Best Computing Made Easy Podcasts (2025)

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“AI has been the wild west”: Creating standards for agents with Sean Falconer 31:04

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Confluent is an all-in-one, real-time platform that allows you to stream, connect, process, and govern your data. Connect with Sean on Linkedin, and listen to the Software Engineering Daily podcast, where he co-hosts. Do you know the answer to Loadrunner lr_get_attrib_string always returns null? If so, you can help out Trncvs and receive the bounty…

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How to do your job happier 22:42

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Read more findings from the Developer Success Lab here. Find John at his website and connect with him on LinkedIn. Congrats to user Matthieu M. who won a Populist badge for answering the question struct with 2 cells vs std::pair?.By John Flournoy, Ryan Donovan

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Where we’re going, we don’t need fossil fuels 37:21

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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.By Kieran Furlong, Ryan Donovan

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How your favorite movie is changing language learning technology 23:28

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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 winn…

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There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten 36:43

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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 aligne…

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Attention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too 36:32

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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.…

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Why call one API when you can use GraphQL to call them all? 25:45

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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?.…

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Programming problems that seem easy, but aren't, featuring Jon Skeet 32:34

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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 …

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Learning Azure with Jonah Andersson: A Developer's Guide to Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals 1:14:47

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RJJ Software's Software Development Service This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Software Development Services, whether your company is looking to elevate its UK operations or reshape its US strategy, we can provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations. Show Notes "So the cloud adoption framework actu…

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You’ve got 99 problems but data shouldn’t be one 29:26

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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…

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You've vibe coded an app. Now what? 26:12

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SPONSORED BY HEROKU Heroku 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?.By Stack Overflow

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How to build your prototypes without a 35% tariff 22:24

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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 p…

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Defending the realm: Trust and safety at Stack Overflow 37:25

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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.…

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"My job is going to change in a dramatic way”: Exploring the future of the internet with Cloudflare 23:09

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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 conversat…

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After 30 years, Java is still brewing up new features 27:31

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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.…

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Dapr: The Secret Sauce to Simplifying Distributed Applications with Mark Fussell 1:09:47

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RJJ Software's Software Development Service This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Software Development Services, whether your company is looking to elevate its UK operations or reshape its US strategy, we can provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations. Show Notes "Yeah, exactly. In fact, one of the c…

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“We’re not worried about compute anymore”: The future of AI models 25:51

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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?.By Ryan Donovan, Ben, Jamie de Guerre

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Better vibes and vibe coding with Gemini 2.5 33:03

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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 less…

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Banking on a serverless world 23:28

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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.By Ryan Donovan, Kathleen Vignos

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If an attacker can edit your mobile code, how do you defend your app? 28:31

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SPONSORED BY GUARDSQUARE Learn 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.By Stack Overflow

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In a deterministic simulation, you can debug with time travel 28:20

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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…

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.NET Aspire: How Maddy Montaquila and the .NET Team Are Revolutionizing Development 1:02:00

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RJJ Software's Software Development Service This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Software Development Services, whether your company is looking to elevate its UK operations or reshape its US strategy, we can provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations. Show Notes "If your app has a backend, it's Aspi…

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Getting rid of the pain for developers on Shopify 30:05

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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#.By Ryan Donovan, Glen Coates

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Understanding the limitations of AI is crucial for enterprise success 32:03

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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 hi…

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“The future is agents”: Building a platform for RAG agents 32:29

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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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WBIT #8: Typescript for gut biomes 44:40

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Jona provides an AI-powered gut biome test for clinicians and patients alike. Connect with Tyler on Twitter.By Stack Overflow

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Can a dev environment spark joy? The Android team thinks so. 37:02

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Get the whole rundown of what’s new in this version of Android Developer’s Studio. Google I/O just happened, and the Android team announced a bunch of things. Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn. Congrats to Populist badge winner chudo xl for their answer to Android app stuck at "Launching on Devices" or 'device 'DEVICEID' not found' error.…

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Durable execution: autosave for your microservices 22:35

