Best Kotlin Podcasts (2025)

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The Human Side of Development: Career Growth, Staying Healthy, and Why People Matter More Than AI (#87) 31:31

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What if work-life balance is a myth, and the real secret is just... life?In this Foojay Podcast we're stepping away from pure code and diving into something equally important: how we live our lives as developers. Because let's be honest, being a great programmer isn't just about mastering Java or the latest framework. It's about managing your caree…

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123 – Android XR, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more! 4:38

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Dan covers the latest releases from Android XR, the Android Studio Otter 2 feature drop with Gemini 3, the release of Android 16 QPR2, Jetpack Navigation 3, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:31 - Android XR 1:59 - Android Studio and …

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Last week in AWS re:Invent with Corey Quinn 23:01

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Ryan sits down with Corey Quinn, Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, at AWS re:Invent to get Corey’s patented snarky take on all the happenings from the conference. They discuss whether the AI agent hype is supported by actual buyers, how startups are faring as AWS focuses on large enterprises, and how many of the new technologies coming out this ye…

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SE Radio 699: Benjamin Brial on Internal Dev Platforms 55:13

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In this episode, Benjamin Brial, CEO and co-founder of Cycloid, speaks with host Sriram Panyam about internal developer platforms (IDPs) and internal developer portals. The conversation explores how these platforms address the growing challenges of DevOps scalability, multi-cloud complexity, and cloud waste, all of which organizations face as they …

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Live from re:Invent…it’s Stack Overflow! 31:35

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Ryan is joined by Stack Overflow’s CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and Director of Data Science Michael Foree on the floor at re:Invent to discuss all they’ve seen and heard at the event, from the future of AI agents to the trust issues the enterprise has around AI and the impact of AI and robotics on the job market. Episode Notes: This episode was reco…

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Agents, MCP, and Graph Databases: Java Developers Navigate the AI Revolution (#86) 1:03:35

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The AI revolution isn't replacing Java developers. No, it's forcing us to think harder. Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Today, we're talking about AI and Java, how it's changing the way we work, what we need to watch out for, and why understanding what's really happening matters more than ever. I recorded interviews at Devoxx and …

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Interface is everything, and everything is an interface 24:28

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Ryan talks with Wesley Yu, head of engineering at Metalab, about the evolution of interfaces in technology, the pressure that UI generated on the fly would put on your backend systems, and why AI is just the latest and fanciest in a long line of CRUD apps. Episode notes: Metalab designs interfaces for top brands around the world, helping them desig…

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Bring your own model - Android Developers Backstage 58:26

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In this episode Tor and Chet chat with Raluca Saucic and Eugene Yakavets about the new "Bring Your Own Model" feature in Android Studio which allows using other models than Gemini for agent mode, including models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and more. We also discuss using local models via Ollama and LM Studio. Resources: Use a remote model → https://go…

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SE Radio 698: Srujana Merugu on How to build an LLM App 1:18:30

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In this episode of Software Engineering Radio, Srujana Merugu, an AI researcher with decades of experience, speaks with host Priyanka Raghavan about building LLM-based applications. The discussion begins by clarifying essential concepts like generative vs. predictive AI, pre-training vs. fine-tuning, and the transformer architecture that powers mod…

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AI is a crystal ball into your codebase 34:54

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Ryan is joined by Kayvon Beykpour, CEO and founder of Microscope, to dive into AI-powered code review’s potential for managing large codebases, the need for humans-in-the-loop for reviewing PRs so AI tools can efficiently and effectively debug, and how AI can increase visibility through summarization at the abstract syntax tree level and high signa…

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Code, Community, and Opportunity: Making Tech Accessible for Everyone (#85) 56:52

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Episode 85 of the Foojay Podcast. All info, show notes, and links are available at https://foojay.io/today/category/podcast/. What if the future of Java depends on who we invite to learn it today? In this Foojay Podcast, we're diving into something that affects all of us in the Java community: How can we inspire the next generation of developers, a…

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Treating your agents like microservices 35:31

