Best Boot Dev Podcasts (2025)

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Grab bag! On the floor at HumanX 17:55

3d ago17:55

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Paul Dhaliwal is the founder and CEO of CodeConductor. Priya Joseph is the AI field CEO at DDN. Lizzie Siegle is a developer advocate at Cloudflare. Erin Mikail Staples is a developer experience engineer at Galileo. This episode was recorded at HumanX last month. Next year’s event will be April 6-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Register today!…

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Standardization and simplification as key to engineering excellence 23:44

4d ago23:44

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They also discuss: Lloyds Banking Group's multi-year journey to drive simplification and standardization, reduce cognitive load & improve engineering efficiency, and enhance developer happiness. Challenges engineering teams face today, along with the cultural shifts in regulatory environments. Episode notes: Connect with Hilary Lanham and Tom Kelk.…

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Wisely Wielding Your Tech Skills with Karl Archuleta with Karl Archuleta 49:02

5d ago49:02

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In this episode, Byron and guest Karl Archuleta discuss the challenges tech leaders face when they transition from being hands-on technologists to leadership roles. They explore the urge to continue coding and its impact on leadership, team dynamics, and personal life. Karl shares insights from his diverse career and emphasizes the importance of de…

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Visually orchestrating data diagnostics but platform agnostic 23:02

6d ago23:02

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Dataiku orchestrates data stacks and lets you create analytics, models, and agents. Find Florian on LinkedIn. This episode was recorded at HumanX last month. Next year’s conference will be April 6-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Register today!By Stack Overflow

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Generating components, not tokens 23:59

10d ago23:59

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Bit lets you generate composable software simplicity, speed and quality. Connect with Laly on LinkedIn. Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner and blog contributor Charlie Martin for their answer to How does this proof, that the halting problem is undecidable, work? .By Stack Overflow

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WBIT #7: Exploring WebAssembly with the first SO user to get 10k rep 36:28

12d ago36:28

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Kyle notes that his only experience with WebAssembly is Blazor. If you’re wondering about Blazor, we covered it on the blog in 2020. While Michael may have been the first user to get 10,000 rep, he’s not stopping there. His current employer, neuRealities, is still in stealth mode, shhhh. Find Michael on his blog and possibly elsewhere.…

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How AI can prevent clinician burnout 18:14

13d ago18:14

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Lunar Analytics specializes in AI-powered claim optimization and healthcare solutions. Connect with Richard on LinkedIn. Knowtex allows healthcare providers to automate clinical workflows with generative AI. Connect with Caroline on LinkedIn. Delve Deep Learning provides artificial intelligence solutions for public affairs. Connect with Jeff on Lin…

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How do you fact-check an AI? 26:46

17d ago26:46

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Vectara is a platform-as-a-service that allows users to build AI assistants and agents. Get started with their docs. This interview was recorded at HumanX last month. They are gearing up for next year’s conference on April 6-9, 2026. Follow Amr on LinkedIn.By Ryan Donovan, Amr Awadallah

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“There is a real cost to moving fast”: Using AI to accelerate drug discovery 25:23

18d ago25:23

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They also: Explore key challenges engineering leaders face, including data capacity, relevance, and throttling issues. Highlight how emerging AI tools and applications are transforming software engineering practices. Episode notes: Connect with Maureen Makes on LinkedIn. Learn more about Recursion and their open roles here. Read about Knowledge Sol…

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WBIT #6: Be curious, ask questions, and don’t argue with JavaScript 44:30

19d ago44:30

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When this episode was recorded, Jesse worked for WaveSeven Consulting, which provides business advisory and project delivery support for media and entertainment companies. He now works for ClickUp, same as previous Stack Overflow Podcast guest, RJ Tuit. Read Jesse’s hot takes on his blog. You can connect with Jesse as Jtomchak on all the socials.…

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Bottom of the first: A veteran VC’s take on the AI landscape 28:00

20d ago28:00

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Tomasz is a general partner at Theory Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage software companies. He’s a coauthor of Winning with Data, a deep dive into how big data has changed business best practices and organizational culture. Tomasz was on the podcast back in 2023. Give it a listen! Explore Tomasz’s writing. Follow Tomasz on Lin…

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Giving a Space to Complain with Jeremy Wright 29:25

21d ago29:25

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In this episode, Jeremy Wright, a tech leader and expert in communication, discusses the importance of creating safe spaces for team members to voice their complaints. Drawing from his experience in AI technology and bilingual communication, Jeremy highlights how giving employees a platform to express frustrations can uncover key areas for improvem…

