Slack is a team communication platform that originated as an internal tool within Tiny Speck, a game development company. When the company realized that their game would not achieve commercial success, they changed direction and repurposed the communication tool into a new product which eventually became Slack. Slack was launched in 2013 and is now…

Boston Dynamics is a robotics company known for creating advanced robots with highly dynamic movement and agility, designed to navigate complex environments. Their robots, such as the quadruped Spot and the humanoid Atlas, have applications in industries ranging from logistics to public safety. They also garner widespread attention with their impre…

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds static typing with optional type annotations. It was created at Microsoft and first released in 2012. TypeScript ESLint enables ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. Josh Goldberg is a host for Software Engineering Daily, the author of Learning TypeScript by O’Reilly, and a Microsoft MVP. He…

Modern engineering teams often face challenges with unpredictable delivery and limited visibility into their performance. This can make it difficult to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and understand how efficiently time and resources are being used. The lack of clear insights commonly prevents teams from aligning their work with broader busin…

Python 3.13 was just released and brings fundamental changes to the language including a new interactive interpreter, experimental support for running in a free-threaded mode, and a Just-In-Time compiler, or JIT. There are also updates to the Python type system, module removals, and docstring improvements among many other changes. Łukasz Langa is t…

Argo is an open-source suite of tools to enhance continuous delivery and workflow orchestration in Kubernetes environments. The project had its start at Applatix and was accepted to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in 2020. Michael Crenshaw and Zach Aller are both lead maintainers for Argo. They join the show with Lee Atchison to talk about th…

In software engineering, C++ is often used in areas where low-level system access and high-performance are critical, such as operating systems, game engines, and embedded systems. Its long-standing presence and compatibility with legacy code make it a go-to language for maintaining and extending older projects. Rust, while newer, is gaining tractio…

CRISPR is a powerful tool in biotechnology that allows scientists to precisely edit genes, much like editing lines of code in a computer program. Just as developers can remove or alter specific parts of a code to fix bugs or enhance functionality, CRISPR enables researchers to modify DNA to correct genetic disorders, improve crops, or develop new t…

SoundCloud is an online platform and music streaming service where users can upload, promote, and share their music or audio creations. It was founded in 2007 and is known for its community-driven approach, allowing artists to interact directly with their fans and receive real-time feedback on their work. Matthew Drooker is the Chief Technology Off…

GraphQL is an open-source query language for APIs and a runtime for executing those queries. It was developed by Facebook to address the problem of over-fetching or under-fetching data, which is a common issue with traditional REST APIs. Matt Bessey is a Principal Engineer and Software Architect. Earlier this year Matt wrote a blog post titled “Why…

Asahi Linux is a project that aims to port Linux to Apple Silicon chips, which use a custom ARM-based architecture. The project is fundamentally important given the popularity of Apple Silicon Macs, and it’s also a heroic effort because Apple Silicon is an entirely undocumented platform. Alyssa Rosenzweig is a well-known computer scientist who desc…

Authentication is a key requirement for any B2B software application, especially if software vendors are selling to enterprise clients who are likely to have strict authentication requirements for the vendors they use. However, building authentication for a B2B application is typically complex and resource-intensive due to the data models required,…

J. P. Morgan Payments is one of the leaders in payments processing with a staggering $10 trillion in payments handled daily. The company recently released its Payments Developer Portal, or PDP, which serves as a gateway for developers to build and test payment APIs, and accept, manage, and send payments on their own platforms. Developing financial …

MongoDB Atlas is a managed NoSQL database that uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. The platform recently released new vector search capabilities to facilitate building AI capabilities. Ben Flast is the Director of Product Management at MongoDB. He joins the show to talk about the company’s developments with vector search. This episode i…

Darío and Wiseguy are Nintendo 64 hackers and modders. They are the creators of multiple projects, including RT64 which is an N64 graphics renderer for enhancing games in emulators and native ports. This year, they released N64: Recompiled, which is a tool to statically recompile N64 binaries into C code that can be compiled for any platform. The a…

The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual survey conducted by Stack Overflow that gathers comprehensive insights from developers around the world. It offers a valuable snapshot of the global developer community, covering a wide range of topics such as preferred programming languages, tools, and technologies. Erin Yepis is a Senior Analyst an…

Software supply chain attacks exploit interdependencies within software ecosystems. Security in the supply chain is a growing issue, and is particularly important for companies that rely on large numbers of open source dependencies. Chainguard was founded in 2021 and offers tools and secure container images to improve the security of the software s…