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Ryan is joined by Outshift by Cisco’s VP of Engineering Guillaume De Saint Marc to discuss the future of multi-agent architectures as microservices, the challenges and limitations of the infrastructure for these multi-agent systems, and the importance of communication protocols and interoperability in order to build decentralized and scalable archi…

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SE Radio 697: Philip Kiely on Multi-Model AI 56:33

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Philip Kiely, software developer relations lead at Baseten, speaks with host Jeff Doolittle about multi-agent AI, emphasizing how to build AI-native software beyond simple ChatGPT wrappers. Kiely advocates for composing multiple models and agents that take action to achieve complex user goals, rather than just producing information. He explains the…

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Abstraction, but for robots 24:38

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Ryan welcomes Simone Kalmakis, VP of Engineering at Viam, to dive into how her team is bridging the gap between software and robotics, the importance of abstraction layers in making robotics more accessible, and the real-world applications of robotics from lobster traps to industrial sanding robots. Episode notes: Viam is a robotics platform that b…

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Developing Performant, Cost Efficient, and Eco-friendly Code (#84) 46:06

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In this Foojay Podcast, we're exploring a critical topic that's becoming increasingly important in our industry: developing sustainable software that is both performant and environmentally friendly. At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, I had fascinating conversations about how we as Java developers can make a real impact on both our cloud costs and…

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Lightning-as-a-service for agriculture 21:30

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Darryl Lyons, co-founder and Chief Rainmaker at Rainstick, joins the show to dive into advancements in AgTech and how Rainstick is using bioelectricity to enhance agricultural productivity. They discuss how Rainstick mimics natural thunderstorms to create electric fields and frequencies that promote plant growth, challenges and breakthroughs in the…

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SE Radio 696: Flavia Saldanha on Data Engineering for AI 1:14:25

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Flavia Saldanha, a consulting data engineer, joins host Kanchan Shringi to discuss the evolution of data engineering from ETL (extract, transform, load) and data lakes to modern lakehouse architectures enriched with vector databases and embeddings. Flavia explains the industry's shift from treating data as a service to treating it as a product, emp…

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You’re probably underutilizing your GPUs 26:14

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Ryan is joined by Jared Quincy Davis, CEO and co-founder of Mithril, to explore the importance of efficient resource allocation and GPU utilization in AI, the myth and misconceptions of the GPU shortage, and how the economics of GPU will change with new scheduling and utilization strategies. Episode notes: Mithril’s omnicloud platform aggregates an…

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OpenJDK Evolutions plus Tips and Tricks (#83) 47:12

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Welcome to another episode of the Foojay Podcast! Just like in the previous episode, I bring you conversations from two of Europe's premier Java conferences - Devoxx in Belgium and JFall in the Netherlands. At these conferences, I had the opportunity to speak with members of the Java community about topics ranging from the evolution of Java itself …

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Only you can stop AI database drops 32:13

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Ryan is joined by David Hsu, CEO and founder of Retool, to explore how AI is transforming the role of a software developer into a software architect, the increasing accessibility of coding for non-engineers, and the importance of placing guardrails and higher-level programming primitives on AI coding assistants. Episode notes: Retool is an enterpri…

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SE Radio 695: Dave Thomas on Building eBooks Infrastructure 1:02:49

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Dave Thomas, author of The Pragmatic Programmer, The Manifesto for Agile Software Development, Programming Ruby, Agile Web Development with Rails, Programming Elixir, Simplicity, and co-founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about building infrastructure for eBooks. They discuss what an eBook is, the various forma…

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How to create agents that people actually want to use 27:07

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Ryan welcomes Assaf Elovic, head of AI at monday.com, to discuss creating AI tools that users will actually adopt, how they created their Monday Sidekick agent with the user experience in mind, and the opportunities that AI creates for better productivity and more efficiency. Episode notes: monday.com is a work management platform that allows you t…

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Building AI Agents With Koog 1:22:48

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Sebastian and Márton talk to Vadim Briliantov, the Technical Lead for Koog: an agentic framework built by JetBrains. We learn about what AI agents are, and why building them in Kotlin with Koog is a great choice. We also discuss all the different ways AI agents can connect to other systems and your existing code, and look at advanced features for a…

