Best Alex Conner Podcasts (2025)

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The Christmas Story revisited, with special guest, Sam Hunter (251224) 56:19

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In this episode, we have as our special guest Sam Hunter from 721 Ministries. We are in the 721 Ministries' media studio shooting this episode, which includes not only audio, but video via the YouTube channel. We are taking a deeper look at the Christmas stories and correcting a few myths about the story. Join us!…

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SE Radio 700: Mojtaba Sarooghi on Waiting Rooms for High-Traffic Events 1:07:46

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Mojtaba Sarooghi, a Distinguished Product Architect at Queue-it, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about virtual waiting rooms for high-traffic events such as concerts and limited-quantity product releases. They explore using a virtual queue to prevent overloading systems, how most traffic is from bots, using edge workers to reduce requests to the custo…

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 128: SATAN IST KRIEG 666 feat. GreatSG 1:42:59

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Tom and Alex are joined by jolly old soul Kurt "GreatSG" for a love-filled holiday special! We indulge in Patton Oswalt's CHRISTMAS SHOES rant, chuckle at the NARUTO PARTY V, and riot with ERIK THE JUICEMAN XMAS! Plus, the gift of your wonderful emails, and an answer to our marshmallow conundrum...???? See you in 2k26! Video links in the show notes…

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SE Radio 699: Benjamin Brial on Internal Dev Platforms 55:17

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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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Special Guest Conner DeAngelis (251216) 51:17

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In this episode, we have back in the studio our special friend and guest, Conner DeAngelis. We spend some time catching up on Conner's focus and training. Join us.By Brian Kadien

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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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Chimes, Angels and the Divine; A conversation with Ivy Galliano (251209) 59:26

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In this episode, we have a quest with a doctor's degree in Metaphysical Healing and Studies, an angelic interpreter and sound healer...special guests, Ivy Galliano. Join us as we take an alternative look into healing.By Brian Kadien

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 127: Cherry Flavoured Dental Dam 1:28:09

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Tom and Alex blast into the holiday season with FINAL FANTASY THANKSGIVIN, and marvel at the dizzying highs of RUSH and RUSH 2! Elsewhere, we've got McDonald's sandwich lore, your Halloween candy emails, and some flash news! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

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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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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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Episode 200 "Celebrating" 200 Episodes! 51:23

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To celebrate hitting almost incredibly managing to limp to 200 episodes of the podcast, and to stop all the bother of having to create anything, Alex, James and Mrs AuDHD answer questions from listeners... James isn’t allowed to do bathos, Alex steals James’s professional background, and Mrs AuDHD isn’t as proud of her weirdness since getting her d…

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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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Episode 199 ADHD & Neuroplasticity 43:04

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Episode 199 of the podcast covers ADHD and neuroplasticity, the lifelong capacity of the brain to change and rewire itself in response to the stimulation of learning and experience. Part 1 is the usual 'welcome to the podcast nonsense', in part 2, Alex the Psycho…. education Monkey tries to communicate poorly written science of ADHD and neuroplasti…

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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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Training the Teenage Athlete #3 with special guest, Alex Cordova. (251111) 56:03

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We continue in our series on Training the Teenage Athlete. In this episode, we have as our special guest, Alex Cordova. We dive into the discipline that Alex embraces to stay in shape and move forward with his Jujitsu training.By Brian Kadien

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Episode 198 Long-term Effects of ADHD Medication 1:00:22

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Mrs AuDHD is back! Episode 198 of the podcast covers the long-term effects of ADHD. The (for now) revised format sees endless waffle in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey vomits out the science of long-term ADHD medication use, and in part 3, all three hosts offer their personal reflections. "What has James lost, forgotten or mis…

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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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Healing and Wholeness with special guests Josh an Elizabeth McGinn (251104) 1:06:53

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As we continue to talk about healing and wholeness, we have as our special guests, Josh and Elizabeth McGinn, who run the Regenerate Wellness Center located in Greenville, SC.By Brian Kadien

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Episode 197 ADHD and Rumination 39:59

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Episode 197 of the podcast covers ADHD and rumunation, or repetitive thinking or dwelling on negative feelings and distress and their causes and consequences. The Season 4 format sees endless waffle in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey delivers (poorly) the science of ADHD and rumination, and in part 3, Alex and James offer thei…

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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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Energy Files Part 5: Energy in music, books, movies and other areas of our culture (251028) 57:37

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In this episode, we continue our Energy Series as we talk about energy in music, books, movies, and other areas of our American culture. To help us in this episode, we have two special guests joining us in the studio for this discussion. We have returning with us, Damon LaChapelle, who is the owner of LaChapelle Therapeutic Bodywork located in Gree…

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Episode 196 ADHD and Histamine 35:34