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Is AI a bubble or a revolution? The answer is yes. 33:05

24d ago33:05

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2024 was a defining year for AI investment. Read the HumanX/Crunchbase report. You can learn more about HumanX or register for next year’s event, April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Follow Stefan on LinkedIn. Follow Jager on LinkedIn.By Ryan Donovan, Stefan Weitz, Jager McConnell

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Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX 24:25

27d ago24:25

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Holistic AI is an AI governance platform that helps the enterprise adopt and scale AI. Audioshake uses AI to mix, master, and separate music and other audio content. Learn more about HumanX here. Feeling the FOMO? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here. Connect with Raj on LinkedIn. Connect wi…

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“Are AI agents ready for the enterprise?” 28:20

1M ago28:20

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Deepak works on Amazon Q Developer, a GenAI-powered coding assistant that includes autonomous agents. Thinking, Fast and Slow by psychologist Daniel Kahneman is one of those books that’s a classic for a reason—and it’s more relevant to today’s AI landscape than you might think. Connect with Deepak on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Morten…

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AI is shifting focus from syntax to critical thinking 36:08

1M ago36:08

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They also: Emphasize the critical role of customer feedback in shaping products, highlighting how continuous feedback loops drive innovation and improvement. Explore how AI is empowering non-technical team members and enabling meaningful collaboration between developers and other departments. Discuss the potential of GenAI as a learning tool and th…

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“The power of the humble embedding” 29:04

1M ago29:04

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Pinecone is a purpose-built vector database. Get started with their docs here. Connect with Edo on LinkedIn.By Ryan Donovan, Edo Liberty

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Seeing Devs as Missionaries vs Mercenaries with Stephen Miracle 27:55

1M ago27:55

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In this episode, the host sits down with Steven Miracle, a solutions architect and expert in integrations and customer enablement, to discuss the importance of viewing development teams as missionaries rather than mercenaries. Steven shares insights from his 20 years of tech experience, emphasizing how connecting teams with end results and client o…

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An AI future free of slop 22:37

1M ago22:37

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Read more about Stack Overflow’s future here. Learn more about HumanX here. Missed it this year? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here. Follow Prashanth on LinkedIn or explore his posts on our blog.By Prashanth Chandrasekar, Ryan Donovan

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WBIT #5: Building a framework to lure web devs to mobile 40:46

1M ago40:46

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Ionic is a platform for building and deploying modern mobile applications and micro frontend experiences. It’s open source, too. Two mobile tools got multiple mentions on this episode: Xcode and Material Design. Connect with Maria on LinkedIn.By Stack Overflow

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Improving error monitoring with AI 27:29

1M ago27:29

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Sentry is an application monitoring software. Explore the Sentry docs or get started in the sandbox. Connect with Tillman on LinkedIn. You can also read his posts on the Sentry blog. Listeners, how do you handle stack traces? How do you trace the root cause? Let us know at [email protected]. Sentry user? The company would love to hear your …

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Can climate tech startups address the current crisis? 25:09

2M ago25:09

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Lisbeth cofounded and coleads the Compute for Climate Fellowship, which funds climate tech startups using advanced cloud computing and AI. Applications are open until April 6, 2025. Read about how some climate tech startups are leveraging GenAI. Connect with Lisbeth on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user JohnsonYuan earned a Lifeboat badge by answering W…

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Junky data is like an out-of-tune guitar—it prevents AI harmony 40:08

2M ago40:08

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Welcome to Leaders of Code, a new business segment of the Stack Overflow podcast. On this show, we chat with business, tech, and engineering leaders from forward-thinking companies across industries about their business strategies, the challenges and opportunities of building high-performing teams, driving innovation, leveraging the power of AI, an…

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Sharing the power of the command line 24:44

2M ago24:44

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Warp is an intelligent terminal that combines AI tools and developer resources in one interface. Zach’s hope was to give more developers access to the arcane magic of the command line. Connect with Zach on LinkedIn. If you’re a terminal user, which one is your go-to and why? Let us know at [email protected].…

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Investing in Neurodivergent Team Members with Anita Kalmane-Boot 33:43

2M ago33:43

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In this episode, tech leaders are joined by Anita Kalmane-Boot, a Scrum Master and Agile Coach with a passion for neurodiversity. They discuss the concept of neurodiversity, explaining how different brain functions can influence work dynamics. Anita shares insights on the importance of creating accommodating environments for neurodivergent individu…