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OpenJDK Projects (Leyden, Babylon, Panama) and TornadoVM (#82) 34:48

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In this Foojay Podcast, we're diving deep into some of the most exciting developments happening within the OpenJDK and TornadoVM projects. At the Devoxx and JFall conferences, we spoke with several speakers and visitors about some of the major themes that are shaping the future of Java development. The first guest is Moritz Halbritter from the Spri…

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The fastest agent in the race has the best evals 32:33

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Ryan welcomes Benjamin Klieger, lead engineer at Groq, to explore the infrastructure behind AI agents, how you can turn a one-minute agent into a ten-second agent, and how they used fast inference and effective evals to build their efficient and reliable Compound agent. Episode notes: Groq delivers fast, low-cost inference using their custom-design…

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One thing enterprise AI projects need to succeed? Community. 23:59

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In this episode of Leaders of Code, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar chats with Ramprasad Rai, VP of Platform Engineering at JPMorgan Chase & Co., about the unique challenges of implementing AI in an enterprise environment. They discuss how organizations can balance AI-driven productivity with strict compliance and security requirements by…

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SE Radio 694: Jennings Anderson and Amy Rose on Overture Maps 1:03:45

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Jennings Anderson, a Software Engineer with Meta Platforms, and Amy Rose, the Chief Technology Officer at Overture Maps Foundation, speak with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about the Overture Maps project, which creates reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data. After exploring the foundations of geospatial information systems, Gregory an…

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122 – Android Studio updates, Android 16 beta feature, and more! 10:32

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Welcome to Now in Android, your ongoing guide to what's new and notable in the world of Android development. Ash covers the latest releases from Android 16 QPR2 to Android Studio Narwhal. Discover The Android Show, Androidify, the Wear OS Spotlight Week, and more! Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:23 - Android 16 QPR 2 and Beta 1:55 - Android Studio …

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AI code means more critical thinking, not less 32:38

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Ryan is joined by Secure Code Warrior’s co-founder and CTO Matias Madou to discuss the implications of LLMs’ variability on code security, the future of developer training as AI coding assistants become more popular, and the importance of critical thinking—especially for junior developers—in the age of AI. Episode notes: Secure Code Warrior upskill…

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Revealing the unknown unknowns in your software 31:42

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Ryan welcomes Nic Benders to discuss the complexity and abstraction crisis in software development, the importance of going beyond observability into understandability, and demystifying AI's opacity for understanding and control. Episode notes: New Relic is a full-stack observability platform that helps engineers plan, build, deploy, and run softwa…

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SE Radio 693: Mark Williamson on AI-Assisted Debugging 54:12

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Mark Williamson, CTO of Undo, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss AI-assisted debugging. The conversation is structured around three main objectives: understanding how AI can serve as a debugging assistant; examining AI-powered debugging tools; exploring whether AI debuggers can independently find and fix bugs. Mark highlights how AI can suppor…

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185: Workflow Orchestrators 1:32:02

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Intro topic: Asymmetric Returns News/Links: NanoChat by Andrej Karpathy https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat Pydantic AI https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/25/pydanticai-advancing-generative-ai-agent-development-through-intelligent-framework-design/ 1000th Starlink this year https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/16/live-coverage-spacex-plans-morning…

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To write secure code, be less gullible than your AI 28:26

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Ryan is joined by Greg Foster, CTO of Graphite, to explore how much we should trust AI-generated code to be secure, the importance of tooling in ensuring code security whether it’s AI-assisted or not, and the need for context and readability for humans in AI code. Episode notes: Graphite is an AI code review platform that helps you get context on c…

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Maven 4 - The Future of Java Build Automation (#81) 1:06:59

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Maven 4 is approaching its release, bringing many improvements to the build tool powering millions of Java projects. In this Foojay Podcast episode, we talk about Apache Maven 4, a significant milestone that has been years in the making. Maven has been the backbone of Java dependency management and build automation since the early 2000s; however, t…

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Vibe coding needs a spec, too 26:45

