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Roberto Di Cosmo, professor of Computer Science at University Paris Diderot and founder of the Software Heritage Initiative, discusses the reasons for and challenges of the long-term archiving of publicly available software. SE Radio’s Gavin Henry spoke with Di Cosmo about a wide range of topics, including the selection of storage solutions, efficiently storing objects, […]

Roberto Di Cosmo, Computer Science professor at University Paris Diderot and founder of the Software Heritage initiative, discusses the reasons for and challenges of, the long term archiving of publicly available software. SE Radio’s Gavin Henry spoke with Di Cosmo about a wide range of topics, including the selection of storage solutions, efficiently storing objects, […]

Ryan Magee, postdoctoral scholar research associate at LIGO Laboratory – Caltech, s host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about how software is used by scientists in physics research. The episode begins with a discussion of gravitational waves and the scientific processes of detection and measurement. Magee explains how data science principles are applied to scientific […]

Dan Lorenc, CEO of Chainguard, a software supply chain security company, s SE Radio editor Robert Blumen to talk about software supply chain attacks. They start with a review of software supply chain basics; how outputs become inputs of someone else’s supply chain; techniques for attacking the supply chain, including compromising the compilers, injecting code […]

Andy Dang, Head of Engineering at WhyLabs discusses observability and data ops for AI/ML applications and how that differs from traditional observability. SE Radio host Akshay Manchale speaks with Andy about running an AI/ML model in production and how observability is an important tool in diagnosing and detecting various failures in the application. They explore […]

Eddie Aftandilian, Principal Researcher at GitHub Co-Pilot, speaks with SE Radio’s Priyanka Raghavan about how GitHub Copilot can improve developer productivity as it is integrated with IDEs. They trace the origins of developer tools for productivity right from integrated developer environments to AI-powered buddies such as GitHub Copilot. The episode then takes a deep dive […]

Peter Wyatt, CTO at PDF Association and project co-leader of ISO 32000 (the core PDF standard), and Duff Johnson, CEO at PDF Association and ISO Project co-leader and US TAG chair for both ISO 32000 and ISO 14289 (PDF/UA), discuss the 30-year history of the portable document format (PDF). SE Radio’s Gavin Henry spoke with […]

Xe Iaso of Tailscale discusses how a VPN can be a useful tool when building software. SE Radio host Jeremy Jung spoke with Iaso about what VPNs are, onboarding, access control, authentication in the network vs individual services, peer-to-peer vs centralized VPNs, relay servers, tech stacks, forking the go compiler, the iOS network extension limit, […]

Tanmai Gopal, CEO of Hasura.io, ed SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about GraphQL. They discussed the history and rationale behind the original conception of GraphQL, as well as some of the use cases it is best suited for. Tanmai described how GraphQL differs from other API specification styles such as REST and […]

Jeff Perry, career coach with experience in multiple engineering and technology fields discusses career management for software engineers. Host Kanchan Shringi spoke with Perry about how software engineers can be intentional and proactive in evaluating and pursuing career options. Perry shared examples of how how engineers have made shifts to opportunities that took advantage of […]

Jonathan Shariat, coauthor of the book Tragic Design, discusses harmful software design. SE Radio host Jeremy Jung speaks with Shariat about how poor design can kill in the medical industry, accidentally causing harm with features meant to bring joy, what to consider during the product development cycle, industry-specific checklists and testing requirements, creating guiding principles […]

Adrian Kennard and Kevin Hones, founders of FireBrick routers and firewalls, discuss how to design, build, test, and a hardware router and network operating system from scratch. Host Gavin Henry spoke with them about a vast array of topics, starting with component choices, embedded operating system design, testing, and release cycles. The conversation explores […]

In this episode, Brian Campbell, Distinguished Engineer at Ping Identity, speaks with SE Radio’s Priyanka Raghaven about cryptographic defenses against stolen tokens, particularly in the context of the OAUTH2 protocol and the type of attacks that can plague it. They discuss the concept of “proof of possession” in protecting against such attacks, and where it […]

Randy Shoup of eBay discusses the evolution of eBay’s tech stack. SE Radio host Jeremy Jung speaks with Shoup about eBay’s origins as a single C++ class with an Oracle database, a five-year migration to multiple Java services, sharing a database between the old and new systems, building a distributed tracing system, working with bare […]

In this episode, Abi Noda, founder of Pull Panda and DX, discusses developer experience with SE Radio host Brijesh Ammanath. They examine the basic concept of DX and its importance before diving into a wide variety of issues, including methodologies for measuring DX, the main factors that influence it, and strategies for overcoming common barriers […]

Jessi Ashdown and Uri Gilad, authors of the book Data Governance: The Definitive Guide, discuss what data governance entails, why it’s important, and how it can be implemented. Host Akshay Manchale speaks with them about why data governance is important for companies and organizations of all sizes and how it impacts everything in the data […]

Noah Gift, author of “Practical MLOps”, discusses MLOps, which are tools are techniques used to operationalize machine learning applications. Host Akshay Manchale spoke to Noah about the foundational aspects such as basic automation through DevOps, data operations and platform operations that are necessary for building and operating machine learning applications at different levels of scale. […]

Phillip Mayhew of GameDriver discusses test automation for games and game-like applications. Host Philip Winston spoke with Mayhew about the increasing role of test automation in modern game development, the impact on the QA role, how to run tests in CI/CD pipelines, and how to create automated tests using GameDriver. Related Links Episode 167: The […]

John Ousterhout, professor of computer science at Stanford University, ed SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about his book, A Philosophy of Software Design. They discussed the history and ongoing challenges of software system design, especially the nature of complexity and the difficulties handling it. The conversation also explored various design concepts from […]

Kumar Ramaiyer, CTO of the Planning Business Unit at Workday, discusses the infrastructure services needed and the design and lifecycle of ing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application. Host Kanchan Shringi spoke with Ramaiyer about composing a cloud application from microservices, as well as key checklist items for choosing the platform services to use and features needed […]