
Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. SE Radio covers all topics software engineering. Episodes are either tutorials on a specific topic, or an interview with a well-known character from the software engineering world. All SE Radio episodes are original content — we do not record co... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 743 | Founded | 21 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyEducation | |||

Milan Milanovic, Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies and author of the book, Laws of Software Engineering, joins host Giovanni Asproni for a conversation based on the content of his book—a collection of 53 empirical and mathematical laws governi... more
Owen McGirr, creator of SayIt!, Switchify, and an entrepreneur who builds inclusive technology, speaks with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about software accessibility. For this episode, Gavin emailed the questions to Owen, who prepared his answers and ge... more
Sahil Walia, Senior Technical Architect at Snowflake, joins host Robert Blumen for a deep dive into Apache Iceberg. The conversation covers OLAP, data formats, data lakes and lake houses, Iceberg as a data format, columnar storage, use cases, referen... more
Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager at the payment company Stripe, speaks with host Adi Narayan about building regression testing for microservices. Drawing on his work estimating network costs for card payments, Vivek explains why unit and integrati... more
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This podcast has the things I want in a pod:
1) Interesting and varied topics with knowledgeable guests.
2) Hosts who are clearly knowledgeable, interested, and prepared for the interview.
3) Interviews are not rushed to fit an artificial schedule. I hate it when things are not given the time they deserve because they hit the 40 minute (or whatever) mark and it gets cut off.
4) It also remains chill. Everyone is interested in the discussion but not acting like they’ve had 10 cups of coffee or in... more
Great pocast for Software Engeneers!
Podcast host asking questions that are not follows conversation line. It seems to me that questions prepared before the dialog and in spite of conversation questions asked most of the time have no relation to the conversation flow.
I really enjoy the podcast especially the variety of topics discussed. What I would really love to see in the future is improved audio quality since some episodes are really terrible to listen to so that at least I can’t understand the discussion in a good way.
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Two to three dozen episodes cover a broad range of software engineering topics, with a strong emphasis on practical, engineer-facing content. Common threads include AI in development, software architecture, security, dev tooling, and open source practices, all discussed through in-depth interviews with practitioners, researchers, and engineering leaders. Episodes tend to feature a mix of technical depth, practical guidance, and real-world stories from large tech organizations and academia, making it useful for listeners who want actionable takeaways and a clear view of how modern software is built and secured at scale. A notable strength is the guest roster, which spans security researchers, AI and ML practitioners, kernel and systems engin... more
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Recent guests on Software Engineering Radio include:
1. Owen McGirr
2. Sahil Walia
3. Vivek Yadav
4. Sathiesh Veera
5. Max Corbridge
6. Jason Gorman
7. Sonali Varde
8. Birgitta Boeckeler
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