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DBOS Transact is a lightweight, open-source library that makes durable execution simple so you no longer need to worry about manually coding retries and recovery procedures. Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn. Connect with Qian on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Vanita L., whose answer to What does the Swift 'mutating' keyword mean? earned t…

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.NET Web App Modernization Made Easy with Tomáš Herceg's New Book and DotVVM 1:00:26

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DotConnect and Entity Developer dotConnect and Entity Developer boost .NET development with high-performance ADO .NET providers and visual ORM builder. Try a 30-day free trial now! Show Notes "I remember I had the entire life cycle of the web forms printed on a wall. It was like six sheets of paper and it was very complex, and it was very useful to…

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Salesforce wants to do for agentic AI what they did for SaaS 29:17

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The new Salesforce Developer Edition includes access to Data Cloud and Agentforce, Salesforce’s platform for building, customizing, and deploying autonomous AI agents. Developers can sign up here to start building. Connect with Christophe on LinkedIn. Instead of a badge, we have a question for you: If you are a developer who is working with AI age…

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Next-level observability: live breakpoint debugging 26:27

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Dynatrace is an AI-powered observability platform. It empowers today’s AI-enabled digital enterprises to understand their systems and data so they can analyze, automate, and innovate faster. Learn more about Dynatrace’s Live Debugger. Connect with Henrik Rexed on LinkedIn or check out Is it Observable on YouTube.…

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Is the enterprise (actually) ready for AI? 29:08

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watsonx.ai is an enterprise-grade AI studio. Developers can get started in the watsonx Developer Hub. We published a technical behind-the-scenes look at watsonx, as well as a Q&A on why it’s business-ready. Find Maryam on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Michael Kolber, who earned a Lifeboat badge with a straightforward and effective answe…

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Using AI to find patient zero in marketing campaigns 28:01

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Alembic is an AI platform that helps organizations see how marketing spend connects to revenue so they can illuminate blind spots and make more informed business decisions. Connect with Abby on LinkedIn. Stack Overflow user krishnan muthiah pillai earned a Lifeboat badge with a top-notch answer to How to forget a wireless network in android program…

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Moving beyond velocity: Measuring real business impact 30:32

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In this episode of Leaders of Code, Dan Lines, cofounder and COO of LinearB; Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow; and host Ben Popper talk about why velocity should be a diagnostic tool, not the primary goal of engineering teams. They also touch on the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration to align engineering with bu…

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Mastering microservices with a former Uber and Netflix architect 30:26

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Orkes is a developer-first enterprise workflow orchestration platform. Explore the developer edition or dive into the docs. Before cofounding Orkes, Jeu was an architect at Uber and Netflix. Find him on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Alex Stiff, whose answer to Bash - Sort a list of strings earned them a Lifeboat badge.…

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Jonathan Peppers Unleashes Code Chaos: How .NET Meets the NES 1:04:41

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RJJ Software's Software Development Service This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Podcasting Services, whether your company is looking to elevate its UK operations or reshape its US strategy, we can provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations. Show Notes "When you program for the NES you deeply need t…

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Improving on a 30-year-old hardware architecture 34:54

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SambaNova makes a full-stack AI platform and an “intelligent chip” capable of running models of up to five trillion parameters, allowing developers to run state-of-the-art open source models without the time-consuming work of tuning and modeling. See what developers are building with the tech. Find Rodrigo on LinkedIn. This episode was recorded at …

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“We’re not replacing you; we’re with you”: Where AI meets infrastructure 21:22

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The Geminus platform is built to automatically integrate data, physics, and computation for autonomous control of complex systems. Explore the platform or get in touch. Find Greg on LinkedIn.By Greg Fallon, Ryan Donovan

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Grab bag! On the floor at HumanX 17:55

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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

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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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Visually orchestrating data diagnostics but platform agnostic 23:02

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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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Google Gemini in .NET: The Ultimate Guide with Jochen Kirstaetter 55:01

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RJJ Software's Software Development Service This episode of The Modern .NET Show is supported, in part, by RJJ Software's Software Development Services, whether your company is looking to elevate its UK operations or reshape its US strategy, we can provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations. Show Notes "So on my side it was actually, the i…

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Generating components, not tokens 23:59

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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

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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.…