Recent Episodes
Episode 532: Peter Wyatt and Duff Johnson on 30 Years of PDF
Peter Wyatt, CTO at PDF Association and project co-leader of ISO 32000 (the core PDF standard), and Duff Johnson, CEO at PDF Association and ISO Project co-leader and US TAG chair for both ISO 32000 and ISO 14289 (PDF/UA), discuss the 30-year history of the portable document format (PDF). SE Radio’s Gavin Henry spoke with […]
Episode 531: Xe Iaso on Tailscale
Xe Iaso of Tailscale discusses how a VPN can be a useful tool when building software. SE Radio host Jeremy Jung spoke with Iaso about what VPNs are, onboarding, access control, authentication in the network vs individual services, peer-to-peer vs centralized VPNs, relay servers, tech stacks, forking the go compiler, the iOS network extension limit, […]
Episode 530: Tanmai Gopal on GraphQL
Tanmai Gopal, CEO of Hasura.io, joined SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about GraphQL. They discussed the history and rationale behind the original conception of GraphQL, as well as some of the use cases it is best suited for. Tanmai described how GraphQL differs from other API specification styles such as REST and […]
Episode 529: Jeff Perry on Career Management for Software Engineers
Jeff Perry, a career coach with experience in multiple engineering and technology fields, discusses career management for software engineers. Host Kanchan Shringi speaks with him about how software engineers can be intentional and proactive in evaluating and pursuing career options. Perry shares examples of how engineers have made shifts to opportunities that took advantage of […]
Episode 528: Jonathan Shariat on Designing to Avoid Worst-Case Outcomes
Jonathan Shariat, coauthor of the book Tragic Design, discusses harmful software design. SE Radio host Jeremy Jung speaks with Shariat about how poor design can kill in the medical industry, accidentally causing harm with features meant to bring joy, what to consider during the product development cycle, industry-specific checklists and testing requirements, creating guiding principles […]
