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Published 3 Mar 2026
Duration: 57:08
The discussion covers various technology topics, including digital integration, AI automation, and its impact on future jobs and commerce.
SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software en...
The podcast covers several tech-related topics, focusing on the challenges of digital integration in Tokyo, where advanced technology coexists with traditional, outdated systems such as physical tickets and cash payments in public services and infrastructure. It also examines OpenClaw, an open-source self-hosted AI agent with powerful automation capabilities, though concerns about privacy and security arise due to its broad access to user systems. The project went through legal challenges, rebranding, and was eventually acquired by OpenAI, raising discussions about the potential and risks of personal AI assistants.
Other discussions include the increasing role of AI in commerce, the transition of business models toward advertising and enterprise solutions, the importance of governed app development to mitigate shadow IT risks, and how software engineering roles are evolving as AI tools become more capable of handling complex tasks. The episode also touches on the impact of AI on future job roles, the emergence of agentic engineering, and the potential for AI-driven workflows across various industries.
31 Mar 2026 FreeBSD with John Baldwin
FreeBSD's evolution from BSD, its use in PlayStation 4 and Netflix's CDN, community-driven governance, challenges in maintaining a legacy codebase, modernization efforts, hardware integrations, and initiatives like CherryBSD for memory safety, alongside licensing and corporate collaboration impacts.
26 Mar 2026 Cilium, eBPF, and Modern Kubernetes Networking with Bill Mulligan
eBPF-based projects like Cilium address cloud-native networking challenges by enabling scalable, secure, identity-driven traffic management in Kubernetes through kernel-level programmability, replacing traditional tools with efficient, crash-resistant solutions.
24 Mar 2026 Games That Push Back with Bennett Foddy
Bennett Foddy's systems-driven design emphasizes physics-based mechanics, absurdist themes, and nuanced frustration over simplistic difficulty, using games like *QWOP* and *Baby Steps* to explore player agency, iterative discovery, and critiques of industry trends through accessible, community-informed development.
19 Mar 2026 Prettier and Opinionated Code Formatting with James Long
Developer tooling shapes software workflows by streamlining code formatting with opinionated tools like Prettier, addressing formatting inefficiencies, differentiating from ESLint through dynamic code structure analysis, and confronting adoption hurdles, open-source sustainability challenges, ecosystem fragmentation, and the trade-offs between flexibility, usability, and developer needs in JavaScript tooling.
17 Mar 2026 Skate Story with Sam Eng
Skate Story, a 2025 indie game, blends vaporwave aesthetics, existential themes, and surreal storytelling with fluid skate mechanics, a linear journey of a glass demon to the moon, accessible controls, cosmic challenges, retro visuals, and themes of perseverance and real-world skateboarding inspiration.