The Stack Overflow Podcast

Ryan welcomes Geraint North, AI and developer platforms fellow at Arm, to dive into the impact of GenAI on chip design, Arm’s approach to designing flexible CPU architectures, and the challenges of optimizing large language models at the chip level for edge devices.  Episode notes:  Arm [https://developer.arm.com/ai] is a global compute platform that allows the world’s leading technology companies to innovate and deliver AI experiences. Arm just announced [https://newsroom.arm.com/news/announcing-lumex-css-platform-ai-era] their Lumex CSS Platform, which provides a complete compute subsystem platform for mobile and desktop providers to enable efficient AI workloads.  Connect with Geraint on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraint-north/]. Congrats to Lifejacket badge winner I.sh. [https://stackoverflow.com/users/19574650/i-sh], who won the badge for answering How to take screenshot on failure [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78020451/how-to-take-screenshot-on-failure]. 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 two-part episode of Leaders of Code, Peter O’Connor, Director of Platform Engineering, welcomes Ryan J. Salva, Senior Director of Product at Google, Developer Experiences, for a deep dive into the future of software development. They explore how AI-assisted tools are reshaping the developer experience, going far beyond just writing code. From breaking down deployment bottlenecks to streamlining operations and transforming how teams collaborate, this conversation unpacks where developer tooling is headed and how AI is changing the game at every stage of the software lifecycle. The discussion also: * Addresses how AI is transforming team structures, enabling engineering teams to operate effectively with just a few people, reducing collaboration overhead and accelerating decision-making. * Highlights the future of platform engineering and DevOps, where AI will assist with standardization and dynamically create and manage deployment pipelines in real time. Episode notes: * Connect with Peter O’Connor [https://www.linkedin.com/in/oconnorpeterk/] and Ryan J Salva [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanjsalva/]. * Check out Google’s open source repository, Gemini-CLI [https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli], on GitHub. 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 is joined by our very own Ash Zade, Product Manager, and Alex Warren, Staff Software Engineer, to discuss our newly released stackoverflow.ai, how it’s enhancing user experience by combining human-validated answers with AI, and our future plans for deeper personalization and community integration.  Episode notes:  stackoverflow.ai [http://stackoverflow.ai] is helping you get the technical answers you need with less friction, all powered by our 16 years of community knowledge. Connect with Ash on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ash-zade-19579a1a/]. Connect with Alex on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwarren/]. This week we’re shouting out user Ketan Ramani [https://stackoverflow.com/users/6667442/ketan-ramani] for winning a Populist badge for their answer to How to go about formatting 1200 to 1.2k in Android studio [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41859525/how-to-go-about-formatting-1200-to-1-2k-in-android-studio]. 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 Jeffrey van Gogh, Director of Engineering, Android Developer Experience, at Google and board member of the Kotlin Foundation. They discuss the evolution of the Kotlin language from JVM to multiplatform, how their governance board works with the community to stop breaking changes, and the intricacies of Kotlin’s multiplatform capabilities beyond just Android. Episode notes:  The Kotlin Foundation’s [https://kotlinfoundation.org/] mission is to protect, promote, and advance the development of the Kotlin programming language [https://kotlinlang.org/]. Over half of respondents in this year’s Annual Developer Survey [https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology/#2-programming-scripting-and-markup-languages] reported that they want to start using Kotlin in the next year.  Connect with Jeffrey on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-van-gogh-145673/] or email him at jvg@google.com. Congrats to user BMac [https://stackoverflow.com/users/1422377/bmac] on winning a Populist badge for answering the question How to convert UPPERCASE text to Title Case using CSS [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13793666/how-to-convert-uppercase-text-to-title-case-using-css]. 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].

Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld, joins the show to discuss the technical challenges of creating interactive AI for virtual worlds and games, the significance of user experience, and the importance of accessibility and cost-efficiency in deploying AI models. Episode notes:  Inworld [https://inworld.ai/] provides solutions for AI applications that allow teams to build and deploy workloads, spend less time on maintenance, and accelerate iteration speed. Connect with Kylan on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylangibbs/]. Today we’re shouting out the winner of an Illuminator [https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/4370/illuminator] badge, user MrWhite [https://stackoverflow.com/users/369434/mrwhite], who edited and answered 500 questions, both actions within 12 hours. 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].