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Season 4 continues with an episode on ADHD and histamine, which most people don't realise is a neurotransmitter. The new format (for as long as it lasts) sees the endless waffle in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey bores on about the evidence behind histamines' potential role in ADHD, and in part 3, Alex and James offer personal…

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 126: The Wonka Industrial Complex 1:19:57

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It's that spooky time of year again, and Tom and Alex brave three hauntings! ZOMBIE INFECTION brings gore and violence, AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN brings the laughs, and A BIN LADEN HALLOWEEN... well, at least there's candy, right? Plus, your emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

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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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Episode 195 ADHD & Limerance 44:42

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Season 4 continues with an episode on ADHD and limerance. The new format (for as long as it lasts), sees us 'banter' in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey drones on about the evidence behind the subject, and in part 3, all three hosts offer personal reflections on limerance. "What has James lost, forgotten or mislaid this week?" …

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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…

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Episode 194 ADHD or Something Else? 44:57

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Season 4 of The ADHD Adults Podcast continues with an episode on how ADHD is often misdiagnosed. The new format (for as long as it lasts), sees us waffle in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey bores on about the evidence behind the subject, and in part 3, all three hosts offer personal reflections on misdiagnosis. What has James l…

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SE Radio 689: Amey Desai on the Model Context Protocol 58:36

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Amey Desai, the Chief Technology Officer at Nexla, speaks with host Sriram Panyam about the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and its role in enabling agentic AI systems. The conversation begins with the fundamental challenge that led to MCP's creation: the proliferation of "spaghetti code" and custom integrations as developers tried to connect LLMs to …

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Episode 193 ADHD & Dysautonomia 43:13

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After a wee (erm, massive) break, we're back! Season 4 of The ADHD Adults Podcast starts with an episode on dysautonomia. In a slight format change, we waffle in part 1, in part 2, Alex the Psycho…….education Monkey delivers the evidence behind the subject, and in part 3, all three hosts offer personal reflections on dysautonomia. What has James lo…

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SE Radio 688: Daniel Stenberg on Removing Rust from Curl 57:14

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Daniel Stenberg, Swedish Internet protocol expert and founder and lead developer of the Curl project, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about removing Rust from Curl. They discuss why Hyper was removed from curl, why the last five percent of making it a success was difficult, what the project gained from the 5-year attempt to tackle bringing Ru…

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Energy Files, Part 4: Optimization and Maintenance with Damon LaChapelle (250930) 1:10:42

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We're in Episode 4 as we continue our series on the Energy Files. In this episode, we have with us returning guest, Damon LaChapelle, as we continue our discussion on energy maintenance and optimization.By Brian Kadien

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 125: You Have To Suck feat. Conner Nyberg 1:14:53

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Tom and Alex do a proper grown-up interview with Conner Nyberg (aka littlbox), director of upcoming Newgrounds documentary ONCE UPON A TIME ON THE INTERNET! But not before revisiting the wacky world of KNOX'S KLAY WORLD. Deep conversation, big laffs, and the mumps. What more could you ask for? Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - …

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SE Radio 687: Elizabeth Figura on Proton and Wine 52:17

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Elizabeth Figura, a Wine Developer at CodeWeavers, speaks with SE Radio host Jeremy Jung about the Wine compatibility layer and the Proton distribution. They discuss a wide range of details including system calls, what people run with Wine, how games are built differently, conformance and regression testing, native performance, emulating a CPU vs e…

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SE Radio 686: François Daoust on W3C 1:02:36

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François Daoust, W3C staff member and co-chair of the Web Developer Experience Community Group, discusses the origins of the W3C, the browser standardization process, and how it relates to other organizations like TC39, WHATWG, and IETF. This episode covers a lot of ground, including funding through memberships, royalty-free patent access for imple…

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 124.2: Himbo Infosec feat. Bitter Karella 1:29:09

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We're back with "Hip Gen-X Go-Go Woman" Bitter Karella to look at the superhero series that stormed the Dot-Com Bubble: WHIRLGIRL! We talk about lost media, catty omniperverts, boob apertures, and even have time for your horror-comedy emails! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

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SE Radio 685: Will Wilson on Deterministic Simulation Testing 1:01:14

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In this episode, Will Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Antithesis, explores Deterministic Simulation Testing (DST) with host Sriram Panyam. Wilson was part of the pioneering team at FoundationDB that developed this revolutionary testing approach, which was later acquired by Apple in 2015. After seeing that even sophisticated organizations lacked robus…

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Energy Files, Part 3: Energy Maintenance and Optimization for Combat Sports and Martial Arts (250909) 1:10:49

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We continue our series on Energy Files with special guests, Billy Fletcher and Damon ... We take a deep dive into what contributed to our ongoing energy maintenance and optimization.By Brian Kadien

