Hanselminutes is a weekly interview technology podcast.
Episodes
30 Jul 2026
"Software development faces growing security risks from AI-generated code, open-source dependencies, and citizen developers, demanding zero-trust environments, early security integration, and hybrid AI-driven defenses to combat rapid exploitation and supply chain threats."
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23 Jul 2026
"Alex Lato moved from GitHub to Stack Overflow to leverage its trust systems and pivot its AI strategy, emphasizing markdown as a dynamic knowledge source and human-agent collaboration."
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16 Jul 2026
"Explores AI's societal impact, debunking fears, advocating responsible development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ethical governance while critiquing techno-solutionism and emphasizing local, sustainable AI solutions."
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18 Jun 2026
The text critiques the dominance of monocultures in tech tools like Chromium and Electron, highlights the limitations of web-based IDEs, introduces ZED as a native alternative, and presents Delta DB, a version control system that tracks granular development processes for real-time collaboration and privacy-focused code evolution.
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11 Jun 2026
Braille's declining literacy, tactile advantages over screen readers for precision and numeracy, and modern open-source innovations like the Canute Console face ongoing challenges of cost, complex data access, and integration with digital tools, emphasizing the need for community-driven solutions to sustain tactile accessibility.
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4 Jun 2026
The text explores the shift in observability from fragmented metrics to unified trace data, emphasizing telemetry as a product feature, scalable debugging tools like OpenTelemetry, challenges in DevOps and AI's role, and key themes like communication, real-world testing, and product-driven observability practices.
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30 Apr 2026
AI reshapes software engineering by streamlining workflows with code generation and pull requests, balancing efficiency and craftsmanship while addressing cognitive overload through tools like Nimblest, structured task-switching, and intuitive, collaborative AI integrations that prioritize human oversight and flexible, cross-platform workflows.
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19 Mar 2026
TextControl's platform-agnostic .NET applications with Docker/Kubernetes/Azure deployment and ASP.NET Core/Angular integrations for document workflows, alongside explorations of internet history, AI advancements, legacy protocols, and IoT/home automation projects.
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12 Mar 2026
TXTextControl's platform-agnostic .NET integration across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments, paired with AI-driven memory systems that boost scientific research efficiency, reduce token usage, and enable drug discovery and data analysis through cognitive engines balancing fast/slow thinking, dynamic memory storage, and knowledge-grounded outputs, while addressing challenges like token costs and hallucinations via lab-in-the-loop collaboration and future memory-driven problem-solving research.
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Software development is advancing with AI-driven code generation and productivity tools, but human judgment and quality assurance are still essential, as AI's creativity and originality limitations mean it shouldn't replace human developers entirely.
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