The Stack Overflow Podcast

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Ryan and Ben welcome Alex Malcoci, CEO and founder of MiniProto, to talk innovations in hardware prototyping, the evolving complexities of the global supply chain, the impact of the US-China trade war on manufacturing, and how automation in production could lead to new training programs for future engineers. Episode notes: MiniProto [https://www.miniproto.com/] is a US-based prototyping manufacturer revolutionizing the way we develop and interact with hardware.  Connect with Alex on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmalcoci/]. Shoutout to an Unsung Hero of Stack Overflow, Hamed Jimoh [https://stackoverflow.com/users/14535636/hamed-jimoh], who deserves upvotes for their more than 10 accepted answers with a zero score.

The Trust and Safety team is using aliases in this episode. Learn more [https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/who-is-in-the-community-management-department-and-what-does-it-do] about who the Community Management team is at Stack Overflow.  Explore how we keep our community safe in our Code of Conduct [https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/06/01/building-a-safer-community-announcing-our-new-code-of-conduct/].  Congratulations to Lifeboat badge recipient Arvin Yorro [https://stackoverflow.com/users/1027250/arvin-yorro], who won it for their helpful answer to the question Docker Desktop - WSL update failed [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78879806/docker-desktop-wsl-update-failed].

Dane shares his excitement about the Model Context Protocol (MCP), exploring its potential impact on the future of technology. The discussion turns to the growing need for sustainable content monetization and fair compensation for creators in an AI-driven world, and how this connects to Cloudflare’s mission to build a better internet. The conversation also: * Explores how Cloudflare leverages AI internally to enhance developer productivity and improve code quality while keeping developers as owners of their work. * Covers Cloudflare’s innovative organizational structure and their journey toward becoming an AI-first company. Episode notes: * Connect with Dane on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dknecht/] or X [https://x.com/dok2001/], and learn more about Cloudflare [https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/]. * Read more about Knowledge Solutions [https://stackoverflow.co/api-solutions/], a data licensing offering that provides continuous access to Stack Overflow’s public dataset. * Learn more about creating a private instance of Stack Overflow for your team or org with Stack Overflow for Teams. [https://stackoverflow.co/teams/?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=leaders-of-code&utm_content=episode1]