Best Softwareengineers Podcasts (2024)

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Learning in public | Kelsey Hightower 57:26

10m ago57:26

57:26

We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part two of this conversation, we dive deep into…

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Hookdeck and Building an Event Gateway with Alex Bouchard 47:01

8m ago47:01

47:01

Event-driven architecture is a software design pattern where system components communicate through events that are generated by producers, and pushed to consumers. This design is often contrasted with a request-driven architecture, where components communicate with each other by sending requests and receiving responses. Hookdeck is an event gateway…

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Team Glue & Why QA is a Tech Leadership Role with Vernon Richards 40:36

1h ago40:36

40:36

What does it mean to be a "team glue"? Why does it matter? Why QA should be positioned as a tech leadership role? Tune in the latest episode with the inspiring Vernon Richards to get the answers to these questions and so much more. Find Vernon on: His website: https://www.vernonrichards.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vernonrichards/ X: …

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Authlete and Making OAuth Accessible with Justin Richer 1:00:47

1h ago1:00:47

1:00:47

OAuth is an open standard for access delegation. It lets users grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites, but without giving away passwords. OpenID Connect is an identity layer on top of OAuth. Even if you haven't programmed using OAuth and OpenID Connect, you’ve certainly used them for authentication on Google, F…

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Netflix Engineering with Jay Phelps 1:01:38

3h ago1:01:38

1:01:38

Today, you can access Netflix on virtually any device. For a Netflix user, this seamless experience can be easy to take for granted, but it requires an enormous engineering effort. Jay Phelps is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix where he works on Shared Client Foundations. He joins the show to talk about the start of his career, his work at Net…

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Data Applications on Snowflake with Daniel Myers 39:20

10h ago39:20

39:20

Snowflake is one of the most prominent platforms for interacting with data and building data-intensive applications. Dan Myers works in Developer Relations at Snowflake and he joins the show to talk about the future of application development, and building native data apps on the platform. Sean's been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He h…

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Bonus Episode: Optimizing Nintendo 64 Code with Kaze Emanuar 14:55

4d ago14:55

14:55

Kaze Emanuar is a ROM hacker who's famous for the array of mods he's made for Super Mario 64. He's implemented remarkable optimization to the decompiled game code, even pushing Super Mario 64 to run at 60 frames per second. Kaze joins the show to talk about his interest in Super Mario 64, ROM hacking, the N64 architecture, coding in assembly, and m…

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Developing and Using a Software Bill of Materials Framework 37:37

5d ago37:37

37:37

With the increasing complexity of software systems, the use of third-party components has become a widespread practice. Cyber disruptions, such as SolarWinds and Log4j, demonstrate the harm that can occur when organizations fail to manage third-party components in their software systems. In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software …

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A Semantic Layer for Data with Artyom Keydunov 47:04

5d ago47:04

47:04

Managing data and access to data is one of the biggest challenges that a company can face. It’s common for data to be siloed into independent sources that are difficult to access in a unified and integrated way. One approach to solving this problem is to build a layer on top of the heterogenous data sources. This layer can serve as an interface for…

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Developing Blasphemous II with David Erosa and Dani Márquez 51:16

6d ago51:16

51:16

Blasphemous and Blasphemous II are Metroidvania action-adventure games developed by the Spanish studio, The Game Kitchen. The games have a stunning, distinctive pixel art style and atmospheric world which is inspired by Spanish folklore and religious themes. They are known for their challenging combat and intricate level design. David Erosa is the …

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Mike Schroepfer, Partner, Gigascale Capital 1:05:15

8d ago1:05:15

1:05:15

In 2023, after departing his role as CTO of Facebook, Mike Schroepfer launched the climate venture capital investment firm Gigascale Capital with the goal of building climate tech companies. Working alongside co-founders Victoria Beasley and Evaline Tsai, Gigascale’s investments are today driving advancements in clean energy, biotech and computing.…

