se-stackoverflow Archives

se-stackoverflow February 17, 2023

Because the only thing worse than building internal tools is maintaining them (Ep. 539)

David Hsu, founder and CEO of Retool, joins Ben to talk about low-code and no-code tools: why some folks love to hate them and whether they really help devs work faster or just allow those of us who aren’t programmers to muck everything up. Or both!

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 14, 2023

You don’t have to build a browser in JavaScript anymore (Ep. 538)

What’s new in Next.js 13, how growing demand for front-end applications has made the React codebase “ginormous,” and what’s required to support a sustainable community of open-source contributors.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 7, 2023

The AI that writes music from text (Ep. 535)

The home team discusses why it seems like everybody needs subtitles now, the AI that generates music from text, and a list of open-source data engineering projects for you to contribute to.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow January 31, 2023

What do the tech layoffs really tell us? (Ep. 533)

The home team convenes to talk about how tech layoffs are reshaping the industry, where to look for software engineering jobs beyond tech, the brain-computer interface that speeds up communication for people with paralysis, and Ben’s million-dollar game idea (free for the stealing).

Eira May Content Writer

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