Browser security aims to protect users from cyber threats encountered online, such as phishing, malicious extensions, and malware. It’s a complex, multifaceted challenge that’s increasingly important as cloud-based tools, SaaS platforms, and collaborative applications become the backbone of modern workflows. Jeswin Mathai is the Chief Architect at SquareX which is a cybersecurity company focused on The post Browser Security with Jeswin Mathai appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

A distributed system is a network of independent services that work together to achieve a common goal. Unlike a monolithic system, a distributed system has no central point of control, meaning it must handle challenges like data consistency, network latency, and system failures. Debugging distributed systems is conventionally considered challenging because modern architectures consist of The post Troubleshooting Microservices with Julia Blase appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

The availability of high-quality AI model APIs has drastically lowered the barriers developing AI applications. These tools abstract away complex tasks such as model deployment, scaling, data retrieval, natural language processing, and text generation. Vercel has developed a complementary set of tools for building AI web applications, including their AI SDK, v0, and the shadcn/ui The post Vercel’s Developer Frameworks with Ary Khandelwal and Max Leiter appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Agreements and contracts are a fundamental innovation and govern everything from personal commitments to major financial decisions. They function as trusted artifacts to capture the nature of a commitment and provide clarity and accountability. Software has revolutionized many business functions, including the basic mechanics of digitally signing an agreement. However, the process of managing agreements The post Docusign for Developers with Dan Selman and Larry Jin appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Subsea cables are high-capacity fiber-optic lines laid along the ocean floor to enable global communication by transmitting data between continents. Spanning thousands of miles, they carry an estimated 95% of international internet, phone, and data transmissions. Critically, these cables are vulnerable to sabotage by state actors, as they form critical infrastructure for global communication and The post The Subsea Cable Network with Josh Dzieza appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

LangChain is a popular open-source framework to build applications that integrate LLMs with external data sources like APIs, databases, or custom knowledge bases. It’s commonly used for chatbots, question-answering systems, and workflow automation. Its flexibility and extensibility have made it something of a standard for creating sophisticated AI-driven software. Erick Friis is a Founding Engineer The post LangChain and Agentic AI Engineering with Erick Friis appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

BlackBerry is a Canadian company known for its pivotal role in the smartphone market during the 2000s. Today, BlackBerry has adopted a major focus on cybersecurity. John Wall is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Products, Engineering and Services at QNX, which is a division of BlackBerry. Ismael Valenzuela is the former Vice President The post Secure Communications in Embedded Systems with Ismael Valenzuela and John Wall appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Caves of Qud is a roguelike game set in a richly detailed, post-apocalyptic world blending science fiction and fantasy. The game is known for its deep lore, emergent gameplay, and wildly creative character customization. It is a massive indie success, and recently hit a major milestone with the release of version 1.0 after 15 years The post Caves of Qud with Brian Bucklew appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Compute optimization in a cloud environment is a common challenge because of the need to balance performance, cost, and resource availability. The growing use of GPUs for workloads, including AI, is also increasing the complexity and importance of optimization given the relatively high cost of GPU cloud computation. Jerzy Grzywinski is a Senior Director of The post Maximizing Cloud Efficiency with Jerzy Grzywinski and Brent Segner appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Raylib is a lightweight, beginner-friendly, and open-source C library for game development, known for its simplicity and lack of external dependencies. It’s designed to streamline the creation of 2D and 3D games, and has an intuitive API for managing graphics, audio, and input. Ramon Santamaria is the Founder and Lead Developer of Raylib. He joins The post The Raylib C Library for Game Development with Ramon Santamaria appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Anduril is a technology defense company with a focus on drones, computer vision, and other problems related to national security. It is a full-stack company that builds its own hardware and software, which leads to a great many interesting questions about cloud services, engineering workflows, and management. Gokul Subramanian is Senior Vice President of Engineering The post Anduril with Gokul Subramanian appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

QuantStack is an open-source technology software company specializing in tools for data science, scientific computing, and visualization. They are known for maintaining vital projects such as Jupyter, the conda-forge package channel, and the Mamba package manager. Sylvain Corlay is the CEO of QuantStack. He joins the podcast to talk about his company, Conda, Mamba, the The post Mamba and Software Package Security with Sylvain Corlay appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.