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WayForward is a renowned video game studio that was founded in 1990. The company has developed games for publishers such as Capcom, Konami, and Nintendo and has released their games across major hardware platforms from the last 35 years. They are also the creators of the Shantae series of 2D platformers. WayForward recently developed the

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2025

One of the most immediate and high-impact applications of LLMs has been in software development. The models can significantly accelerate code writing, but with that increased velocity comes a greater need for thoughtful, scalable approaches to codereview. Integrating AI into the development workflow requires rethinking how to ensure quality,security, and maintainability at scale. CodeRabbit is

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

Emulating retro games on modern consoles is a growing trend, and allows players to experience classic titles with improved performance, enhanced resolution, and added features like save states and rewinding. However, this process raises many challenging technical questions related to hardware compatibility, performance optimization, rendering, and state management. Implicit Conversions is a company focused on

Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2025

Welcome back to SED News, a podcast series from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer break down the latest stories in software engineering, Silicon Valley, and wider tech world. In this episode, Gregor and Sean unpack what’s going with Deel and Rippling, explore why Databricks and Snowflake are making big bets

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

TanStack is an open-source collection of high-performance libraries for JavaScript and TypeScript applications, primarily focused on state management, data fetching, and table utilities. It includes popular libraries like TanStack Query, TanStack Table, and TanStack Router. These libraries emphasize declarative APIs, optimized performance, and developer-friendly features, and they are increasingly popular for modern frontend development. Tanner

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2025

Evaluations are critical for assessing the quality, performance, and effectiveness of software during development. Common evaluation methods include code reviews and automated testing, and can help identify bugs, ensure compliance with requirements, and measure software reliability. However, evaluating LLMs presents unique challenges due to their complexity, versatility, and potential for unpredictable behavior. Ankur Goyal is

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

A major challenge with creating distributed applications is achieving resilience, reliability, and fault tolerance. It can take considerable engineering time to address non-functional concerns like retries, state synchronization, and distributed coordination. Event-driven models aim to simplify these issues, but often introduce new difficulties in debugging and operations. Stephan Ewen is the Founder at Restate which

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2025

Agentic AI is seen as a key frontier in artificial intelligence, enabling systems to autonomously act, adapt in real-time, and solve complex, multi-step problems based on objectives and context. Unlike traditional rule-based or generative AI, which are limited to predefined or reactive tasks, agentic AI processes vast information, models uncertainty, and makes context-sensitive decisions, mimicking

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025

Synopsys is a leading electronic design automation company specializing in silicon design and verification, as well as software integrity and security. Their tools are foundational to the creation of modern chips and embedded software, powering everything from smartphones to cars. Chip design is a deeply complex process, often taking months or years and requiring the

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2025

OpenTofu is an open-source alternative to Terraform, designed for managing infrastructure as code. It enables users to define, provision, and manage their cloud and on-premises resources using a declarative configuration language. OpenTofu was created to ensure an open and community-driven approach to infrastructure tooling, and it emphasizes compatibility and extensibility for diverse deployment scenarios. Cory

Transcribed - Published: 27 May 2025

Python is the dominant language for AI and data science applications, but it lacks the performance and low-level control needed to fully leverage GPU hardware. As a result, developers often rely on NVIDIA’s CUDA framework, which adds complexity and fragments the development stack. Mojo is a new programming language designed to combine the simplicity of

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2025

PostgreSQL is an open-source database known for its robustness, extensibility, and compliance with SQL standards. Its ability to handle complex queries and maintain high data integrity has made it a top choice for both start-ups and large enterprises. Heikki Linnakangas is a leading developer for the PostgreSQL project, and he’s a co-founder at Neon, which

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2025

Cryptocurrency exchanges face unique security challenges that require specialized threat assessments and planning. Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States. It was founded in 2012 and has evolved alongside cryptocurrency as a technology. Philip Martin is the Chief Security Officer at Coinbase. Prior to Coinbase, Philip built and led the Incident Response

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2025

The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is a new open standard that connects AI assistants to arbitrary data sources and tools, such as codebases, APIs, and content repositories. Instead of building bespoke integrations for each system, developers can use MCP to establish secure, scalable connections between AI models and the data they need. By standardizing

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2025

Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 an open-world action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games and it had a profound impact on both gaming and popular culture. Its success cemented video games as a dominant form of entertainment and storytelling, and paved the way for future blockbuster franchises. The game was also a technological milestone

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2025

Polypane is a specialized web development browser that simplifies creating and testing modern websites. A key feature is that it provides multiple screen sizes at once, with synchronized scrolling and interactions, so developers can test different layouts and breakpoints simultaneously. Polypane also focuses on accessibility tools, real-time previews, and debugging features. Kilian Valkhof is the

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2025

LiveKit is a platform that provides developers with tools to build real-time audio and video applications at scale. It offers an open-source WebRTC stack for creation of live, interactive experiences like video conferencing, streaming, and virtual events. LiveKit has gained significant attention for its partnership with OpenAI for the Advanced Voice feature. Russ d’Sa is

