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Software Engineering Daily

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The popular story of Steve Jobs is that he co-founded Apple, was pushed out, wandered through a failed venture called NeXT, then returned to save the company and usher in the iPod and iPhone. That version is memorable, widely repeated, and, in an imp... more

In the world of software security, there was historically a comfortable lag between the moment a vulnerability became public and the moment attackers could exploit it. This lag was often measured in months, but AI models can now read a vulnerability ... more

Automated browser testing is a foundational technology that many web developers rely on. Modern tooling lets a single test drive Chrome, Firefox, and Safari the same way, a triumph of software engineering built on years of standardization work. That ... more

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, journalist, and technology activist, and a special advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He is the author of dozens of books, including the nonfiction Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got W... more

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Recent Guests

Alon Schindel
VP of AI and Threat Research at Wiz
Wiz
Episode: Security in the Age of Instant Exploits
David Burns
Head of Developer Advocacy and Open Source at BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Episode: The State of Browser Testing
Cory Doctorow
Writer, activist, journalist who has been with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for nearly 25 years
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Episode: Cory Doctorow on AI, Work, and Power
Hammad Bashir
CTO of Chroma
Chroma
Episode: Chroma and Agentic Retrieval
Brandon Purcell
Director of Product Management at Tiger Data
Tiger Data / Timescale
Episode: Scaling Time-Series Workloads on Postgres
Andrew Barba
Technical Staff at Vercel
Vercel
Episode: Scaling Agent Workloads at Vercel
Shar Dara
Product Lead for Eve 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

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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
    Mexico8 months ago
  • I prefer product or lately AI insights and comparisons

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

    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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Ads and sponsorship integrations are frequently criticized for interrupting content.
Quality and relevance of guests are generally praised, though some episodes feel sales-forward to some listeners.

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Security in the Age of Instant Exploits
Q: What is the role of AI attackers versus defenders, and can defenders keep up?
AI attackers and defenders are increasingly using similar capabilities; defenders can leverage context and automations to stay ahead, and with proper harnesses and evaluation, they can close gaps faster than attackers can exploit them.
Security in the Age of Instant Exploits
Q: How has AI changed the security landscape, and what should teams do now?
AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and enables smarter, context-aware defense; teams should focus on continuous scanning, reducing exposure, and building automated remediation workflows with AI helpers to prioritize and patch risks faster.
Cory Doctorow on AI, Work, and Power
Q: What advice would you have for software developers facing the pressures of AI-driven workflows and evaluation metrics?
Developers should focus on understanding systems, resist overreliance on AI for core safety-critical decisions, push for better processes and human-in-the-loop QA, and advocate for labor and governance structures that preserve worker autonomy and quality of output.
Cory Doctorow on AI, Work, and Power
Q: Cory, welcome to Software Engineering Daily.
Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to be here and to discuss the intersections of AI, policy, and labor in the tech industry.
The State of Browser Testing
Q: What advice would you give to a company starting to implement end-to-end browser testing?
Start with one test for a single critical path, then gradually add tests for additional critical paths while balancing speed and cognitive load; consider test parallelization to keep feedback loops fast and maintainable.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Software Engineering Daily

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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