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Ryan talks with Deepak Singh, VP of Developer Agents and Experiences at AWS and lead at Kiro, about spec-driven development in a vibe coding world. They explore how AI tools have evolved from autocomplete to sophisticated agents that can write code based off of just specs, and how AWS has pioneered spec-driven development through their Kiro agent. …

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SE Radio 692: Sourabh Satish on Prompt Injection 1:04:36

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Sourabh Satish, CTO and co-founder of Pangea, speaks with SE Radio's Brijesh Ammanath about prompt injection. Sourabh begins with the basic concepts underlying prompt injection and the key risks it introduces. From there, they take a deep dive into the OWASP Top 10 security concerns for LLMs, and Sourabh explains why prompt injection is the top ris…

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Craft and quality beat speed and scale, with or without agents 27:50

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Ryan welcomes Tom Moor, head of engineering at Linear, to discuss AI agents’ mixed results for productivity in the development lifecycle, the importance of context for maximizing agents’ effectiveness, and the role that junior developers need to take in a world increasingly driven by AI. Episode notes: Linear is a tool for planning and building pro…

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Your runbooks are obsolete in the age of agents 24:55

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Ryan is joined by Spiros Xanthos, CEO and founder of Resolve AI, to talk about the future of AI agents in incident management and troubleshooting, the challenges of maintaining complex software systems with traditional runbooks, and the changing role of developers in an AI-driven world. Episode notes: Resolve AI is building agents to help you troub…

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Discussing Kotlin Coroutines with Marcin Moskała 2:03:27

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Sebastian and Márton chat with Marcin Moskała about coroutines. Resources: Coroutines Mastery course Coroutines | Kotlin Documentation kotlinx.coroutines Taming Asynchronous Beasts | Marcin Moskała Coroutine Debugging in IntelliJ IDEA | Alexey Merkulov Lifecycles, Coroutines and Scopes | Alejandro Serrano Mena Collect Like a Pro | Manuel Vivo Untan…

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What leaders need to know from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey 31:16

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In this episode of Leaders of Code, Eira May, B2B Editor at Stack Overflow, and Natalie Rotnov, Senior Product Marketing Manager for the Enterprise Product Suite at Stack Overflow, unpack the key takeaways from the 2025 Developer Survey for tech and business leaders. The discussion focuses on the evolving developer relationship with AI, the continu…

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SE Radio 691: Kacper Łukawski on Qdrant Vector Database 59:51

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Kacper Łukawski, a Senior Developer Advocate at Qdrant, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about the Qdrant vector database and similarity search engine. After introducing vector databases and the foundational concepts undergirding similarity search, they dive deep into the Rust-based implementation of Qdrant. Along with comparing and contrasti…

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Open source is giving you choices with your agent systems 26:28

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Ryan welcomes John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, to talk about the evolving landscape of AI agents, the role of open source in keeping the tech ecosystem healthy, the challenges OS communities have faced with the rise of AI, and the implications of data privacy and user choice in the age of multi-agent AI systems. Episode notes: Mozilla.ai is build…

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AI4Devs Interviews - Part 2 (#80) 1:06:28

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This is part 2 of the interviews recorded on September 19th, 2025, at the first AI4Devs Conference (https://amsterdam.ai4devs.io/) in Amsterdam. In Part 1, we explored many AI-related topics as libraries, security, infrastructure, use cases, and more. In this second part, we'll dive into data science, tools for better AI development, Java in the cl…

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Why rent a cloud when you can build one? 29:03

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Andrei Kvapil, founder of Ænix and core developer of Cozystack, joins Ryan to dive into what it takes to build a cloud from scratch, the intricacies of Kubernetes and virtualization, and how open-source has made digital sovereignty possible. Episode notes: Cozystack is a Kubernetes-based framework for building a private cloud environment. Connect w…

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SE Radio 690: Florian Gilcher on Rust for Safety-Critical Systems 1:03:44

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Florian Gilcher, co-founder of Ferrous Systems and the Rust Foundation, speaks with host Giovanni Asproni about the application of Rust in mission- and safety-critical systems. The discussion starts with a brief overview of such systems, and an introduction to Rust, emphasizing aspects that make it well-suited for critical environments. Florian and…