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Most AI agent setups today are built around a single session, where one user interacts with one agent at a time. However, that model breaks down when an agent has to serve a business, where thousands of requests can arrive at once and each session ne... more

Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come toget... more

A Rust Framework to Simplify Distributed Systems Building software that runs across many machines is notoriously difficult. Developers have to grapple with problems such as race conditions, partial failures, and message ordering. Notably, one categor... more

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer break down the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this end-of-summer episode, Gregor ... more

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Recent Guests

Shar Dara
Product Lead for Eve at Vercel
Vercel
Episode: Scaling Agent Workloads at Vercel
Andrew Barba
Technical Staff at Vercel
Vercel
Episode: Scaling Agent Workloads at Vercel
Sailesh Krishnamurthy
VP of Engineering for Databases at Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Episode: Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era
Joe Hellerstein
Database and distributed systems researcher, AWS partner on Hydro
AWS / University of California, Berkeley
Episode: A Rust Framework to Simplify Distributed Systems
Jƶrg Schad
VP of Engineering at Pinecone
Pinecone
Episode: Moving Beyond RAG with Precomputed Context
John Coleman
Legislative Council with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Episode: The Death of Online Anonymity
Daniel Rosenwasser
Principal Product Manager of TypeScript at Microsoft
Microsoft
Episode: TypeScript 7 and What Comes Next
Emily Xue
Head of Enterprise AI at Scale AI
Scale AI
Episode: The Gap Between AI Spending and AI Value
Gordon M. Goldstein
Adjunct senior fellow focusing on technology and US foreign policy
Council on Foreign Relations
Episode: AI and the New Global Security Landscape

Hosts

Gregor Vand
Host of the podcast and regular interviewer in software engineering topics
Kevin Ball
Host of the show, focusing on technology leadership and engineering topics

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 1.2k ratings
  • Amazing show

    The content in this podcast is amazing, I like the show where they talk about doom in typescript and the python 3.14 updates

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NightOwl222
    Mexico7 months ago
  • I prefer product or lately AI insights and comparisons

    Podcast Addict
    5
    christo
    a year ago
  • 1/2 way into this and I am really intrigued. Going to listen to this again! Very good šŸ‘

    Podcast Addict
    5
    bdb
    2 years ago
  • mega woke

    Don’t care about pronouns, dei, or any other woke garbage. Identify politics has made the software engineering field objectively worse.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    letitsnowman
    United States2 years ago
  • Impossible to listen to given the number of advertisement interstitials

    This show could be cool, but I’ll never know. The number of ad interruptions is absolute insanity.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Chip Collier
    Germany2 years ago

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Quality and relevance of guests are generally praised, though some episodes feel sales-forward to some listeners.

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Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era
Q: What role do graph capabilities play inside Spanner for enterprise needs like fraud detection or network analysis?
Graph capabilities let enterprises model relationships directly in the database, enabling native graph queries and algorithms (e.g., PageRank, community detection) without ETL, which accelerates real-time risk assessment and fraud detection.
Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era
Q: Can you explain why Spanner had to evolve from single-region deployments to global, multi-region operation?
Because customers increasingly demand global resiliency, cross-region reads, and the ability to run across clouds or on-premises, which requires disruptions to the old assumption of a single region and pushes for consistent, transactional guarantees globally.
TypeScript 7 and What Comes Next
Q: What makes TypeScript 7 different from prior versions and why switch now?
TypeScript 7 introduces a Go-based compiler, delivering significant speedups, improved concurrency, and a more scalable architecture, along with broader API integrations to support ESLint-like tooling and embedded language scenarios; this makes upgrading compelling for large codebases and teams relying on fast feedback in their editors.
The Death of Online Anonymity
Q: What practical steps can engineers take to push back against mandatory age verification while remaining compliant?
Engineers can emphasize privacy-preserving designs, push for private-sector solutions that minimize data sharing, advocate for targeted, opt-in verification where necessary, and engage with legal teams to ensure any implementation respects constitutional rights and minimizes data exposure.
The Death of Online Anonymity
Q: What constitutional considerations frame the debate about anonymous speech online?
The First Amendment has been interpreted to protect anonymous speech in a variety of contexts, including online platforms; laws seeking to identify users can threaten this protection and raise concerns about chilling effects and government overreach.

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What is Software Engineering Daily about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Technical interviews with software engineers, leaders, and researchers covering deep-dive topics in development workflows, security, and AI-enabled tooling. Recent episodes explore agentic development environments, secure software supply chains, sandboxed AI agents, regional startup ecosystems, and AI-native observability, often pairing practical architecture guidance with enterprise implications. A recurring thread is building safer, auditable, and scalable tools for modern engineering teams, with episodes frequently featuring hands-on architectures, governance considerations, and real-world deployment insights. Notable strengths include a strong focus on security, open-source approaches, and enterprise adoption of AI-assisted development,... more

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