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2025

Welcome to the pilot episode of SED News, a new podcast series from Software Engineering Daily. Join hosts Gregor Van and Sean Falconer as they break down the week’s most important stories in software engineering, machine learning, and developer culture. In this episode, Gregor and Sean discuss the CoreWeave IPO and the company’s recent acquisition

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2025

AI tools are transforming how developers write code, and although it’s difficult to pinpoint how much code is now AI-generated code, estimates suggest it’s between 20% and 40%, and this figure is poised to grow in the coming years. This evolution has given rise to a new coding paradigm in which developers act as directors,

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2025

Glean is a workplace search and knowledge discovery company that helps organizations find and access information across various internal tools and data sources. Their platform uses AI to provide personalized search results to assist members of an organization in retrieving relevant documents, emails, and conversations. The rise of LLM-based agentic reasoning systems now presents new

Transcribed - Published: 22 April 2025

Martin Hellman is an American cryptographer known for co-inventing public-key cryptography with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle in the 1970s. Their groundbreaking Diffie-Hellman key exchange method allowed secure communication over insecure channels, laying the foundation for modern encryption protocols. Hellman has also contributed to cybersecurity policy and ethical discussions on nuclear risk. His work has

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2025

Modern cloud-native systems are highly dynamic and distributed, which makes it difficult to monitor cloud infrastructure using traditional tools designed for static environments. This has motivated the development and widespread adoption of dedicated observability platforms. Prometheus is an open-source observability tool designed for cloud-native environments. Its strong integration with Kubernetes and pull-based data collection model

Transcribed - Published: 15 April 2025

David A. Patterson is a pioneering computer scientist known for his contributions to computer architecture, particularly as a co-developer of Reduced Instruction Set Computing, or RISC, which revolutionized processor design. He has co-authored multiple books, including the highly influential Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. David is a UC Berkeley Pardee professor emeritus, a Google distinguished

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

At Uber, there are many platform teams supporting engineers across the company, and maintaining robust on-call operations is crucial to keeping services functioning smoothly. The prospect of enhancing the efficiency of these engineering teams motivated Uber to create Genie, which is an AI-powered on-call copilot. Genie assists with on-call management by providing real-time responses to

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

John Hennessy is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and academic known for his significant contributions to computer architecture. He co-developed the RISC architecture, which revolutionized modern computing by enabling faster and more efficient processors. Hennessy served as the president of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016 and later co-founded MIPS Computer Systems and Atheros Communications. Currently,

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

Sourcegraph is a powerful code search and intelligence tool that helps developers navigate and understand large codebases efficiently. It provides advanced search functionality across multiple repositories, making it easier to find references, functions, and dependencies. Additionally, Sourcegraph integrates with various development workflows to streamline code reviews and collaboration across teams. Beyang Liu is the CTO

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Jeffrey Ullman is a renowned computer scientist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to database systems, compilers, and algorithms. He co-authored influential texts like Principles of Database Systems and Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (often called the “Dragon Book”), which have shaped generations of computer science students. Jeffrey received the

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

Contextual memory in AI is a major challenge because current models struggle to retain and recall relevant information over time. While humans can build long-term semantic relationships, AI systems often rely on fixed context windows, leading to loss of important past interactions. Zep is a startup that’s developing a memory layer for AI agents using

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Remix is a full-stack, open-source web framework that was developed by the creators of the popular React Router library. It focuses on features such as server-side rendering and efficient data loading, and it emphasizes developer experience. Ryan Florence is a co-creator of React Remix and in this episode he speaks with Josh Goldberg about the

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

Jack Dongarra is an American computer scientist who is celebrated for his pioneering contributions to numerical algorithms and high-performance computing. He developed essential software libraries like LINPACK and LAPACK, which are widely used for solving linear algebra problems on advanced computing systems. Dongarra is also a co-creator of the TOP500 list, which ranks the world’s

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

Rigetti Computing is an American company specializing in quantum computing, founded in 2013. The company develops quantum processors and hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, and aims to make quantum computing more accessible for research and commercial applications. David Rivas is the CTO at Rigetti Computing. He joins the podcast with Kevin Ball to talk about the

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain platform that was created by Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Wood in 2015. It uses a cryptocurrency called Ether as its native token to power transactions and operations on the Ethereum network. Ethereum’s proponents envision a future where the network forms the foundation for a second platform layer, called L2, where

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

APIs are a fundamental part of modern software systems and enable communication between services, applications, and third-party integrations. However, their openness and accessibility also make them a prime target for security threats, and this makes APIs a growing focus on software teams. StackHawk is a company that scans and monitors source code to obtain the

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2025

NVIDIA RAPIDS is an open-source suite of GPU-accelerated data science and AI libraries. It leverages CUDA and significantly enhances the performance of core Python frameworks including Polars, pandas, scikit-learn and NetworkX. Chris Deotte is a Senior Data Scientist at NVIDIA and Jean-Francois Puget is the Director and a Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA. Chris and Jean-Francois