The Google Maps Platform JavaScript API is a fundamental web technology that’s used to build dynamic and interactive map features in web apps. Matt Toon is a Solutions Engineering Manager for the Google Maps Platform. He joins the podcast with Josh Goldberg to talk about his background working with geospatial data, the development of Google Maps Pl…

LLMs are becoming more mature and accessible, and many teams are now integrating them into common business practices such as technical support bots, online real-time help, and other knowledge-base-related tasks. However, the high cost of maintaining AI teams and operating AI pipelines is becoming apparent. Maxime Armstrong and Yuhan Luo are Softwar…

Data is at the center of many business decisions and advances today, including AI-driven capabilities. This requires companies to have well-governed data that is easy for users to find, use and understand. In moving to the cloud, Capital One modernized its data ecosystem and adopted a “You Build, Your Data” model to equip its data stakeholders with…

ESLint is a static code analysis tool for identifying and fixing problems in JavaScript code. It helps developers maintain code quality and consistency by enforcing coding standards and detecting issues such as syntax errors, stylistic problems, and bugs. Nicholas Zakas is the creator of ESLint. He joins the show to talk about working at Yahoo in t…

The Humane pin is a multi-modal wearable device designed by Humane Inc., a startup co-founded by former Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno. This wearable is part of a broader vision to create more seamless and integrated interactions between humans and technology, moving away from traditional screens. George Kedenburg III is a Sof…

Online transaction processing, or OLTP, is designed for managing high volumes of short, fast, and concurrent transactions, such as data entry and retrieval operations. OLTP systems solve the problem of efficiently handling numerous simultaneous transactions, making them essential for sectors like banking and retail. Joran Greef is the Founder and C…

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Since its first major release in 2004, it has stood out on the browser landscape for its emphasis on privacy, security, and customization. Brian Grinstead is a Senior Principal Engineer at Mozilla. He joins the podcast with Kevin Ball to talk about the Firefox archit…

Google needs no introduction, and is renowned for its data and analytics capabilities. Gerrit Kazmaier is the VP and GM for Database, Data Analytics and Looker at Google. He has a long history in the space, and in this episode he speaks with Sean Falconer about data and analytics in the AI era. Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler.…

DevOps is a powerful model for managing the building and operational aspects of modern applications. Most developers are now familiar with DevOps, and the adoption of DevOps practices is widespread and growing. Adam Jacob was the original author of Chef, a popular early DevOps tool. He’s now the CEO of System Initiative, which develops an open-sour…

React is an open-source front-end JavaScript library maintained by Meta. It was first released in 2013 and is now the most popular web framework. Ilya Gurevich is a Senior Software Engineer at The New York Times. Last winter, his team set out to implement React 18 for The Times’ flagship core news site. Ilya recently wrote a viral blog post about t…

Feature flagging tools have grown in popularity as a way to decouple releases and deployment, but they can introduce their own long-term problems and tech debt. Lekko is a startup democratizing the practice of dynamic configuration. Their motivating idea is to empower engineers to focus on software releases, and business teams and other stakeholder…

Harold Halibut is a 2024 narrative adventure video game developed by German developer Slow Bros. The game has a distinct look owing to its use of stop motion animation with 3D scans of physical sets and puppets. Onat Hekimoglu worked on Harold Halibut as the Director, Game Designer, Composer, and Person of Many Hats. He joins the podcast with Joe N…

Stack Overflow is a legendary question-and-answer site for programmers, and is likely well known to most SEDaily listeners. Svelte is an open-source front-end framework that was released in 2016 and continues to grow rapidly in popularity. Giamir Buoncristiani is a Staff Software Engineer at Stack Overflow. He is also the tech lead for the Stacks d…

The Google Sheets calculation engine was originally written in Java and launched in 2006. In the early days of the product, all calculation happened on the server. However, starting in 2013 the engine has run in the browser using JavaScript. Google Sheets is now one of the first products at Google to use WebAssembly Garbage Collection, or WasmGC, o…

Large datasets require large computational resources to process that data. More frequently, where you process that data geographically can be just as important as how you process it. Expanso provides job execution infrastructure that runs jobs where data resides, to help reduce latency and improve security and data governance. David Aronchick is th…

Douglas Crockford is an American computer programmer who is involved in the development of the JavaScript language. He specified the JSON data format, and has developed various JavaScript related tools such as the static code analyzer JSLint. Crockford is also a game developer and worked at Atari. Douglas joins the podcast to talk about his career …

Damien Filiatrault is the founder and CEO of Scalable Path, a software staffing agency that matches companies and startups with vetted, remote software developers. The company was founded in 2010, and since then has worked on hundreds of client projects and has built a freelance network with 35,000 remote developers in 177 countries. Damien joins t…

