stack Overflow user JohnsonYuan earned a Lifeboat badge by answering Why can't I enter the url on my phone's browser to view my live site? . Nice work!...

Mar 14, 202525 minEp. 795

Junky data is like an out-of-tune guitar—it prevents AI harmony

Welcome to Leaders of Code, a new business segment of the Stack Overflow podcast. On this show, we chat with business, tech, and engineering leaders from forward-thinking companies across industries about their business strategies, the challenges and opportunities of building high-performing teams, driving innovation, leveraging the power of AI, and other key topics. Tune in every second Thursday for real-world success stories, actionable strategies, and fresh perspectives to help you navigate y...

Mar 13, 202540 minEp. 794

Sharing the power of the command line

This episode features Zach Lloyd, founder and CEO of Warp, discussing the evolution of the terminal and Warp's innovative approach, integrating AI to enhance developer productivity. The conversation covers the challenges of building a new terminal, the benefits of using Rust, and the potential future of AI-powered development environments. Warp aims to bring the power of the command line to more developers through an intelligent, user-friendly interface.

Mar 11, 202525 minEp. 793

Is Postgres the best database for GenAI?

Postgres is an open-source database. EDB offers enterprise-grade features and support for Postgres from self-managed to fully-managed, cloud-based DBaaS. Find Jezz on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Jonny , who won a Populist badge with their exceptional answer to quantile function for a vector of dates ....

Mar 07, 202528 minEp. 792

How can AI perform on the edge?

Episode notes: Infineon is a global semiconductor company for power systems and IoT. You can connect with Clark and Alexander on LinkedIn. Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner hdsenevi for their answer on Unrecognized font family 'Roboto' - React Native iOS ....

Mar 05, 202527 minEp. 791

Secure coding beyond just memory safety

Semgrep is an AppSec platform that lets devs deploy static application security testing (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and secret scans. Explore their docs . Tanya is the author of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding and Alice and Bob Learn Application Security . She’s also written for our blog: Three layers to secure a software development organization and Continuous delivery, meet continuous security . Secure coding might be an issue of national security . Follow Tanya on LinkedIn ...

Mar 04, 202534 minEp. 790

“Translation is the tip of the iceberg”: A deep dive into specialty models

Smartling is an enterprise translation platform that includes AI-powered translation solutions. Connect with Olga on LinkedIn . Kudos to Stack Overflow user Suleka_28 , who earned a Populist badge by explaining how to convert logits to probability in binary classification in tensorflow ....

Feb 28, 202531 minEp. 789

Writing tests with AI, but not LLMs

Diffblue Cover is an AI agent for testing complex Java code at scale. Check out their docs to get started automating unit tests today. This article will help you understand the difference between Diffblue Cover and Copilot. Find Animesh on LinkedIn . Stack Overflow user Keet Sugathadasa earned a Populist badge by answering a question in the CI/CD Collective : Gitlab CI CD variable are not getting injected while running gitlab pipeline ....

Feb 25, 202542 minEp. 788

One quality every engineering manager should have? Empathy.

CLEAR is an identity company trying to take the friction out of air travel (such as with TSA PreCheck , available through CLEAR), stadium events, and other experiences that require security screening. Find Caitlin on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Patrick Pijnappel , who earned a Populist badge with their answer to Redirect all output to file using Bash on Linux? . It’s helped 230,000 people and counting....

Feb 21, 202535 minEp. 787

Why is it so hard for companies to protect your privacy?

Transcend is a data privacy and governance platform. See what they’re up to on their blog or dive into their docs . Find Minh on LinkedIn . Stack Overflow user ivanavitdev earned a Populist badge with their exceptionally thoughtful answer to How to use toSorted() method in TypeScript ....

Feb 18, 202526 minEp. 785

Solving the data doom loop

Hasura is a GraphQL API platform. Get started exploring here . Read Ken’s article on the data doom loop . Find Ken on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user liquorvicar , who earned a Lifeboat badge with an exemplary answer to Checking value in an array inside one SQL query with WHERE clause ....

Feb 14, 202530 minEp. 784

A distributed database that can withstand a meteor strike

OceanBase is an open-source distributed database. Check it out on GitHub . For more information, follow OceanBase on LinkedIn , X , and YouTube . To connect with Charlie Yang, find him on LinkedIn . Got questions about OceanBase? Join the discussion here on Stack Overflow ....

Feb 12, 202522 minEp. 783

Why build your own vector DB? To process 25,000 images per second

Verkada is a cloud-based video security company. Back in the innocent days of 2021, we spoke with a company that makes smart dashcams . See how far video and image processing has come. Congrats to Reg for earning a Lifeboat badge for their answer on What is the difference between JSP and Spring?...

Feb 07, 202535 minEp. 781

Will the web ever be the primary delivery system for 3D games?

Tres.js is an open-source 3D engine for Vue built on Three.js . Find Jaime on LinkedIn or GitHub or explore his creative lab . Push is a browser-based identity security platform that detects and blocks identity attacks, enforces security controls, and monitors employee logins to cloud accounts. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user zwol , who earned a Lifeboat badge with an excellent answer to How would you write the equivalent of this C++ loop in Rust ....

Feb 04, 202523 minEp. 780

Feature flags: Theory meets reality

Schematic offers SDKs for packaging, pricing, and entitlements. Check out Ben’s article on feature flags . Listen to Bill Tarr from AWS and Brian Rinaldi (then at LaunchDarkly and now at Localstack) talk about the opportunity to extend feature flags beyond deployment and rollout and into entitlement management and monetization. Find Fynn on LinkedIn . Find Ben on LinkedIn . feature flags, software development, technical debt, business strategy, product management, feature management, DevOps, sof...

Jan 31, 202534 minEp. 779

“Countries are coming online tomorrow, whole countries”

ClickUp is a work and chat platform designed to streamline workflows and make people more productive. You can find RJ on LinkedIn or explore his posts on the ClickUp blog . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Hemant Singh , who helped the community understand pause vs stop in docker ....

Jan 28, 202535 minEp. 778

How the internet changed in 2024

Check out Cloudflare’s 2024 Year in Review . Read John’s posts on the Cloudflare blog or connect with him on LinkedIn . Shoutout to user Timo Kähkönen for providing knowledge-seekers with a cheap algorithm to find measure of angle between vectors ....

Jan 24, 202533 minEp. 777

WBIT#3: Can good team dynamics make Agile obsolete?

ApartmentAdvisor helps renters find apartments and navigate more complicated markets. What were the people who wrote the Agile Manifesto thinking? Listen to our podcast with original signatory Jim Highsmith and find out. You think the tech is impressive? Wes played the first “perfect” game of Donkey Kong . Find Wes on GitHub , LinkedIn , Twitter , or his website ....

Jan 22, 202537 minEp. 776

The developer skill you might be neglecting

Find Geoffrey (Jef) Huck on LinkedIn or check out his website . Stack Overflow user Matt earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining What is the difference between Tomcat containers and Docker containers? ....

Jan 17, 202527 minEp. 775

Robots building robots in a robotic factory

Postman is an API development platform that lets developers prototype, document, test, and demo all their APIs in one place. Postman’s cofounder and CEO recently wrote about the rise of agentic AI . Find Sterling on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Knossos , who earned a Lifeboat badge by answering What is the difference between TextView and TextViewCompat . APIs, AI, GraphQL, REST, gRPC, API-first, Sterling Chin, Postman, technology, software development...

Jan 14, 202523 minEp. 774