The Stack Overflow Podcast

You don’t understand DNS like you think you do

Ryan welcomes Cricket Liu, DNS expert and Chief Evangelist at Infoblox, to the show to talk all things DNS. They cover the evolution of one of the oldest DNS server implementations, BIND, and what the future holds for protected DNS configurations; the realities of security threats like DDoS and DNS spoofing; and why outages often trace back to a lack of understanding of DNS’s fundamental role.  Episode notes: Infoblox [https://www.infoblox.com/] is a cloud-managed network services platform for core networking, combining automated infrastructure management and real-time threat intelligence. You think this is a lot about DNS? Cricket wrote several books [https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/284] about it.  Connect with Cricket on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cricketliu/] or email him at  cricket@infoblox.com [cricket@infoblox.com].  Congrats to user Johannes Schaub - litb [https://stackoverflow.com/users/34509/johannes-schaub-litb] for winning a Populist badge for their answer to How do i check if a file is a regular file? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/328944/how-do-i-check-if-a-file-is-a-regular-file]. 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].

If context is king, architecture is the castle

Recorded live at the AI Agent Conference, Ryan sits down with Apollo GraphQL CEO Matt DeBerglis to discuss how enterprises can leverage GraphQL and MCP as a structured semantic architecture to feed clean data to autonomous agents, safeguard internal microservices against unprecedented "east-west" data exfiltration risks, and rein in skyrocketing token spend by explicitly querying only the exact context required. Episode notes:  Apollo GraphQL [https://www.apollographql.com/] lets you orchestrate APIs with a composable, declarative, self-service model. Apollo's MCP Server is now available. Connect with Matt on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/debergalis/]. 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].

Developers are emotionally attached to their tools

Ryan welcomes Trisha Gee, a Java champion and developer productivity advocate, to explore how AI is transforming the role of IDEs and the broader developer experience; the relevance of traditional tools, muscle memory, the risks of hype; and how to adapt workflows for AI-driven development. Episode notes: Trisha Gee [https://trishagee.com/] is a developer advocate and Java champion with over 20 years of software experience.  Connect with Trisha on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishagee/] and X [https://x.com/trisha_gee]. Congrats to user citelao [https://stackoverflow.com/users/788168/citelao] for winning a Famous Question Badge for their question VS Code SSH keeps dropping connections, but I can SSH just fine [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76876829/vs-code-ssh-keeps-dropping-connections-but-i-can-ssh-just-fine]. 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].

When the cost of code approaches zero, what does engineering leadership look like?

On this episode of Leaders of Code, Eric Anderson, director of engineering at Intuit, joins Stack Overflow engineering director Ben Matthews to talk about what happens to software teams when AI makes code generation seemingly free. Eric explains how Intuit rolled out Claude Code across the entire organization, why PMs are now merging their own PRs, and what it means for engineering culture when product/engineering roles start to converge. Eric and Ben unpack the engineering skills that matter most in an AI-first industry and why the work of developing junior talent has gotten harder. Eric also shares how he personally uses AI to manage his inbox, synthesize specs, and run promotion processes (but why he stopped letting it send emails on his behalf).  Connect with Eric on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericanderson12]. 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].

Creating checkpoints by gaslighting a Postgres database

Ryan welcomes Bryan Clark, director of product for Lakebase at Databricks, to discuss what happens when AI agents become the primary creators and users of databases; why agents are “sloppy” about cleaning up infrastructure; and how database branching, scale-to-zero, and centralized access control can help teams keep up with agent-driven development. Episode notes: Databricks Lakebase [https://www.databricks.com/product/lakebase] is a Postgres-compatible operational database built around fast branching, separated compute and storage, and tight integration with the Databricks lakehouse. Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkbw/] and X [https://x.com/clarkbw]. Congrats to Populist badge winner Benjamin Merchin [https://stackoverflow.com/users/12649874/benjamin-merchin] for earning the badge for their answer to JSX element class does not support attributes because it does not have a 'props' property.ts(2607) [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69220088/jsx-element-class-does-not-support-attributes-because-it-does-not-have-a-props].  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].