se-stackoverflow Archives

se-stackoverflow September 20, 2022

A serial entrepreneur finally embraces open source (Ep. 486)

Serial entrepreneur Arpit Mohan, cofounder and CTO of Appsmith, tells Ben and Cassidy about his path to building Appsmith, an open-source project that makes it easy for engineers to build, ship, and maintain internal tools.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow September 16, 2022

Hypergrowth headaches (Ep. 485)

When a company hits a period of hypergrowth, developers are in for a thrill ride. They need to start scaling their systems, moving to service architectures and clouds, and looking to solve problems others haven’t. But hypergrowth brings headaches, too, and chief among them is how to keep everyone aware of what’s going on with teams that they aren’t a part of.

Ryan Donovan

se-stackoverflow September 13, 2022

Hackathons and free pizza: All about Stack Overflow’s new Student Ambassador Program (Ep. 483)

Ben, fresh from launching Stack Overflow’s new Student Ambassador Program, tells Matt about partnering with Major League Hacking, the young programmers eager to get back to in-person events, and the powerful allure of free pizza. Plus: Why you don’t have to create an account to engage with our public platform.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow September 9, 2022

Plug-and-play AI for your own projects (Ep. 482)

Ben talks with Dylan Fox, founder and CEO of rapid-growth startup AssemblyAI, about how he became interested in AI and machine learning, why he left a steady job at a tech giant to create something new, and what AI can offer creators like writers and visual artists.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow September 2, 2022

Environments on-demand (Ep. 479)

Tommy McClung, cofounder and CEO of ReleaseHub, sits down with the home team to talk about environments-as-a-service, what it’s like to work with the same cofounders for more than 20 years, and the role of karma in professional networking.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 30, 2022

What companies lose when they track worker productivity (Ep. 478)

The home team gathers for a conversation about workplace productivity monitoring: Does it motivate employees to get more done, or does it lead to stress that takes away from deep, focused work and replaces it with busywork instead?

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 26, 2022

The luckiest guy in AI (Ep. 477)

Serial entrepreneur Varun Ganapathi joins the home team for a conversation about the intersection of physics, machine learning, and AI. He offers some recommendations for developers looking to get started in the ML/AI space and shares his own path from academia to entrepreneurship.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 23, 2022

Why AI is having an on-prem moment (Ep. 476)

The home team discusses how Instagram’s evolving platform has alienated some creators, why AI and machine learning are moving on-premises, and why Amazon’s acquisition of the company behind the Roomba is striking from a privacy perspective.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 19, 2022

Combining the best of engineering cultures from Silicon Valley and Shanghai (Ep. 475)

The home team sits down with Liam Zhao, founder and CEO of Immersive, a startup that gives creators tools to produce engaging virtual content and events.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 16, 2022

A history of open-source licensing from a lawyer who helped blaze the trail (Ep. 473)

The home team is joined by Heather Meeker, a specialist with a deep history in the world of open-source software licensing.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow August 12, 2022

A conversation with Spencer Kimball, creator of GIMP and CockroachDB (Ep. 472)

Spencer Kimball, cofounder and CEO of Cockroach Labs and co-creator of the GIMP image editor, tells Ryan and Ceora about how database technology has evolved to handle massive data volumes, how Cockroach labs came to focus on solving latency issues through serverless technology, and his “relatively gentle” transition from engineer to CEO.

Eira May Content Writer