The Stack Overflow Podcast

Andrei Kvapil, founder of Ænix and core developer of Cozystack, joins Ryan to dive into what it takes to build a cloud from scratch, the intricacies of Kubernetes and virtualization, and how open-source has made digital sovereignty possible.  Episode notes: Cozystack [https://cozystack.io/] is a Kubernetes-based framework for building a private cloud environment. Connect with Andrei on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kvaps/?originalSubdomain=cz].  Today’s shoutout goes to user Adam [https://stackoverflow.com/users/2311074/adam] for winning a Populist badge for their answer to Regex replace text but exclude when text is between specific tag [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12493128/regex-replace-text-but-exclude-when-text-is-between-specific-tag].  TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/17/why-rent-a-cloud-when-you-can-build-one] 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].

Ryan welcomes Dhruv Batra, co-founder and chief scientist at Yutori, to explore the future of AI agents, how AI usage is changing the way people interact with advertisements and the web as a whole, and the challenges that proactive AI agents may face when being integrated into workflows and personal internet use.  Episode notes: Yutori [https://yutori.com/] is building AI agents that can reliably handle everyday digital tasks on your behalf on the web. Connect with Dhruv via his website [https://dhruvbatra.com/].  Congrats to the winner of today’s Populist badge, user Don Kirkby [https://stackoverflow.com/users/4794/don-kirkby], who earned it with their answer to Find all references to an object in python [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11891755/find-all-references-to-an-object-in-python]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/14/ai-agents-for-your-digital-chores/] 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].

Ryan welcomes back Evan You, the creator of Vite and Vue.js, to discuss the evolution of build tools in web development, the unique features of Vite from its plugins to its hot module capabilities, and the future of Vite, including its integration with Rust. Plus, they touch on Vite’s new documentary and the power of open-source communities. Episode notes: Vite [https://vite.dev/] is a frontend build tool powering the next generation of web applications.  Check out all of the work Evan is doing at his company VoidZero [https://voidzero.dev/].  For more on the origins of Vite, watch the newly-released Cult.repo’s documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWQqAKLgT4].  If you’d rather hear Evan talk about Vue.js, listen to the podcast [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/15/the-future-of-vue-is-you-and-you/] we published with him earlier this summer.  Today’s shoutout goes to user dbush [https://stackoverflow.com/users/1687119/dbush] for winning a Populist badge on their answer to How does printing a union itself and not its member work in C? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79758388/how-does-printing-a-union-itself-and-not-its-member-work-in-c]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/10/vite-is-like-the-united-nations-of-javascript/] 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].

Ryan sits down with Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and co-founder of Endor Labs, to talk about how AppSec is evolving to address AI’s use cases. They discuss the implications of AI-generated code on security practices, the importance of human oversight in managing vulnerabilities, and how organizations should be balancing security and efficiency with AI.  Episode notes: Endor Labs [https://www.endorlabs.com/] is AppSec for the software development revolution, helping you pinpoint critical risks whether your code is written by a human or AI.  Connect with Dimitri on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiliadis/]. Today’s shoutout is for user skovorodkin [https://stackoverflow.com/users/847552/skovorodkin], whose answer for Elegant Python code for Integer Partitioning [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10035752/elegant-python-code-for-integer-partitioning]  was so good, it outscored the accepted answer.  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].

Gil Feig, co-founder and CTO of Merge, joins the show to explore Merge’s approach for reducing third-party APIs to a single call, the complexities of and need for data normalization, and the role that AI and MCP plays in the future of API functionality.  Episode notes:  Merge [https://www.merge.dev/] connects you to any third-party system for fast, secure integrations for your products and agents. Connect with Gil on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilfeig] and X [https://x.com/gilfeig].  Shoutout to user Abhijit [https://stackoverflow.com/users/977038/abhijit] for winning a Lifeboat badge on their answer for Complex numbers in python [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8370637/complex-numbers-in-python]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/03/one-is-not-the-loneliest-number-for-api-calls] 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].