The Stack Overflow Podcast

Wenjing Zhang, VP of Engineering, and Caleb Johnson, Principal Engineer at LinkedIn, sit down with Ryan to discuss how semantic search and AI have transformed LinkedIn’s job search feature. They explore the engineering efforts behind transitioning from keyword-based search and the impact of AI models on LinkedIn’s job seekers and employers.

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LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with mo...

Ryan welcomes Paul Everitt, developer advocate at JetBrains and an early adopter of Python, to discuss the history, growth, and future of Python. They cover Python’s pivotal moments and rise alongside the internet, the increased adoption from transitions like Python 2 to Python 3, and the significant role Python plays in academia and data science today. 

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JetBrains is improving the developer experien...

Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, joins the show to dive into the implications of AI coding tools on the software engineering lifecycle. They explore how AI tools are transforming the work of developers from syntax-focused tasks to higher-level design and management roles, and how AI will integrate into enterprise environments. 

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Sourcegraph is building AI-code agents for enterprises to accel...

U.S. Bank has undergone a significant digital transformation, implementing a multi-cloud strategy to accelerate innovation and improve customer-focused development. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the bank must navigate the challenge of balancing innovation with strict compliance requirements while meeting the evolving demands and needs of customers and employees. 

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Baile...

Etsy is a global marketplace that keeps human connection at the heart of commerce. 

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This week’s shoutout goes to user jsignell, who won a Populist badge for their answer to How do I tell if a column in a pandas dataframe is of type datetime? How do I tell if a column is numerical?.

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The Speed & Scale Plan is a global initiative to move leaders to act on the climate crisis, tracking progress towards net zero by 2050. 

Explore Speed & Scale’s resources for combating climate change, and connect with Ryan on LinkedIn and X.  

Congratulations to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó who won the badge for answering the question What's a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim?.

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Confluent is an all-in-one, real-time platform that allows you to stream, connect, process, and govern your data.

Connect with Sean on Linkedin, and listen to the Software Engineering Daily podcast, where he co-hosts.

Do you know the answer to Loadrunner lr_get_attrib_string always returns null? If so, you can help out Trncvs and receive the bounty offered on the question.

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Koel Labs uses classic movies to help learners master pronunciation. You can join the waitlist for their closed beta launch now. Check out their open-source community project for Koel Labs on GitHub.

Check out their project on the Mozilla Builders site. 

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Shoutout to Populous badge winner Tomáš Záluský, who won the badge for answering the question How to chain mu...

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, and Loïc Houssier, CTO at Superhuman, dive into how engineering teams can navigate paradigm shifts in a world of constant technological change. They discuss the importance of leadership in an ever-shifting industry and highlight the concept of aligned autonomy as a way to empower teams and increase organizational velocity.

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NEAR is the blockchain for AI, enabling AI agents to transact freely across networks.

Connect with Illia on LinkedIn and X, and read the original Transformers paper that Illia co-authored in 2017.

Today’s shoutout goes to Populous badge winner Adi Lester for answering the question DataTable - foreach Row, EXCEPT FIRST ONE.

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Apollo GraphQL lets you orchestrate APIs with a composable, declarative, self-service model. Apollo's MCP Server is now available.

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Today we’re shouting out a Famous Question badge winner, user jkfe, for their question How to hide/show thymeleaf fields based on controller condition?.

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Jon Skeet, for those not in the know, is legendary here at Stack Overflow. He even got his own Chuck Norris Facts-style jokes. 

Jon has graced the podcast before in the early days on episodes 4, 72, and 123.

He’s so good at answering Stack Overflow questions that he appeared at Stack Overflow’s old NYC office and answered them in person. 

While he’s not the only million rep user, he was the first, so we ran the numbers on him...

Tobiko Data is creating a new standard in data transformation with their Cloud and SQL integrations. You can keep up with their work by joining their Slack community.

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Congrats to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó, whose answer to What's a quick way to comment/uncomment lines in Vim? was saved by over 100 users.

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Ryan and Ben welcome Alex Malcoci, CEO and founder of MiniProto, to talk innovations in hardware prototyping, the evolving complexities of the global supply chain, the impact of the US-China trade war on manufacturing, and how automation in production could lead to new training programs for future engineers.

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MiniProto is a US-based prototyping manufacturer revolutionizing the way we develop and interact with h...

The Trust and Safety team is using aliases in this episode. Learn more about who the Community Management team is at Stack Overflow. 

Explore how we keep our community safe in our Code of Conduct. 

Congratulations to Lifeboat badge recipient Arvin Yorro, who won it for their helpful answer to the question Docker Desktop - WSL update failed.

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Dane shares his excitement about the Model Context Protocol (MCP), exploring its potential impact on the future of technology. The discussion turns to the growing need for sustainable content monetization and fair compensation for creators in an AI-driven world, and how this connects to Cloudflare’s mission to build a better internet.

The conversation also:

• Explores how Cloudflare leverages AI internally to enha...