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

Browser security aims to protect users from cyber threats encountered online, such as phishing, malicious extensions, and malware. It’s a complex, multifaceted challenge that’s increasingly important as cloud-based tools, SaaS platforms, and collaborative applications become the backbone of modern workflows. Jeswin Mathai is the Chief Architect at SquareX which is a cybersecurity company focused on

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025

A distributed system is a network of independent services that work together to achieve a common goal. Unlike a monolithic system, a distributed system has no central point of control, meaning it must handle challenges like data consistency, network latency, and system failures. Debugging distributed systems is conventionally considered challenging because modern architectures consist of

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

The availability of high-quality AI model APIs has drastically lowered the barriers developing AI applications. These tools abstract away complex tasks such as model deployment, scaling, data retrieval, natural language processing, and text generation. Vercel has developed a complementary set of tools for building AI web applications, including their AI SDK, v0, and the shadcn/ui

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2025

Agreements and contracts are a fundamental innovation and govern everything from personal commitments to major financial decisions. They function as trusted artifacts to capture the nature of a commitment and provide clarity and accountability. Software has revolutionized many business functions, including the basic mechanics of digitally signing an agreement. However, the process of managing agreements

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

Subsea cables are high-capacity fiber-optic lines laid along the ocean floor to enable global communication by transmitting data between continents. Spanning thousands of miles, they carry an estimated 95% of international internet, phone, and data transmissions. Critically, these cables are vulnerable to sabotage by state actors, as they form critical infrastructure for global communication and

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

LangChain is a popular open-source framework to build applications that integrate LLMs with external data sources like APIs, databases, or custom knowledge bases. It’s commonly used for chatbots, question-answering systems, and workflow automation. Its flexibility and extensibility have made it something of a standard for creating sophisticated AI-driven software. Erick Friis is a Founding Engineer

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

BlackBerry is a Canadian company known for its pivotal role in the smartphone market during the 2000s. Today, BlackBerry has adopted a major focus on cybersecurity. John Wall is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Products, Engineering and Services at QNX, which is a division of BlackBerry. Ismael Valenzuela is the former Vice President

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2025

Caves of Qud is a roguelike game set in a richly detailed, post-apocalyptic world blending science fiction and fantasy. The game is known for its deep lore, emergent gameplay, and wildly creative character customization. It is a massive indie success, and recently hit a major milestone with the release of version 1.0 after 15 years

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

Compute optimization in a cloud environment is a common challenge because of the need to balance performance, cost, and resource availability. The growing use of GPUs for workloads, including AI, is also increasing the complexity and importance of optimization given the relatively high cost of GPU cloud computation. Jerzy Grzywinski is a Senior Director of

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

Docker container vulnerability analysis involves identifying and mitigating security risks within container images. This is done to ensure that containerized applications can be securely deployed. Vulnerability analysis can often be time intensive, which has motivated the use of AI and ML to accelerate the process. NVIDIA Blueprints are reference workflows for agentic and generative AI

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

Raylib is a lightweight, beginner-friendly, and open-source C library for game development, known for its simplicity and lack of external dependencies. It’s designed to streamline the creation of 2D and 3D games, and has an intuitive API for managing graphics, audio, and input. Ramon Santamaria is the Founder and Lead Developer of Raylib. He joins

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

Anduril is a technology defense company with a focus on drones, computer vision, and other problems related to national security. It is a full-stack company that builds its own hardware and software, which leads to a great many interesting questions about cloud services, engineering workflows, and management. Gokul Subramanian is Senior Vice President of Engineering

Transcribed - Published: 28 January 2025

QuantStack is an open-source technology software company specializing in tools for data science, scientific computing, and visualization. They are known for maintaining vital projects such as Jupyter, the conda-forge package channel, and the Mamba package manager. Sylvain Corlay is the CEO of QuantStack. He joins the podcast to talk about his company, Conda, Mamba, the

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2025

Ableton is a music software and hardware company based in Germany. The company develops Ableton Live which is a digital audio workstation for both improvisation and traditional arrangements. The software is remarkable for successfully blending good UI design with a powerful feature set. This has made it popular with new musicians as well as professionals

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

beeps is a startup focused on building an on-call platform for Next.js. The company is grounded in the key insight that Next.js has become a dominant framework for modern development. A key motivation in leveraging Next.js is to create a developer-first experience for on-call. Joey Parsons is the founder and CEO of beeps, and he

Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025

Digital forensics is the process of identifying, preserving, analyzing, and presenting electronic data for investigative purposes. It’s often related to addressing cybercrime and is crucial in tracing the origin of breaches, recovering lost data, and security hardening. Emre Tinaztepe is the Founder and CEO of Binalyze which is a cybersecurity company specializing in digital forensics

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2025