Jon Skeet, the first Stack Overflow user with a million reputation, sits down with Ryan to share his wealth of knowledge on all things development: the deceptively simple but actually complicated problem of timezones, the importance of clear documentation for programmers, handling breaking changes and upgrading legacy systems, and the need for improved communication skills among developers.
Ryan is joined by Tobiko Data co-founders Toby Mao and Iaroslav Zeigerman to talk about the crucial role of rigorous data practices and tooling, the innovations of Tobiko Data’s SQLMesh and SQLGlot, and their insights into the future of data engineering with the rise of AI.
AI is no longer just a luxury for the most tech savvy companies — it's now a necessity for organizational transformation. How are real teams successfully leveraging and innovating with these new tools?
Ryan and Ben welcome Alex Malcoci, CEO and founder of MiniProto, to talk innovations in hardware prototyping, the evolving complexities of the global supply chain, the impact of the US-China trade war on manufacturing, and how automation in production could lead to new training programs for future engineers.
In this special episode, Ryan is joined by our Senior VP of Communities, Philippe Beaudette, and the Trust and Safety team at Stack Overflow to discuss maintaining platform integrity and managing user safety, handling complex issues like harassment, and how their team balances transparency and privacy online.
As a generation characterized as "digital natives," the way Gen Z interacts with and consumes knowledge is rooted in their desire for instant gratification and personalization. How will this affect the future of knowledge management and the technologies of tomorrow?
It’s Java’s 30th anniversary! Ryan welcomes back Georges Saab, Senior VP of Development for the Java Platform Group and Chair of the OpenJDK Governing Board, to reflect on Java’s changes over the last five years.
Ryan Donovan and Ben Popper sit down with Jamie de Guerre, SVP of Product at Together AI, to discuss the evolving landscape of AI and open-source models. They explore the significance of infrastructure in AI, the differences between open-source and closed-source models, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI technology. Jamie emphasized the importance of leveraging internal data for model training and the need for transparency in AI practices.
Ryan and Ben welcome Tulsee Doshi and Logan Kilpatrick from Google's DeepMind to discuss the advanced capabilities of the new Gemini 2.5.
Kathleen Vignos, VP of Software Engineering at Capital One, sits down with Ryan to explore shifting to 100% serverless architecture in enterprise, deploying talent for better customer experience, and fostering AI innovation and tech advancements in a regulated banking environment.
Will Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Antithesis, joins Ryan and Stack Overflow senior director of engineering Ben Matthews on the podcast to discuss deterministic simulation testing, the pitfalls of chaos testing in an AI-driven world, and how testing can help developers deal with technical debt.
Ryan welcomes Glen Coates, VP of Product at Shopify, to dive into the intricacies of managing a developer-focused product, the challenges of backwards compatibility, and the implications of AI and LLMs in Shopify's development environment.
Matthew McCullough, VP of Product for Android Developer Experience, sits down with Ryan to talk advancements in Android development, enhancing developer efficiency and reducing routine toil, and the application of Gemini AI models to improve software toolchains.
Ryan is joined by Jeremy Edberg, CEO of DBOS, and Qian Li, co-founder of DBOS, to discuss durable execution and its use cases, its implementation using technologies like PostgreSQL, and its applications in machine learning pipelines and AI systems for reliability, debugging, and observability.
If velocity is just a tool and not a goal, how do you measure real success for engineering teams?
