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AI agents have transformed how software gets written, but the operational side of running software in production has not yet experienced a similar revolution. The same teams responsible for keeping systems healthy, investigating incidents, and managi... more

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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 episode, Gregor and Sean dig ... more

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Recent Guests

André Elizondo
Head of Product at Mezmo, background in systems engineering and SRE
Mezzo / Aura
Episode: AURA and Open-Source Agents for Production Operations
Anthony Woods
Founder of Grafana
Grafana Labs
Episode: Grafana’s Approach to AI-Native Observability
Wesley Yu
VP of Engineering at Metalab
Metalab
Episode: Building Software That People Love
David D'Angelo
Lead programmer at Yacht Club Games
Yacht Club Games
Episode: Mina the Hollower
Yura Leskowitz
Professor of computer science at Stanford University; co-founder of Kumo AI
Kumo AI / Stanford University
Episode: Foundation Models for Structured Data
Emma Stopa
Open source maintainer at Cloudflare, creator of Biome and lead at Astro
Cloudflare / Astro
Episode: Biome and the Future of JavaScript Tooling
Bas Vesterban
Cryptography engineer at Cloudflare leading migration to post-quantum cryptography
Cloudflare
Episode: Preparing for Q-Day
Chris Ridenour
Founder of KAR Games, Godot-focused studio
KAR Games
Episode: Developing Multiplayer Games in Godot
René Haberman
Founder of Bipin Bits and creator of Dome Keeper
Bipin Bits
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Host

Shawn Falconer; Josh Goldberg; Sean Falconer; Gregor Vand; Matt Merrill; Kevin Ball; Lee Acheson; John Baldwin
Hosts of technical interview-focused show spanning software engineering, infrastructure, and AI.

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
    Mexico5 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 👍

    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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Positive feedback highlights practical value and breadth of topics across episodes.
Guests are generally highly knowledgeable and diverse across tech domains.
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AURA and Open-Source Agents for Production Operations
Q: What is your on-ramp for Aura for folks who haven't used it before?
André outlines the community and onboarding paths: a Slack community for real-time help, GitHub issues and PRs for contributions, and an agent-friendly design that lowers barriers to entry with familiar tooling and open specs to plug into other systems.
AURA and Open-Source Agents for Production Operations
Q: What is Aura and how did it come out of what you're working on?
André explains the motivation to move observability from dashboards to actionable patterns for agents, the decision to make Aura declarative via TOML, the importance of limiting context bloat, Scratchpad, and the goal of making day-one usability practical while enabling future customization and reliability.
AURA and Open-Source Agents for Production Operations
Q: Andre, welcome to the show.
André describes his background in systems engineering and observability, his focus at Mezmo on building the ecosystem for SREs and platform engineers, and how Aura shifts production workflows from ad-hoc problem-solving to a more structured, declarative approach with context engineering and multi-agent orchestration.
Building Software That People Love
Q: How did you get into coding?
Wesley describes starting with static websites and small business WordPress sites in college, then moving into tech via a coding bootcamp, and eventually landing at Metalab where his background in communication helped him bridge design and engineering in agency work.
Mina the Hollower
Q: How do New Game Plus modes alter the game experience?
New Game Plus includes seven rounds with evolving rules and modifiers, such as item shuffles and shifted world layouts, to encourage experimenting with different strategies and discovering new aspects of the game on subsequent playthroughs.

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

Technical interviews with a focus on practical software engineering topics, infrastructure, and AI-enabled development. Recent episodes center on formal methods for reliable systems, open source sustainability, advanced search architectures, and agentic AI in enterprise contexts. Recurring strengths include deep technical discussions with practitioners, hands-on product and deployment insights, and a mix of architecture, governance, and real-world challenges. Notable is the breadth of guests—from researchers and professors to CTOs and startup founders—paired with episodes that blend theory, tooling, and enterprise-scale impact, making it useful for listeners who want actionable takeaways and exposure to emerging tech trends.

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