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Is Postgres the best database for GenAI? 28:12

2M ago28:12

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Postgres is an open-source database. EDB offers enterprise-grade features and support for Postgres from self-managed to fully-managed, cloud-based DBaaS. Find Jezz on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Jonny, who won a Populist badge with their exceptional answer to quantile function for a vector of dates.…

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How can AI perform on the edge? 27:17

2M ago27:17

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Episode notes: Infineon is a global semiconductor company for power systems and IoT. You can connect with Clark and Alexander on LinkedIn. Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner hdsenevi for their answer on Unrecognized font family 'Roboto' - React Native iOS.By Stack Overflow

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Secure coding beyond just memory safety 34:14

2M ago34:14

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Semgrep is an AppSec platform that lets devs deploy static application security testing (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and secret scans. Explore their docs. Tanya is the author of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding and Alice and Bob Learn Application Security. She’s also written for our blog:Three layers to secure a software developmen…

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“Translation is the tip of the iceberg”: A deep dive into specialty models 31:28

2M ago31:28

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Smartling is an enterprise translation platform that includes AI-powered translation solutions. Connect with Olga on LinkedIn. Kudos to Stack Overflow user Suleka_28, who earned a Populist badge by explaining how to convert logits to probability in binary classification in tensorflow.By Ben Popper, Ryan Donovan, Olga Beregovaya

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Writing tests with AI, but not LLMs 41:44

2M ago41:44

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Diffblue Cover is an AI agent for testing complex Java code at scale. Check out their docs to get started automating unit tests today. This article will help you understand the difference between Diffblue Cover and Copilot. Find Animesh on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user Keet Sugathadasa earned a Populist badge by answering a question in the CI/CD Co…

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Scaling Human-Centered Engineering with Dileep Marway 34:47

2M ago34:47

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In this episode, Byron discusses engineering leadership and human-centered engineering at scale with Dileep Marway, VP of Engineering and Technology at And Digital. Dileep shares insights on enabling transparent career conversations, emphasizing people over technology, and fostering a supportive work culture. He highlights the importance of continu…

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One quality every engineering manager should have? Empathy. 35:00

2M ago35:00

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CLEAR is an identity company trying to take the friction out of air travel (such as with TSA PreCheck, available through CLEAR), stadium events, and other experiences that require security screening. Find Caitlin on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Patrick Pijnappel, who earned a Populist badge with their answer to Redirect all output to f…

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WBIT #4: Using GIS to understand the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to 32:06

2M ago32:06

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Forerunner provides a platform for floodplain management. Do you also have gnarly caching issues? Check out an overview of how we use caching at Stack Overflow. If you want to connect with Lauren, head over to her LinkedIn page.By Stack Overflow

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Why is it so hard for companies to protect your privacy? 25:38

2M ago25:38

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Transcend is a data privacy and governance platform. See what they’re up to on their blog or dive into their docs. Find Minh on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user ivanavitdev earned a Populist badge with their exceptionally thoughtful answer to How to use toSorted() method in TypeScript.By Ryan Donovan, Minh Nguyen

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Solving the data doom loop 29:54

2M ago29:54

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Hasura is a GraphQL API platform. Get started exploring here. Read Ken’s article on the data doom loop. Find Ken on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user liquorvicar, who earned a Lifeboat badge with an exemplary answer to Checking value in an array inside one SQL query with WHERE clause.By Ryan Donovan, Ken Stott

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A distributed database that can withstand a meteor strike 22:19

2M ago22:19

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OceanBase is an open-source distributed database. Check it out on GitHub. For more information, follow OceanBase on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. To connect with Charlie Yang, find him on LinkedIn. Got questions about OceanBase? Join the discussion here on Stack Overflow.By Stack Overflow

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“In the short term, more chaos”: What’s next for API design 28:38

3M ago28:38

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Speakeasy builds API tooling for developers. Find Sagar on LinkedIn. Kudos to Stack Overflow user Bergi, who earned a Lifeboat badge with an exemplary answer to What is the Universal Module Definition (UMD)?.By Ryan Donovan, Sagar Batchu

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Why build your own vector DB? To process 25,000 images per second 35:20

3M ago35:20

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Verkada is a cloud-based video security company. Back in the innocent days of 2021, we spoke with a company that makes smart dashcams. See how far video and image processing has come. Congrats to Reg for earning a Lifeboat badge for their answer on What is the difference between JSP and Spring?By Stack Overflow

