The Stack Overflow Podcast

For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a software developer and how the art and practice of programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, join the Stack home team for conversations with fascinating guests to help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed.

Visually orchestrating data diagnostics but platform agnostic
Apr 22, 2025 – 00:23:02
Generating components, not tokens
Apr 18, 2025 – 00:23:59
WBIT #7: Exploring WebAssembly with the first SO user to get 10k rep
Apr 16, 2025 – 00:36:28
How AI can prevent clinician burnout
Apr 15, 2025 – 00:18:14
How do you fact-check an AI?
Apr 11, 2025 – 00:26:46
“There is a real cost to moving fast”: Using AI to accelerate drug discovery
Apr 10, 2025 – 00:25:23
WBIT #6: Be curious, ask questions, and don’t argue with JavaScript
Apr 9, 2025 – 00:44:30
Bottom of the first: A veteran VC’s take on the AI landscape
Apr 8, 2025 – 00:28:00
Is AI a bubble or a revolution? The answer is yes.
Apr 4, 2025 – 00:33:05
Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:24:25
“Are AI agents ready for the enterprise?”
Mar 28, 2025 – 00:28:20
AI is shifting focus from syntax to critical thinking
Mar 27, 2025 – 00:36:08
“The power of the humble embedding”
Mar 25, 2025 – 00:29:04
An AI future free of slop
Mar 21, 2025 – 00:22:37
WBIT #5: Building a framework to lure web devs to mobile
Mar 19, 2025 – 00:40:46
Improving error monitoring with AI
Mar 18, 2025 – 00:27:29
Can climate tech startups address the current crisis?
Mar 14, 2025 – 00:25:09
Junky data is like an out-of-tune guitar—it prevents AI harmony
Mar 13, 2025 – 00:40:08
Sharing the power of the command line
Mar 11, 2025 – 00:24:44
Is Postgres the best database for GenAI?
Mar 7, 2025 – 00:28:12
How can AI perform on the edge?
Mar 5, 2025 – 00:27:17
Secure coding beyond just memory safety
Mar 4, 2025 – 00:34:14
“Translation is the tip of the iceberg”: A deep dive into specialty models
Feb 28, 2025 – 00:31:28
Writing tests with AI, but not LLMs
Feb 25, 2025 – 00:41:44
One quality every engineering manager should have? Empathy.
Feb 21, 2025 – 00:35:00
WBIT #4: Using GIS to understand the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
Feb 19, 2025 – 00:32:06
Why is it so hard for companies to protect your privacy?
Feb 18, 2025 – 00:25:38
Solving the data doom loop
Feb 14, 2025 – 00:29:54
A distributed database that can withstand a meteor strike
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:22:19
“In the short term, more chaos”: What’s next for API design
Feb 11, 2025 – 00:28:38
Why build your own vector DB? To process 25,000 images per second
Feb 7, 2025 – 00:35:20
Will the web ever be the primary delivery system for 3D games?
Feb 4, 2025 – 00:22:58
Feature flags: Theory meets reality
Jan 31, 2025 – 00:33:34
“Countries are coming online tomorrow, whole countries”
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:35:08
How the internet changed in 2024
Jan 24, 2025 – 00:32:49
WBIT#3: Can good team dynamics make Agile obsolete?
Jan 22, 2025 – 00:37:01
The developer skill you might be neglecting
Jan 17, 2025 – 00:27:10
Robots building robots in a robotic factory
Jan 14, 2025 – 00:22:53
“Data is the key”: Twilio’s Head of R&D on the need for good data
Jan 10, 2025 – 00:28:31
Failing fast at scale: Rapid prototyping at Intuit
Jan 8, 2025 – 00:27:24
WBIT #2: Memories of persistence and the state of state
Jan 7, 2025 – 00:30:00
How AI apps are like Google Search
Jan 3, 2025 – 00:23:03
How developers (really) used AI coding tools in 2024
Dec 31, 2024 – 00:30:59
Balancing business and open source in 2024
Dec 27, 2024 – 00:33:36
How developer jobs (and the job market) changed in 2024
Dec 24, 2024 – 00:33:21
“I wanted to play with computers”: a chat with a new Stack Overflow engineer
Dec 20, 2024 – 00:26:19
Legal advice from an AI is illegal
Dec 17, 2024 – 00:39:28
AI agents that help doctors get paid
Dec 13, 2024 – 00:27:31
What security teams need to understand about developers
Dec 10, 2024 – 00:22:27
From bugs to performance to perfection: pushing code quality in mobile apps
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:24:57

Recent Reviews

beefcake_beagles

Look out

It’s an ad. The whole show is an ad. Move on
ASobering

Such a Great Resource! 🔥

Developers - meet your new favorite podcast! The Stack Overflow team has created an incredible resource for you with this show. Hear from industry experts as they discuss challenges, present solutions, and share their insights into what’s next in programming.
g-schro

Removal of preview talk at the start…

Good change. I like minimal music intro as well but this one isn’t too long. Overall a great podcast.
nbbnbbn

Host’s obsession with crypto / web3 is ruining the podcast

This podcast has gone downhill following the departure of previous hosts Paul and Sarah. Current host Ben Poppper’s constant evangelizing and drum beating for all things crypto / Web3 / blockchain is a distraction that has slowly but surely nudged me towards unsubscribing from this podcast. Initially interesting conversations are often inelegantly pulled towards theoretical web3 / blockchain applications despite the topic often having very little direct connection to these speculative and irrelevant tangents (often to the other hosts’ expressed dismay). The conversations would almost always benefit from staying on topic rather than veering hard into crypto-land.
RamdomAccessMemories

10/10, hip development show that inspires

Fun, light hearted show with lots of guests from the tech sphere . Very inspiring to hear a group of happy people talk about doing what they love for their careers
Ben Leggiero (Work 9)

Too much talk about cryptocurrencies

This all doesn't seem to fit the show very well; it's ostensibly a show about the kinds of problems that Stack Overflow solves. If someone goes onto Stack Overflow and asks a question about Ethereum or NFTs or similar topics, their question will be closed as off-topic. If the hosts of this podcast love this topic and want to talk about it, I think they should! But perhaps on a new show, maybe create an Ethereum Stack Exchange podcast. On the show they’ve recently been talking about Etherium NFTs a lot, and sometimes tangent into discussing cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin. These discussions don't involve any software engineering, nor development, nor coding; just Etherium NFTs, how to create and use them, what they are for, supply-and-demand, returns on investment, etc.
xlegoman

Entertaining; Only somewhat software related

I wouldn’t quite call this a “must listen for any programmer”. It has plenty of high level not quite development applies to anywhere content so non developers are probably welcome. Outside of that it is quite enjoyable and works as something you do not need to give 100% of you mental capacity to.
Rumboogy33

Ingomercial

This podcast is essentially an infomercial pretending to be useful content.
Step Z

Light on technical content, heavy on wokeness

They lost me when a host thought Java and JavaScript were the same thing. This show is okay to have on in the background if you can stand the obvious forced shoehorning in of left-wing political talking points.