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Engineer's guide to startup advising | Kelsey Hightower 49:50

7d ago49:50

49:50

We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part one of this conversation, we dive deep into…

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Building the PyCharm IDE at JetBrains with Paul Everitt 46:22

7d ago46:22

46:22

Python is famed for it’s intuitive syntax, powerful standard library, and rich ecosystem of packages and frameworks. It’s also dynamically typed which is part of what makes the language so accessible. Paul Everitt is the Python and Web Developer Advocate at JetBrains. He joins the show to talk about developing the PyCharm IDE, the challenge of stat…

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Continuous Learning in a Busy World with Marie Cruz 35:38

14d ago35:38

35:38

Learning is essential, but... It's easy to fall into a learning fatigue. It can feel like one more thing in our already overflowing to-do list. To make matters more challenging, the number of online resources to learn from is growing daily. Marie Cruz is a Senior Developer Advocate: her job is to learn and share what she has learned. In this episod…

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Tonic and Synthetic Data with Andrew Colombi and Adam Kamor 55:34

12d ago55:34

55:34

All robust technology platforms require testing to ensure that features work as intended. In many cases, tests require data, but getting access to valid and high quality test data is a common challenge, especially when the technology runs on sensitive data. Realistically mimicking data that would normally contain sensitive financial or personal inf…

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Netlify and Edge Computing with Erica Pisani 41:55

13d ago41:55

41:55

Netlify is a popular hosting platform that provides build, deploy, and serverless backend services for web apps. The platform enables deployment directly from source files stored in a version control system like GitHub. Erica Pisani is a Senior Software Engineer at Netlify. She joins the show to talk about how she got started at Netlify, edge compu…

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C# Compiler and Language Design at Microsoft with Jared Parsons 55:06

14d ago55:06

55:06

Language and compiler design are fundamental aspects of computer science. High-level languages are how most developers interact with computers, so it's hard to overstate the significance of compiler engineering or the aesthetics of language syntax. C# is a general-purpose high-level language that was created by Anders Hejlsberg at Microsoft in 2000…

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Biotech Special: Life Science Data Analysis with Nicholas Larus-Stone 42:03

15d ago42:03

42:03

Sphinx Bio develops computational tools to accelerate scientific discovery. The company is focused on addressing the computational data analysis bottleneck by enabling scientists to do the analysis themselves. Nicholas Larus-Stone is the founder of Sphinx. He joins the show to talk about being a computer scientist at the interface with biology, the…

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The Importance of Diversity in Cybersecurity: Carol Ware 26:37

19d ago26:37

26:37

In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Carol Ware, a senior cybersecurity engineer in the SEI’s CERT Division, discusses her career path, the value of mentorship, and the importance of diversity in cybersecurity.By Carol Ware

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VMware’s Spring AI with Ryan Morgan and Mark Pollack 45:02

19d ago45:02

45:02

Java is one of the top programming languages used today and Java code is ubiquitous. A key factor to the overall success of Java is the Spring framework, which is the most common framework for Java development. Spring is an open-source comprehensive application framework on top of the Java Virtual Machine that provides a consistent programming and …

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The Importance of Diversity in Software Engineering: Suzanne Miller 29:02

20d ago29:02

29:02

In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Suzanne Miller, a principal researcher in the SEI’s Software Solutions Division, discusses her career path, the value of mentorship, and the importance of diversity in software engineering.By Suzanne Miller

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Going Open Source at Convex with James Cowling 45:18

20d ago45:18

45:18

Convex is a serverless backend platform to simplify fullstack application development. Its underlying database is written in Rust, and it uses TypeScript to integrate with reactive UI frameworks. The platform is growing, which has presented new reasons to make the code open source, and Convex recently released the source code for a self-managed ver…

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The hard power of management and the soft power of senior ICs | Josh Wills 1:18:33