Tanzu GemFire is a distributed, in-memory, key-value store that performs read and write operations at fast speeds. It offers highly available parallel message queues, continuous availability, and a scalable event-driven architecture. It was developed to have sub-millisecond response times and accordingly found early application in automated trading…

In 2022, Stefan Li and Stew Fortier envisioned a document editor with language model features built in. They founded Type.ai, received backing from Y Combinator, and have since been at the frontier of building a next-generation document editor. However, to ensure a robust and performant frontend, Type.ai needed to take advantage of many modern brow…

A major challenge in applied AI is out-of-distribution detection, or OOD, which is the task of detecting instances that do not belong to the distribution the classifier has been trained on. OOD data is often referred to as “unseen” data, as the model has not encountered it during training. Bayan Bruss is the VP of AI Foundations at Capital One and …

DuckDB is an open-source column-oriented relational database that was first released in 2019. It’s designed to provide high performance on complex queries against large databases, and focuses on online analytical processing workloads. Hannes Mühleisen is the Co-Creator of DuckBD, and is the CEO and Co-Founder of DuckDB Labs. He joins the show to ta…

Rerun is an open source SDK and viewer for visualizing and interacting with multimodal data streams. The SDK lets you send data from anywhere, and the viewer collects the data and aligns it so the user can scroll back and forth in time to interpret it. The tools have been applied in spatial computing, augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed r…

Chroma is an open-source AI application database. Anton Troynikov is a Founder at Chroma. He has a background in computer vision and previously worked at Meta. In this episode Anton speaks with Sean Falconer about Chroma, and the goal of building the memory and storage subsystem for the new computing primitive that AI models represent. Sean’s been …

In 79 AD, in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, twenty meters of hot mud and ash buried an enormous villa once owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar. Inside, there was a vast library of papyrus scrolls. The scrolls were carbonized by the heat of the volcanic debris, but they were trapped underground where they remained preserved. It wasn’…

Traditionally, security checks and testing are performed towards the end of the software development lifecycle. However, discovering vulnerabilities at that stage can be costly and time-consuming. This observation has led to the shift-left movement, which advocates for implementing security testing earlier in the software development process. Hound…

Uber handles billions of trips and deliveries, and tens of billions of financial transactions across drivers, couriers, users, and merchants every quarter. LedgerStore is an immutable storage solution at Uber that provides verifiable data completeness and correctness guarantees to ensure data integrity for its transactions. Kaushik Devarajaiah is t…

One of the fastest areas of growth in observability is frontend observability, or real user monitoring. This is the practice of monitoring and analyzing the performance, behavior, and user experience of web applications from the user’s perspective. Purvi Kanal is a Senior Software Engineer at Honeycomb. She joins the podcast to talk about the evolu…

Inworld is a company that provides tools for game studios to add AI-driven gameplay. They are at the leading edge of using generative AI in game development, and have worked with companies such as Xbox, Ubisoft, and NVIDIA. Igor Poletaev is the VP of AI and Nathan Yu is the Director of Product and GM of Labs at Inward. They join the show to talk ab…

Static analysis is the examination of code without executing the program. It’s used to identify potential errors, code quality issues, security vulnerabilities, and adherence to coding best practices. Abbas Sabra is a Principal Engineer at Sonar, which creates tools to help developers produce clean code. Abbas specializes in C++ static analysis, an…

Bison Ventures invests in frontier technology companies that use innovative science and deep technology. A key pillar of their investment portfolio is climate technology. Tom Biegala is a co-founder of Bison Ventures. Prior to starting Bison Ventures, Tom worked at Cascade Asset Management Company, the investment office that manages the assets of t…

Luma AI develops technologies at the forefront of AI and graphics. They created a text-to-3D tool that functions like Midjourney but for generating 3D models. Another tool makes photorealistic environments by reconstructing any scene in 3D from just a few photos. Karan Ganesan is a Software Engineer and Barkley Dai is the Product and Growth Lead at…

Redis is an in-memory database that can be used for caching, vector search, and as a message broker. Brian Sam-Bodden is a Senior Applied AI Engineer at Redis. He joins the show to talk about his work and AI at the company. Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information…

David Szymanski is a video game developer focused on short retro horror games. He created the hit FPS Dusk, along with Iron Lung, Chop Goblins, and the upcoming Butcher’s Creek. He’s also involved in the production of the upcoming Iron Lung film. David joins the podcast to talk about his work, how to capture an appealing retro game feel, why he mak…