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A key challenge with designing AI agents is that large language models are stateless and have limited context windows. This requires careful engineering to maintain continuity and reliability across sequential LLM interactions. To perform well, agents need fast systems for storing and retrieving short-term conversations, summaries, and long-term facts. Redis is an open‑source, in‑memory data store widely used for high‑performance caching, analytics, and message brokering. Recent advances have extended Redis’ capabilities to vector search and semantic caching, which has made it an increasingly popular part of the agentic application stack. Andrew Brookins [https://x.com/abrookins] is a Principal Applied AI Engineer at Redis [https://redis.io]. He joins the show with Sean Falconer to discuss the challenges of building AI agents, the role of memory in agents, hybrid search versus vector-only search, the concept of world models, and more. Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Redis. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.pngSean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.     Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SED1868-Andrew-Brookins.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com]   The post Redis and AI Agent Memory with Andrew Brookins [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/08/26/redis-and-ai-agent-memory-with-andrew-brookins/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Deploying and managing cloud workloads is a complex task that requires developers to handle infrastructure, scaling, CI/CD pipelines, and database hosting. Configuring and maintaining Kubernetes, ensuring smooth deployments, and integrating various services efficiently is a common challenge. Will Stewart [https://x.com/northflankwill] is the co-founder and CEO of Northflank, [https://northflank.com/] which is a platform focused on streamlining application deployment and management. In this episode, he joins the show to talk about the contemporary challenges and solutions around workload deployment. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.pngSean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.   Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SED1822-Northflank.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Complex Workload Deployment with Will Stewart [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/08/21/complex-workload-deployment-with-will-stewart/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Modern software teams typically rely on a patchwork of tools to manage planning, development, feature rollout, and post-release analysis. This fragmentation is a known challenge that can create friction and slow down software development iteration. It’s especially problematic for cross-functional teams, where differences in roles, expertise, and work culture can further complicate collaboration. There is growing consensus that successful software product development requires continuous collaboration across functions, including design, engineering and operations. Tobias Dunn-Krahn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-dunn-krahn-b8773613/?originalSubdomain=ca] is the CTO and Doug Peete [https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-peete-95230b/] is the Chief Product Officer of Atono [https://atono.io/], which is a software development lifecycle platform focused on cross-functional teams. They join the podcast with Kevin Ball to talk about the challenges of modern product development, the importance of low-friction UX, the role of AI in product tooling, and how to unify product, design, engineering, and operations in a single workflow. Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Atono. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg Kevin Ball [https://www.kball.llc/] or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.       Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SED1864-Atono.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Empowering Cross-Functional Product Teams with Tobias Dunn-Krahn and Doug Peete [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/08/19/empowering-cross-functional-product-teams-with-tobias-dunn-krahn-and-doug-peete/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Carbon is a programming language developed by Google as a successor to C++, and it aims to provide modern safety features while maintaining high performance. It’s designed to offer seamless interoperability with C++ while addressing shortcomings of C++ such as slow compilation times and lack of memory safety. Carbon also introduces features like a more readable syntax, improved generics, and automatic memory management while still allowing low-level control. Chandler Carruth [https://x.com/chandlerc1024] is the creator of Carbon, and he leads the C++, C Lang, and LLVM teams at Google [https://www.google.com/], and he also worked on several pieces of Google’s distributed build system. In this episode, he joins Kevin Ball to talk about Carbon and the future of the language. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg Kevin Ball [https://www.kball.llc/] or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.     Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SED1826-Carbon-C.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Carbon and Modernizing C++ with Chandler Carruth [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/08/14/carbon-and-building-on-c-with-chandler-carruth/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Podman [https://podman.io/] is an open-source container management tool that allows developers to build, run, and manage containers. Unlike Docker, it supports rootless containers for improved security and is fully compatible with standards from the Open Container Initiative, or OCI. Brent Baude [https://x.com/bbaude] is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat where he works on Podman. In this episode, Brent joins the show to talk about the project. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jordi.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jordi.png Jordi Mon Companys [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordimoncompanys/] is a product manager and marketer that specializes in software delivery, developer experience, cloud native and open source. He has developed his career at companies like GitLab, Weaveworks, Harness and other platform and devtool providers. His interests range from software supply chain security to open source innovation. You can reach out to him on Twitter at @jordimonpmm [https://twitter.com/JordiMonPMM]   Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SED1852-Podman.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Podman with Brent Baude [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/08/12/podman-with-brent-baude/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].