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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.
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Realta Fusion is making fusion real and tackling today’s clean energy issues with innovative technology. Follow them on LinkedIn.Connect with Kieran on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Lifeboat badge winner zathura, who was awarded the badge for answering Type of triangle in MySQL.
Koel Labs uses classic movies to help learners master pronunciation. You can join the waitlist for their closed beta launch now. Check out their open-source community project for Koel Labs on GitHub.Check out their project on the Mozilla Builders site. Connect with Aruna on LinkedIn. Connect with Ruslan on LinkedIn.Shoutout to Populous badge winner Tomáš Záluský, who won the badge for answering the question How to chain multiple assertThat statement in AssertJ.
In this episode of Leaders of Code, Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, and Loïc Houssier, CTO at Superhuman, dive into how engineering teams can navigate paradigm shifts in a world of constant technological change. They discuss the importance of leadership in an ever-shifting industry and highlight the concept of aligned autonomy as a way to empower teams and increase organizational velocity.The conversation also covers:The impact of AI on workflows and practices across the entire organization at Superhuman, including improving onboarding, helping employees streamline their work, and enabling teams to tackle projects that were previously put on hold.The strategic use of qualitative and quantitative engineering performance metrics to measure and improve team effectiveness.Episode notes:Connect with Loïc Houssier on LinkedIn.Learn more about Superhuman, the leading AI-native email app for high-performing teams.Connect with Ben Matthews on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
NEAR is the blockchain for AI, enabling AI agents to transact freely across networks.Connect with Illia on LinkedIn and X, and read the original Transformers paper that Illia co-authored in 2017.Today’s shoutout goes to Populous badge winner Adi Lester for answering the question DataTable - foreach Row, EXCEPT FIRST ONE.
Apollo GraphQL lets you orchestrate APIs with a composable, declarative, self-service model. Apollo's MCP Server is now available.Connect with Matt on LinkedIn.Today we’re shouting out a Famous Question badge winner, user jkfe, for their question How to hide/show thymeleaf fields based on controller condition?.
Jon Skeet, for those not in the know, is legendary here at Stack Overflow. He even got his own Chuck Norris Facts-style jokes. Jon has graced the podcast before in the early days on episodes 4, 72, and 123.He’s so good at answering Stack Overflow questions that he appeared at Stack Overflow’s old NYC office and answered them in person. While he’s not the only million rep user, he was the first, so we ran the numbers on him. Have a question? Jon Skeet has probably answered it on Stack Overflow. You can also find him on Blue Sky.Looking for C# 3.5? Spoiler alert: you won’t find it. Learn why from Jon’s very helpful question What are the correct version numbers for C#?
Tobiko Data is creating a new standard in data transformation with their Cloud and SQL integrations. You can keep up with their work by joining their Slack community.Connect with Toby on LinkedIn.Connect with Iaroslav on LinkedIn.Congrats to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó, whose answer to What's a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim? was saved by over 100 users.
SPONSORED BY HEROKUHeroku is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for deploying, scaling, and managing apps. Connect with Vish on X and LinkedIn. Congrats to Populist badge winner AmaDaden  for their answer to How to generate a legend with colors in PlantUML?.
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.Episode notes:MiniProto is a US-based prototyping manufacturer revolutionizing the way we develop and interact with hardware. Connect with Alex on LinkedIn.Shoutout to an Unsung Hero of Stack Overflow, Hamed Jimoh, who deserves upvotes for their more than 10 accepted answers with a zero score.
The Trust and Safety team is using aliases in this episode. Learn more about who the Community Management team is at Stack Overflow. Explore how we keep our community safe in our Code of Conduct. Congratulations to Lifeboat badge recipient Arvin Yorro, who won it for their helpful answer to the question Docker Desktop - WSL update failed.
Dane shares his excitement about the Model Context Protocol (MCP), exploring its potential impact on the future of technology. The discussion turns to the growing need for sustainable content monetization and fair compensation for creators in an AI-driven world, and how this connects to Cloudflare’s mission to build a better internet.The conversation also:Explores how Cloudflare leverages AI internally to enhance developer productivity and improve code quality while keeping developers as owners of their work.Covers Cloudflare’s innovative organizational structure and their journey toward becoming an AI-first company.Episode notes:Connect with Dane on LinkedIn or X, and learn more about Cloudflare.Read more about Knowledge Solutions, a data licensing offering that provides continuous access to Stack Overflow’s public dataset.Learn more about creating a private instance of Stack Overflow for your team or org with Stack Overflow for Teams.
Connect with Georges on LinkedIn and see his work on inside.java.Listen to our previous episode with Georges, a celebration of Java’s 25th anniversary. Today we’re shouting out the age-old question What is a NullPointerException, and how do I fix it?, which was answered 31 times as a community effort.
Together AI is a platform for building with open-source and specialized multimodal models. Check out their docs.Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn.Shoutout to user aryaxt who earned a Stellar Question badge by wondering about MySQL Data - Best way to implement paging?.
Gemini 2.5 is DeepMind’s most advanced model yet, with strong reasoning and coding capabilities. Connect with Tulsee on LinkedIn.Connect with Logan on LinkedIn and Stack Overflow. Check out our previous episode with Logan, we discussed his unique path from coding to AI to product, the challenges of non-determinism in AI models, and surprising lessons from working at the Apple Store.Congrats to Populous badge winner Pascal MARTIN for answering the question PHP echo vs PHP short echo tags.
Explore how Capital One is using tech to innovate the banking experience here.Connect with Kathleen on LinkedIn and visit her blog. Shoutout to user Theraot for answering the questions How to connect a signal with extra arguments in Godot 4, which won them a Lifeboat badge.
SPONSORED BY GUARDSQUARELearn more about mobile application security and how to protect your app.Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Chitrakshi for rescuing TypeScript Error: No overload matches this call in Express route handler.
Antithesis is an autonomous testing platform that finds bugs in your software with perfect reproducibility.Connect with Will Wilson on Linkedin.Congrats to user hannes neukermans whose question How can I do tag wrapping in Visual Studio Code? won them a Stellar Question badge.Our 2025 Developer Survey is live! We want to know what your developer life is like!
Check out Shopify’s newest updates on their editions page, including Horizons and their new AI capabilities with Sidekick.Connect with Glen Coates on LinkedIn and X.Shoutout to Stellar Question badge winner nouptime for asking Converting string to byte array in C#.
The discussion also:Touches on the role, evolution, and adoption of AI agents, emphasizing their growing integration into systems, while addressing key safeguarding measures to ensure AI agents can accurately use data to reason effectively.Explores how Abnormal AI utilizes AI to detect and protect against cybersecurity threats, and how Dan and his team are leveraging AI to drive compounding productivity within their organization.Connect with Dan Shiebler on LinkedIn and learn more about Abnormal AI.
Contextual AI offers a platform for building RAG agents. Get started with their docs here.Connect with Douwe on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Smrutiranjan Sahu, who earned a Stellar Question badge by asking How to define type for a function callback (as any function type, not universal any) used in a method parameter.
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MC Podcaster

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Nov 5th
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Mike MacCana

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Jan 12th
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Adnan Rasim

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Apr 17th
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Brian Obey

its why I joined stack too have dark mode

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