The Stack Overflow Podcast

To write secure code, be less gullible than your AI

Ryan is joined by Greg Foster, CTO of Graphite, to explore how much we should trust AI-generated code to be secure, the importance of tooling in ensuring code security whether it’s AI-assisted or not, and the need for context and readability for humans in AI code. Episode notes: Graphite [https://www.graphite.dev/] is an AI code review platform that helps you get context on code changes, fix CI failures, and improve your PRs right from your PR page.  Connect with Greg on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregmfoster/] and keep up with Graphite on their Twitter [https://x.com/graphite/].   This week’s shoutout goes to user xerad [https://stackoverflow.com/users/22756042/xerad], who won an Investor badge by dropping a bounty on the question How to specify x64 emulation flag (EC_CODE) for shared memory sections for ARM64 Windows? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79760904/how-to-specify-x64-emulation-flag-ec-code-for-shared-memory-sections-for-arm64]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/11/04/to-write-secure-code-be-less-gullible-than-your-ai/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Vibe coding needs a spec, too

Ryan talks with Deepak Singh, VP of Developer Agents and Experiences at AWS and lead at Kiro, about spec-driven development in a vibe coding world. They explore how AI tools have evolved from autocomplete to sophisticated agents that can write code based off of just specs, and how AWS has pioneered spec-driven development through their Kiro agent.  Episode notes: Kiro [https://kiro.dev/] is AWS’ AI IDE that brings structure to AI coding with spec-driven development.  Connect with Deepak on the Kiro Discord server [https://discord.com/invite/kirodotdev] and read more about spec-driven development on The New Stack [https://thenewstack.io/agents-shift-genai-from-order-takers-to-collaborators/].  We last spoke to Deepak Singh in March [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/03/28/are-ai-agents-ready-for-the-enterprise/] about how enterprise-ready agents are. Congratulations to user Whymarrh [https://stackoverflow.com/users/1267663/whymarrh] for winning a Populist badge on their answer to Git commits are duplicated in the same branch after doing a rebase [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9264314/git-commits-are-duplicated-in-the-same-branch-after-doing-a-rebase].  Learn more about the future of software engineering in the AI age on November 3rd, when our CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar, speaks at a virtual OpenAI Forum [https://forum.openai.com/public/events/virtual-event-stack-overflow-and-learning-to-code-in-the-age-of-ai-jf4gaycort?agenda_day=68ffe41326f14a33c1560552&agenda_filter_view=stage&agenda_stage=68ffe41326f14a33c1560558&agenda_track=68ffe41326f14a33c1560569&agenda_view=list&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=open-ai&utm_content=prashanth-learning-to-code-age-of-ai]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/31/vibe-coding-needs-a-spec-too/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Craft and quality beat speed and scale, with or without agents

Ryan welcomes Tom Moor, head of engineering at Linear, to discuss AI agents’ mixed results for productivity in the development lifecycle, the importance of context for maximizing agents’ effectiveness, and the role that junior developers need to take in a world increasingly driven by AI. Episode notes: Linear [https://linear.app/] is a tool for planning and building products that streamline issues, projects, and product roadmaps. Connect with Tom on Twitter [https://x.com/tommoor].  This episode’s shoutout goes to user ozz [https://stackoverflow.com/users/300685/ozz], who won a Populist badge for their answer to Column width not working in DataTables bootstrap [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30535609/column-width-not-working-in-datatables-bootstrap]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/28/craft-and-quality-beat-speed-and-scale-with-or-without-agents/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Your runbooks are obsolete in the age of agents

Ryan is joined by Spiros Xanthos, CEO and founder of Resolve AI, to talk about the future of AI agents in incident management and troubleshooting, the challenges of maintaining complex software systems with traditional runbooks, and the changing role of developers in an AI-driven world. Episode notes: Resolve AI [https://resolve.ai/] is building agents to help you troubleshoot alerts, manage incidents, and run your production systems.  Connect with Spiros on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/spiros/] or email him at spiros@resolve.ai.  Congrats to user larsks [https://stackoverflow.com/users/147356/larsks] for winning a Stellar Answer badge for their answer to How do I get into a Docker container's shell? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30172605/how-do-i-get-into-a-docker-containers-shell]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/24/your-runbooks-are-obsolete-in-the-age-of-agents/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

What leaders need to know from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Eira May, B2B Editor at Stack Overflow, and Natalie Rotnov, Senior Product Marketing Manager for the Enterprise Product Suite at Stack Overflow, unpack the key takeaways from the 2025 Developer Survey for tech and business leaders. The discussion focuses on the evolving developer relationship with AI, the continued struggle with tool sprawl, and actionable recommendations for leaders looking to deliver value and improve developer experience. The discussion covers critical findings for tech leaders: * The decline in developer trust in AI is linked to two main frustrations: solutions that are "almost right, but not quite" and the time wasted debugging AI-generated code. * Human connection and community validation remain vital: 80% of developers still visit Stack Overflow regularly, and the number of "advanced questions" on the public platform has doubled since 2023, underscoring AI’s limitations when it comes to complex, context-dependent questions. * Tool sprawl continues, as most developers use 6–10 tools, suggesting that AI tends to complicate rather than simplify workflows. Notes: * Explore key insights [https://stackoverflow.co/teams/resources/2025-stack-overflow-developer-survey-for-leaders/] from the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, consolidated into an executive-ready summary.  * Connect with Natalie Rotnov on LinkedIn. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalierotnov] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].