Technical interviews about software topics. Transcript available on the main site in the show notes.
Episodes
19 Feb 2026
China's Great Firewall monitors and blocks internet traffic by detecting encrypted communications through analysis of data payloads' bit entropy, prompting researchers to develop countermeasures.
Open episode12 Feb 2026
Experts discuss how AI is transforming software development, highlighting challenges and implications of using AI for coding, design, and workflow automation, including changes to job roles, project management, and dynamics of human-AI collaboration.
Open episode10 Feb 2026
The podcast delves into recent changes in Python release management, highlighting advancements in threading performance, concurrency, and data sharing strategies.
Open episode5 Feb 2026
Airbnb's Viaduct service mesh and GraphQL platform aims to streamline data access in microservices environments through a unified graph.
Open episode3 Feb 2026
Recent tech updates highlight Tesla's full self-driving shift, Waymo's hurdles, autonomous vehicle trials, Starlink's in-flight Wi-Fi, OpenAI's equity policy debates, Apple integrating Gemini into Siri, AI's coding impact, competition from Google/Meta/OpenAI via models like Gemini and TPUs, challenges in AI adoption, evolving security/code generation roles, automation-job market tensions, and creative tech projects from Hacker News.
Open episode29 Jan 2026
AI coding agents are evolving to play a more substantial role in software development, encompassing planning, reviewing, and deploying code within controlled environments.
Open episode27 Jan 2026
Developing and integrating AI into production systems requires overcoming complexity and traditional data schema limitations with dynamic, flexible data platforms.
Open episode22 Jan 2026
A new package manager and registry called Volt aims to improve performance, security, and the developer experience through innovative features.
Open episode20 Jan 2026
This podcast provides an in-depth look at the evolution, current applications, and future of WebAssembly.
Open episode15 Jan 2026
Surveillance technologies have outpaced current legal protections, enabling broad data collection and raising concerns about Fourth Amendment violations.
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