21d ago1:18:33

1:18:33

As a self-described “gainfully unemployed data person”, Josh Wills is an angel investor and has worked on and led data teams at Slack, Cloudera, WeaveGrid and Google. We discuss: How to get started with angel investing without a ton of $$ Attributes that define great engineering managers What’s it like transitioning from management back to IC Chall…

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Biotech Special: Computational Drug Discovery with Patrick Finneran 43:11

21d ago43:11

43:11

Proteins are nanomachines inside cells and perform the incredible array of tasks required for cells to function. They are composed of a chain of hundreds to thousands of amino acid "building blocks". Peptides are similar to proteins, but have only about 3 to 30 amino acids. Their smaller size gives them distinct properties that are useful in therap…

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Testing Better: Breaking Down E2E tests with Bas Dijkstra 41:57

28d ago41:57

41:57

Automated E2E (end-to-end) tests frequently are the first thing companies introduce trying to reduce the efforts of manual testing: "There's this big manual testing regression suite, so why don't we automate it? Right? ... Right?" Well, Bas Dijkstra thinks otherwise. In this episode, we'll talk about automating the right things instead, and, why E2…

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The Importance of Diversity in Artificial Intelligence: Violet Turri 16:57

25d ago16:57

16:57

Across the globe, women account for less than 30 percent of professionals in technical fields. That number drops to 22 percent in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Violet Turri, a software developer in the SEI’s AI Division, discusses the evolution of…

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Design at GitHub Copilot with Adrián Mato Gondelle 53:39

26d ago53:39

53:39

GitHub Copilot is an AI tool to assist software developers by autocompleting code. It is no understatement to say it has already transformed how developers write code. Adrián Mato Gondelle leads the Design team for GitHub Copilot. In this episode, recorded in 2023, Adrián joined the podcast to talk about his work. Jordi Mon Companys is a product ma…

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Biometric Authentication with Vincent Delitz 41:09

27d ago41:09

41:09

Corbado is an authentication platform that provides APIs for developers to replace passwords with passkeys such as Face ID or Touch ID. Vincent Delitz is a Co-Founder at Corbado and he joins the show to talk about the platform, the changing authentication landscape, the challenge of session management with passkeys, and more. Gregor Vand is a secur…

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Biotech Special: Life Sciences at Snowflake with Harini Gopalakrishnan 45:57

28d ago45:57

45:57

The growing use of large datasets and ML in the life sciences has created new demand for data technologies. Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing company that provides a platform for storing and analyzing large volumes of data. Harini Gopalakrishnan is the Field CTO of Life Sciences at Snowflake. She joins the show to talk about data challeng…

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Creating a new future in OneDrive 29:54

1M ago29:54

29:54

This week on Sync Up, hosts Stephen Rice and Arvind Mishra sit down with Liz Scoble and Libby McCormick to talk about how we're creating new creation experiences in OneDrive, and across Microsoft 365! After discussing our favorite underrated snacks, the team talks about Create.Microsoft.Com and the power of intent, then the new Create New experienc…

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Iceberg at Netflix and Beyond with Ryan Blue 47:44

1M ago47:44

47:44

Apache Iceberg is an open source high-performance format for huge data tables. Iceberg enables the use of SQL tables for big data, while making it possible for engines like Spark and Hive to safely work with the same tables, at the same time. Iceberg was started at Netflix by Ryan Blue and Dan Weeks, and was open-sourced and donated to the Apache S…

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Bringing Godot to Mobile with Hein-Pieter van Braam 39:52

1M ago39:52

39:52

Godot is a free, open-source game engine that's growing rapidly in popularity. Ramatak is a new public benefit company founded by Godot engine veterans Hein-Pieter van Braam and Ariel Manzur. The goal of Ramatak is to help make Godot the number one choice for creating, deploying, and monetizing games on iOS and Android. Hein-Pieter joins the show t…

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How to Give and Receive Feedback 30:33

