Kyle welcomes Wes Copeland, a senior frontend engineer at Apartment Advisor, to the interview. They talk about how good test coverage helps you develop software faster, the benefits of low-fidelity prototypes, and why he prefers to avoid vibes-driven development. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/22/wbit-3-can-good-team-dynamics-make-agile-obsolete/
Ben and Ryan talk with Geoffrey (Jef) Huck, a software developer turned public speaking coach, about the importance of soft skills in the tech industry—in particular, speaking and communication skills. Their conversation touches on how Huck’s experiences with anxiety shaped his efforts to become a better communicator, practical techniques for dispelling anxiety and connecting with the audience, and the MVP approach to public speaking. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/17/the-developer-skill-you
Ryan talks with Sterling Chin, a senior developer advocate at Postman, about the intersection of APIs and AI. They cover the emergence of AI APIs, the importance of quality APIs for AI integrations, and the evolving role of GraphQL in this new landscape. Sterling explains how some organizations are shifting toward an API-first development approach and talks about the future of data access in the agentic era, where APIs will play a crucial role in AI interactions. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025
In this episode, Ben and Ryan sit down with Inbal Shani, Chief Product Officer and Head of R&D at Twilio. They talk about how Twilio is incorporating AI into its offerings, the enormous importance of data quality in achieving high-quality responses from AI, the challenges of integrating cutting-edge AI technology into legacy systems, and how companies are turning to AI to improve developer productivity and customer engagement. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/10/data-is-the-key-twilio-s-head-
Have an idea? Turn it into a prototype first. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/08/failing-fast-at-scale-rapid-prototyping-at-intuit/
Bottom line: let React do the React things. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/07/wbit-2-memories-of-persistence-and-the-state-of-state/
Happy New Year! In this episode, Ryan talks with Jetify founder and CEO Daniel Loreto, a former engineering lead at Google and Twitter, about what AI applications have in common with Google Search. They also discuss the challenges inherent in developing AI systems, why a data-driven approach to AI development is important, the implications of non-determinism, and the future of test automation. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/03/how-ai-apps-are-like-google-search/
This year, technologies such as JavaScript and PostgreSQL remain most popular, Rust and Markdown remain most admired, developers are most frustrated by technical debt at work, and they don’t see AI as a threat to their jobs. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/01/developers-want-more-more-more-the-2024-results-from-stack-overflow-s-annual-developer-survey/
Is your preferred programming language a matter of national security? https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/30/in-rust-we-trust-white-house-office-urges-memory-safety/
It’s easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/31/generative-ai-is-not-going-to-build-your-engineering-team-for-you/
