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A major challenge with creating distributed applications is achieving resilience, reliability, and fault tolerance. It can take considerable engineering time to address non-functional concerns like retries, state synchronization, and distributed coordination. Event-driven models aim to simplify these issues, but often introduce new difficulties in debugging and operations. Stephan Ewen [https://x.com/StephanEwen] is the Founder at Restate [https://restate.dev/blog/every-system-is-a-log-avoiding-coordination-in-distributed-applications/] which aims to simplify modern distributed applications. He is also the co-creator of Apache Flink which is an open-source framework for unified stream-processing and batch-processing. Stephan joins the show with Sean Falconer to talk about distributed applications and his work with Restate. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.pngSean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.   Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SED1814-Restate.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Modern Distributed Applications with Stephan Ewen [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/06/05/modern-distributed-applications-with-stephan-ewen/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Agentic AI is seen as a key frontier in artificial intelligence, enabling systems to autonomously act, adapt in real-time, and solve complex, multi-step problems based on objectives and context. Unlike traditional rule-based or generative AI, which are limited to predefined or reactive tasks, agentic AI processes vast information, models uncertainty, and makes context-sensitive decisions, mimicking human-like problem-solving. Crew AI [https://www.crewai.com/] is a platform to build and deploy automated workflows using any LLM and cloud platform. The company has rapidly become one of the most prominent in the field of agentic AI. João Moura [https://x.com/joaomdmoura] is the founder at Crew AI and he joins the show with Sean Falconer to talk about his company. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.pngSean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.   Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SED1800-CrewAI.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Crew AI with João Moura [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/06/03/crew-ai-with-joao-moura/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Synopsys is a leading electronic design automation company specializing in silicon design and verification, as well as software integrity and security. Their tools are foundational to the creation of modern chips and embedded software, powering everything from smartphones to cars. Chip design is a deeply complex process, often taking months or years and requiring the coordination of thousands of engineers. Now, advances in AI are beginning to transform the field by reducing manual effort, accelerating timelines, and unlocking new design possibilities. Thomas Andersen [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kutzsche/] is the Vice President of AI and Machine Learning at Synopsys [https://www.synopsys.com/], where he has spent over 15 years. He joins the show to talk with Kevin Ball about the evolving role of AI in hardware design, the challenges of training models on tacit, undocumented chip engineering knowledge, the emergence of domain-specific LLMs, and where this fast-moving field is going next. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg Kevin Ball [https://www.kball.llc/] or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.     Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SED1841-Synopsys.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Chip Design in the AI Era with Thomas Andersen [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/05/29/chip-design-in-the-ai-era-with-thomas-andersen/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

OpenTofu [https://opentofu.org/] is an open-source alternative to Terraform, designed for managing infrastructure as code. It enables users to define, provision, and manage their cloud and on-premises resources using a declarative configuration language. OpenTofu was created to ensure an open and community-driven approach to infrastructure tooling, and it emphasizes compatibility and extensibility for diverse deployment scenarios. Cory O’Daniel [https://x.com/coryodaniel] is the CEO of Massdriver and he’s a founding member of OpenTofu. Malcolm Matalka [https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-matalka-a6527382/?originalSubdomain=nl] is a Co-Founder at Terrateam and he’s also a founding member of OpenTofu. They join the podcast to talk about the OpenTofu project. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.png?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Rectangle-3-2.pngSean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent where he works on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.   Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SED1790-OpenTofu.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post OpenTofu with Cory O’Daniel and Malcolm Matalka [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/05/27/opentofu-with-cory-odaniel-and-malcolm-matalka/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].

Python is the dominant language for AI and data science applications, but it lacks the performance and low-level control needed to fully leverage GPU hardware. As a result, developers often rely on NVIDIA’s CUDA framework, which adds complexity and fragments the development stack. Mojo is a new programming language designed to combine the simplicity of Python with the performance of C and the safety of Rust. It also aims to provide a vendor-independent approach to GPU programming. Mojo is being developed by Chris Lattner [https://x.com/clattner_llvm], a renowned systems engineer known for his seminal contributions to computer science, including LLVM, the Clang compiler, and the Swift programming language. Chris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Modular AI [https://www.modular.com/], the company behind Mojo. In this episode, he joins the show to discuss his engineering journey and his current work on AI infrastructure and the Mojo language. [https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg?resize=218%2C258&ssl=1]https://i0.wp.com/softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/KevinBall.jpg Kevin Ball [https://www.kball.llc/] or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.     Please click here to see the transcript of this episode. [http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SED1837-Mojo.txt] Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com] The post Mojo and Building a CUDA Replacement with Chris Lattner [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/05/22/mojo-and-building-a-cuda-replacement-with-chris-lattner/] appeared first on Software Engineering Daily [https://softwareengineeringdaily.com].