1M ago30:33

30:33

Feedback is a critical aspect of career growth, but giving and receiving it can be tricky. In this episode, Natalia, Lisa and Sunjay talk about handling feedback and provide some handy tips along the way. Resources for Giving and Receiving Feedback "2 Tips To Get Better At Accepting Constructive Criticism At Work", Mark Travers Friday Night Lights …

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From High School Suspension to US Chief Data Scientist | DJ Patil 1:05:08

1M ago1:05:08

1:05:08

Known for coining the term “Data Scientist”, DJ is a renowned technologist with a diverse background spanning academia, industry, and government. Having led product teams at companies like RelateIQ and LinkedIn, DJ was appointed by President Obama to be the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist where his efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 Chie…

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Biotech Special: Scientific Computing Pipelines with Evan Floden 41:27

1M ago41:27

41:27

NextFlow is a tool for managing scientific computation workflows. It’s increasingly popular for bioinformatics, computational biology, and other life science applications. Evan Floden is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seqera Labs which develops NextFlow. He joins the show today to talk about his background as a scientist and engineer, the modular design…

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Modern Testing with Alan Page 44:35

1M ago44:35

44:35

More and more software delivery teams embrace the whole team quality approach. Where does testing fit into that? Modern testing principles are there to help to understand what the industry is moving towards. In this episode, Lina talks to Alan Page - one of the creators of modern testing principles. He's an avid blogger who has quite a few opinions…

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Stately with Laura Kalbag 1:06:56

1M ago1:06:56

1:06:56

Stately is a web-based drag and drop editor for collaboratively developing code, diagrams, and documentation. Laura Kalbag is the Developer Advocate at Stately and she joins the show today to talk about Stately, state machines, building good documentation, and more. Josh Goldberg is an independent full time open source developer in the TypeScript e…

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Graphical Photorealism with Andrew Price the Blender Guru 55:50

1M ago55:50

55:50

The power of 3D graphics hardware and rendering technology is improving at an astonishing pace. To achieve high graphical fidelity, assets that compose 3D worlds must feature an ever-increasing level of detail. Andrew Price is the founder of Poliigon, which is an asset production studio and store. Andrew also runs the highly popular Blender Guru Yo…

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Xyla Foxlin, Engineer and YouTube Creator 1:06:54

2M ago1:06:54

1:06:54

Xyla Foxlin is an engineer and YouTuber with a passion for making things dating back to her early childhood love of art and creative exploration. What began as a way to entertain herself with whatever materials she could find blossomed into a career as a content creator and maker, showcasing her skills crafting everything from a rocket to a sailboa…

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Biotech Special: AI Protein Engineering with Eddie Abrams 46:01

1M ago46:01

46:01

Antibodies are a type of protein molecule produced by the immune system. They recognize and attach to other molecules with remarkable precision. Typically antibodies target foreign objects, like viruses, to mark them for destruction. However, they can also be engineered to treat diseases like cancer, and they are one of the fastest growing classes …

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Portal 64 with James Lambert 42:45

2M ago42:45

42:45

Portal is a 2007 game developed by Valve, where the player encounters puzzles that must be solved using the "portal gun", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between surfaces. Portal 64 is an open-source re-write of Portal that can be run on original Nintendo 64 hardware. The game was developed by James Lambert and gained enormous praise…

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Waymo and Autonomous Driving with David Margines 38:54

2M ago38:54

38:54

Waymo is an autonomous driving company that had its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project. David Margines is the Director of Product Management at Waymo and he joins the podcast to talk about Waymo today, the sensing technologies underpinning their cars, the huge impact of AI on their systems in recent years, and more. This episode is hosted…

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Building Diverse Engineering Teams | Erica Lockheimer 1:20:22

2M ago1:20:22

1:20:22

Erica is a former VP of Engineering at LinkedIn. Having almost dropped out of college, Erica’s journey in tech is a testament to her perseverance and dedication. In addition to leading engineering teams at LinkedIn, Erica founded WIT (Women In Tech) to empower women within the company as well as the broader tech community. We discuss: How to create…

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