The Stack Overflow Podcast

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].

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].

Ryan welcomes John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, to talk about the evolving landscape of AI agents, the role of open source in keeping the tech ecosystem healthy, the challenges OS communities have faced with the rise of AI, and the implications of data privacy and user choice in the age of multi-agent AI systems.  Episode notes: Mozilla.ai [https://www.mozilla.ai/] is building the agent platform that helps organizations safely automate real work with AI agents.  Connect with John on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-dickerson/] or email him at john@mozilla.ai.  Congrats to Populist badge winner Philipp Merkle [https://stackoverflow.com/users/7492402/philipp-merkle], who won it for their answer to How to set the -Xmx when start running a jar file? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20149304/how-to-set-the-xmx-when-start-running-a-jar-file]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/10/21/open-source-is-giving-you-choices-with-your-agent-systems/] 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].

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].