The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Stack Overflow Podcast

Hosted by Joel Spolsky, Jay Hanlon, David Fullert…

  • 24 minutes 25 seconds
    Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX

    Holistic AI is an AI governance platform that helps the enterprise adopt and scale AI.

    Audioshake uses AI to mix, master, and separate music and other audio content.

    Learn more about HumanX here. Feeling the FOMO? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here.

    Connect with Raj on LinkedIn.

    Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn.

    1 April 2025, 4:20 am
  • 28 minutes 20 seconds
    “Are AI agents ready for the enterprise?”

    Deepak works on Amazon Q Developer, a GenAI-powered coding assistant that includes autonomous agents.

    Thinking, Fast and Slow by psychologist Daniel Kahneman is one of those books that’s a classic for a reason—and it’s more relevant to today’s AI landscape than you might think.

    Connect with Deepak on LinkedIn

    Congrats to Stack Overflow user Morten Zilmer, who earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining Multiplication of two different bit numbers in VHDL.

    28 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 36 minutes 8 seconds
    AI is shifting focus from syntax to critical thinking

    They also:

    • Emphasize the critical role of customer feedback in shaping products, highlighting how continuous feedback loops drive innovation and improvement.
    • Explore how AI is empowering non-technical team members and enabling meaningful collaboration between developers and other departments.
    • Discuss the potential of GenAI as a learning tool and the importance of prompt engineering as a key skill for future developers.

    Episode notes:

    • Connect with Lee Faus on LinkedIn, X, and learn more about GitLab.
    • Learn more about creating a private instance of Stack Overflow for your team or org with Stack Overflow for Teams.
    • Read about Knowledge Solutions, a subscription-based API service that provides continuous access to Stack Overflow’s public dataset to train and fine-tune large language models.
    27 March 2025, 1:47 pm
  • 29 minutes 4 seconds
    “The power of the humble embedding”

    Pinecone is a purpose-built vector database. Get started with their docs here.

    Connect with Edo on LinkedIn

    25 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 22 minutes 37 seconds
    An AI future free of slop

    Read more about Stack Overflow’s future here.

    Learn more about HumanX here. Missed it this year? The event takes place again on April 7-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Early birds can register here.

    Follow Prashanth on LinkedIn or explore his posts on our blog.

    21 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 40 minutes 46 seconds
    WBIT #5: Building a framework to lure web devs to mobile

    Ionic is a platform for building and deploying modern mobile applications and micro frontend experiences. It’s open source, too. 

    Two mobile tools got multiple mentions on this episode: Xcode and Material Design

    Connect with Maria on LinkedIn

    19 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 27 minutes 29 seconds
    Improving error monitoring with AI

    Sentry is an application monitoring software. Explore the Sentry docs or get started in the sandbox.

    Connect with Tillman on LinkedIn. You can also read his posts on the Sentry blog.

    Listeners, how do you handle stack traces? How do you trace the root cause? Let us know at podcast@stackoverflow.com

    Sentry user? The company would love to hear your feedback. Let them know what you think on Discord

    18 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 25 minutes 9 seconds
    Can climate tech startups address the current crisis?

    Lisbeth cofounded and coleads the Compute for Climate Fellowship, which funds climate tech startups using advanced cloud computing and AI. Applications are open until April 6, 2025.

    Read about how some climate tech startups are leveraging GenAI.

    Connect with Lisbeth on LinkedIn

    Stack Overflow user JohnsonYuan earned a Lifeboat badge by answering Why can't I enter the url on my phone's browser to view my live site?. Nice work!

    14 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 40 minutes 8 seconds
    Junky data is like an out-of-tune guitar—it prevents AI harmony

    Welcome to Leaders of Code, a new business segment of the Stack Overflow podcast. On this show, we chat with business, tech, and engineering leaders from forward-thinking companies across industries about their business strategies, the challenges and opportunities of building high-performing teams, driving innovation, leveraging the power of AI, and other key topics. Tune in every second Thursday for real-world success stories, actionable strategies, and fresh perspectives to help you navigate your leadership and growth journey.

    In our very first episode, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar talks to Don Woodlock, Head of Global Healthcare Solutions at InterSystems, about the challenges in their AI journey and the critical role of a robust data strategy in any successful AI initiative.

    They also:

    • Discuss the importance of maintaining a human-centric approach when automating processes with GenAI, emphasizing trust-building as a top priority.
    • Dive deep into specific use cases and real-world successes and obstacles in AI implementation, from data scalability to system integration.
    • Share their perspectives on common misconceptions about AI in today’s landscape.


    Episode notes:

    13 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 24 minutes 44 seconds
    Sharing the power of the command line

    Warp is an intelligent terminal that combines AI tools and developer resources in one interface. Zach’s hope was to give more developers access to the arcane magic of the command line.

    Connect with Zach on LinkedIn.

    If you’re a terminal user, which one is your go-to and why? Let us know at podcast@stackoverflow.com

    11 March 2025, 4:20 am
  • 28 minutes 12 seconds
    Is Postgres the best database for GenAI?

    Postgres is an open-source database. EDB offers enterprise-grade features and support for Postgres from self-managed to fully-managed, cloud-based DBaaS.

    Find Jezz on LinkedIn

    Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Jonny, who won a Populist badge with their exceptional answer to quantile function for a vector of dates.

    7 March 2025, 5:20 am
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