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That custom gift for your mom takes more work than you think

Ryan welcomes Mahir Yavuz, Senior Director of Engineering at Etsy, to the show to explore the unique challenges that Etsy’s marketplace faces and how Etsy’s teams leverage machine learning and AI to manage product SKUs, enrich inventory metadata, and improve both buyer and seller experiences. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/29/that-custom-gift-for-your-mom-takes-more-work-than-you-think/

Saving the world with speed and at scale

Ryan Panchadsaram, co-author of Speed and Scale, sits down on the podcast to explore the role of developers in combating climate change, how efficient coding practices help lower emissions, and how developers can contribute to open-source projects through GitHub’s Climate Action Plan that help drive forward sustainable technologies. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/25/saving-the-world-with-speed-and-at-scale/

Building better platforms with continuous discovery

When discovery is missing, platform work starts to drift from its real purpose, which is empowering engineers to deploy working software faster and with confidence. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/23/building-better-platforms-with-continuous-discovery/

“AI has been the wild west”: Creating standards for agents with Sean Falconer

Ryan is joined on the podcast by Confluent’s AI Entrepreneur in Residence, Sean Falconer, to discuss the growing need for standards for AI agents, the emerging Model Context Protocol and agent-to-agent communication, and what we can learn from early web standards while AI continues to evolve. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/22/ai-has-been-the-wild-west-creating-standards-for-agents-with-sean-falconer/

How to do your job happier

Research scientist John Flournoy sits down with Ryan and Eira to dive into the recent research around developer experience, including the nuances of measuring productivity, the potential reasons for variability in developer performance, and the impacts of collaboration and competition on developer efficiency. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/18/how-to-do-your-job-happier/

Where we’re going, we don’t need fossil fuels

Ryan is joined by Kieran Furlong, CEO of Realta Fusion, to talk about the future of fusion as a safe and sustainable energy source, the computation and scientific advancements that have made fusion possible, and how fusion technology innovations will address data and AI’s rising energy demands. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/14/where-we-re-going-we-don-t-need-fossil-fuels/

Building stronger engineering teams with aligned autonomy

Striking the balance between speed and strategy is a major challenge for business and tech leaders. That’s where aligned autonomy comes in. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/07/14/building-stronger-engineering-teams-with-aligned-autonomy/


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