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Will the web ever be the primary delivery system for 3D games? 22:58

3M ago22:58

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Tres.js is an open-source 3D engine for Vue built on Three.js. Find Jaime on LinkedIn or GitHub or explore his creative lab. Push is a browser-based identity security platform that detects and blocks identity attacks, enforces security controls, and monitors employee logins to cloud accounts. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user zwol, who earned a Lifeb…

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Feature flags: Theory meets reality 33:34

3M ago33:34

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Schematic offers SDKs for packaging, pricing, and entitlements. Check out Ben’s article on feature flags. Listen to Bill Tarr from AWS and Brian Rinaldi (then at LaunchDarkly and now at Localstack) talk about the opportunity to extend feature flags beyond deployment and rollout and into entitlement management and monetization. Find Fynn on LinkedIn…

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“Countries are coming online tomorrow, whole countries” 35:08

3M ago35:08

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ClickUp is a work and chat platform designed to streamline workflows and make people more productive. You can find RJ on LinkedIn or explore his posts on the ClickUp blog. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Hemant Singh, who helped the community understand pause vs stop in docker.By Ben Popper, Ryan Donovan, RJ Tuit

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How the internet changed in 2024 32:49

3M ago32:49

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Check out Cloudflare’s 2024 Year in Review. Read John’s posts on the Cloudflare blog or connect with him on LinkedIn. Shoutout to user Timo Kähkönen for providing knowledge-seekers with a cheap algorithm to find measure of angle between vectors.By Ben Popper, Ryan Donovan, John Graham-Cumming

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WBIT#3: Can good team dynamics make Agile obsolete? 37:01

3M ago37:01

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ApartmentAdvisor helps renters find apartments and navigate more complicated markets. What were the people who wrote the Agile Manifesto thinking? Listen to our podcast with original signatory Jim Highsmith and find out. You think the tech is impressive? Wes played the first “perfect” game of Donkey Kong. Find Wes on GitHub, LinkedIn, Twitter, or h…

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The developer skill you might be neglecting 27:10

3M ago27:10

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Find Geoffrey (Jef) Huck on LinkedIn or check out his website. Stack Overflow user Matt earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining What is the difference between Tomcat containers and Docker containers?.By Geoffrey Huck, Ben Popper, Ryan Donovan

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Robots building robots in a robotic factory 22:53

3M ago22:53

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Postman is an API development platform that lets developers prototype, document, test, and demo all their APIs in one place. Postman’s cofounder and CEO recently wrote about the rise of agentic AI. Find Sterling on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Knossos, who earned a Lifeboat badge by answering What is the difference between TextView and…

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“Data is the key”: Twilio’s Head of R&D on the need for good data 28:31

4M ago28:31

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Twilio, a communication platform as a service (CPaaS), allows developers to build voice, video, and messaging capabilities into their apps. Devs can get started with their docs. Find Inbal on LinkedIn. Kudos to Stack Overflow user Wesos de Queso for explaining how to Prevent a toggle group from not having a toggle selected - Java FX. AI, Twilio, In…

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Failing fast at scale: Rapid prototyping at Intuit 27:24

4M ago27:24

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To learn more about technology or careers at Intuit, visit intuit.com/technology. Want to read more about rapid prototyping at Intuit? To connect with Himanshu, find him on LinkedIn.By Stack Overflow

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WBIT #2: Memories of persistence and the state of state 30:00

4M ago30:00

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Polly is an embedded insurance company, which means you buy the insurance for a car or house at the same time as you buy the car or house itself. Redux is a state management library for JavaScript. We’ve talked about the productivity drains that meetings can have previously on the blog. Connect with Jon on LinkedIn .…

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How AI apps are like Google Search 23:03

4M ago23:03

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Jetify gives developers a cloud environment for building AI powered applications. Check out their blog or explore Jetify Cloud, a suite of managed services designed to make software development easier for teams. Daniel is on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user Dhaval Simaria earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining the Difference between pushing a docker im…

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How developers (really) used AI coding tools in 2024 30:59

4M ago30:59

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In this episode: Whether AI coding tools are making your code worse, how AI can improve pull requests, building software through prompt engineering, using AI to write cleaner code, and what we can expect from this technology in 2025 and beyond. Listen to the full versions: Is AI making your code worse? - Stack Overflow This startup uses a team of A…

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