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 124.1: Force Femmed By A Yorkie feat. Bitter Karella 1:05:54

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It's the triumphant and controversial return of Bitter Karella, who brings us the pitch for adult animated sitcom ZOO U! We talk about Hollywood, furry-to-furry communication, and the prospect of a hot babe going through your bins. Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepan…

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SE Radio 684: Dan Bergh Johnsson and Daniel Deogun on Secure By Design 56:43

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Daniel Deogun and Dan Bergh Johnsson -- two of the co-authors of the book, Secure by Design -- discuss the intersection of good software design and security with host Sam Taggart. They describe how following certain software design principles can help developers create secure software without needing to become security experts. They talked about ho…

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Women in Sport, Part 3 with guest Della Scott (250902) 48:52

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In this episode, we are in our third episode, focusing on women in sport. Today, we have a very special and amazing guest who will encourage and motivate you. We have as our special guest, Della Scott. Join us!By Brian Kadien

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SE Radio 683: Artie Shevchenko on Programmers as Code Health Guardians 53:30

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Artie Shevchenko, author of Code Health Guardian, speaks with host Jeff Doolittle about the crucial role of human programmers in the AI era, emphasizing that humans must excel at managing code complexity. Shevchenko discusses these concepts and key takeaways from his book, including the three problems caused by complexity: change amplification, cog…

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A conversation with the fittest blind woman on earth, Erica James (250819) 50:39

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In this episode we continue our series on Women in Pports. We have as our special guest Erica James. Erica shares a lot in common in that she is also visually impaired. However, this has not stopped her in what she has been able to accomplish. Take a listen!By Brian Kadien

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SE Radio 682: Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce on Refactoring from Java to Kotlin 57:23

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Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce, co-authors of Java to Kotlin: Refactoring Guidebook, speak with host Giovanni Asproni about their hands-on experiences migrating Java codebases. The episode starts by highlighting Kotlin's seamless interoperability with Java, allowing teams to incrementally adopt Kotlin without disrupting existing Java code. Duncan an…

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SE Radio 681: Qian Li on DBOS Durable Execution/Serverless Computing Platform 52:17

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Qian Li of DBOS, a durable execution platform born from research by the creators of Postgres and Spark, speaks with host Kanchan Shringi about building durable, observable, and scalable software systems, and why that matters for modern applications. They discuss database-backed program state, workflow orchestration, real-world AI use cases, and com…

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SE Radio 680: Luke Hinds on Privacy and Security of AI Coding Assistants 45:37

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Luke Hinds, CTO of Stacklok and creator of Sigstore, speaks with SE Radio's Brijesh Ammanath about the privacy and security concerns of using AI coding agents. They discuss how the increased use of AI coding assistants has improved programmer productivity but has also introduced certain key risks. In the area of secrets management, for example, the…

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 123.2: My Favourite Writer Is Me feat. Sarah Zedig 1:16:21

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We're back with Sarah Zedig to discuss Jason Steele's SHADOWSTONE PARK, watching the first three-episode season and then getting into an overview of the series itself! Then, our listener emails trigger long digressions into Ninja Turtle and Spider-Man canon...! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinth…

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SE Radio 679: Wesley Beary on API Design 47:51

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Wesley Beary of Anchor speaks with host Sam Taggart about designing APIs with a particular emphasis on user experience. Wesley discusses what it means to be an "API connoisseur"— paying attention to what makes the APIs we consume enjoyable or frustrating and then taking those lessons and using them when we design our own APIs. Wesley and Sam also e…

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Flash in the Pan - Episode 123.1: Luigi Has Lost The Blessing Of Heaven feat. Sarah Zedig 1:06:19

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Multihyphenate goat Sarah Zedig joins us as we revisit the glory of CHARLIE THE UNICORN 2 and the career of Jason Steele. But not before a listener teaches us about MARIO TEACHES IMPERIALISM...! Video links in the show notes. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/flashinthepanBy Tom and Alex

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New Series: Women in sports with special guest Allison Brown (250722) 55:47

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In this episode, we begin a series of episodes that focus on women in sports. We have in our studio today as our guest an artist, jewelry designer, and the highest-ranking female Jiu-Jitsu athlete in the Alianz Jiu-Jitsu School here in Greenville, SC. Welcome Allison BrownBy Brian Kadien

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SE Radio 678: Chris Love on Kubernetes Security 54:36

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Chris Love, co-author of the book Core Kubernetes, joins host Robert Blumen for a conversation about kubernetes security. Chris identifies the node layer, secrets management, the network layer, contains, and pods as the most critical areas to be addressed. The conversation explores a range of topics, including when to accept defaults and when to ov…