Thu, 28 March 2024 SE Radio 609: Hyrum Wright on Software Engineering at Google Hyrum Wright, Senior Staff Engineer at Google, discusses the book he co-edited, “Software Engineering at Google,” with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer. Wright describes the professional and technical best practices adopted by the software engineers at Google. The wide-ranging conversation investigates an array of topics, including measuring engineering productivity and writing effective test cases. This episode is sponsored by the Algorand Foundation. Direct download: 609_hyrum_wright_software_engineering_at_google.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 9:19pm CEST

Wed, 20 March 2024 SE Radio 608: Lane Wagner on Revisiting the Go Language Lane Wagner of Boot.dev speaks with host Philip Winston about Go, the programming language that's popular for web, cloud, devops, networking, and other types of development. In addition to discussing existing features such as structs, interfaces, concurrency, and error handling, Lane and Philip take a deep look at generics, a recent addition to the language. They also explore the developer experience with Go. Direct download: 608_lane_wagner_revisiting_go.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 7:44pm CEST

Tue, 12 March 2024 SE Radio 607: John Frandsen on Geospatial Technologies John Frandsen, Chief Product officer for Elebase, joins host Jeff Doolittle for an exploration of geospatial technologies. The conversation begins with a discussion of the history of mapping and global information systems (GIS) technologies. John describes the underlying technologies used in location-aware applications and the ways that developers can incorporate maps in their own applications. The conversation also highlights recent changes and innovations in the space, as well as the challenges and opportunities of incorporating your own data into existing base map providers. This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. Direct download: 607_john_frandsen_geospatial_tech.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 11:04pm CEST

Thu, 7 March 2024 SE Radio 606: Charlie Jones on Third-Party Software Supply Chain Risks Charlie Jones, Director of Product Management at ReversingLabs and subject matter expert in supply chain security, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss tackling third-party software risks. They begin by defining different types of third-party software risks and then take a deep dive into case studies where third-party components and software have had cascading effects on downstream systems. They consider some frameworks for secure software development that can be used to evaluate third-party software and components – both as a publisher or as a consumer – and end by discussing laws and regulations with final advise from Charlie on how enterprises can tackle third-party software risks. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. This episode is sponsored by WorkOS. Direct download: 606-charlie_jones_third-party_software_supply_chain_risks.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 11:57pm CEST