The Stack Overflow Podcast

podcast June 23, 2021

Podcast 350: A deep dive into natural language processing and speech to text systems

From Siri to services that transcribe our every word, we explore advancements in computer systems that can understand human conversation and commands.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 18, 2021

Podcast 348: Tickets please! The joys of being a junior developer.

Anyone can become a software developer, at least, anyone who can persevere through regular bouts of intense frustration.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 15, 2021

Podcast 347: Information foraging – the tactics great developers use to find solutions

How much time do you spend writing code, versus looking for the right solution?

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 11, 2021

Podcast 346: Young coders are learning by building Discord bots and hacking Roblox

We put our finger the pulse of what's drawing the kids into the wide world of code.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 8, 2021

Podcast 345: A good software tutorial explains the How. A great one explains the Why.

Content written by developers, for developers, is a booming business.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 4, 2021

Podcast 344: Don’t build it – advice on civic tech

We chat with Innocent Ndubuisi-Obi and Luke Jordan about the unique challenges you face when trying to solve civic problems with software.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast June 1, 2021

Podcast 343: Unpacking observability and OpenTelemetry with Spiros Xanthos of Splunk

As our applications move from local hardware to a sprawling array of clouds and containers, figuring out how they behave and what's gone wrong is key.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast May 28, 2021

Podcast 342: You’re just as likely to ruin a successful product as make it better

Working from home? We chat about being your own operations department and battling scope creep solo.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast May 25, 2021

Podcast 341: Blocking the haters as a service

We chat with Tracy Chou, CEO of Block Party, about using software to build anti-harassment tools.

Ben Popper Director of Content

podcast May 21, 2021

Podcast 340: Build engineering at Apple and the future of deploy previews

We chat with Netlify about its recent acquisition and plans to build more collaborative and accessible deploy previews.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living May 18, 2021

Podcast 339: Where design meets development at Stack Overflow

We chat with Stack Overflow's director of brand design about the way his work overlaps with our development.

Ben Popper Director of Content