The Stack Overflow Podcast

The future of development is full-stack

Live from Snowflake Summit, Ryan talks with Snowflake’s Head of Developer Experience Umesh Unnikrishnan about the industry-wide shift from “vibe coding” for quick prototypes to agentic engineering for enterprise-ready software, how enterprises can scale governance with guardrails like human-in-the-loop approval and control layers that go beyond the underlying LLM, and why Umesh predicts all developers will become someday become full-stack builders. Episode notes:  This episode was recorded at Snowflake Summit [https://www.snowflake.com/en/summit/]. You can learn more about CoCo and Snowflake’s other new releases on their website [https://www.snowflake.com/en/product/snowflake-coco/]. Connect with Umesh on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshunni/] or reach out to him at Umesh.Unnikrishnan@snowflake.com Vivek Raghunathan, SVP of engineering at Snowflake, also sat down this us at this year’s Snowflake Summit to break down the five-stage framework his org used to go from "let chaos reign" to a repeatable, org-wide system for AI-assisted engineering. Listen to his episode of Leaders of Code [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/02/ai-coding-chaos-into-a-repeatable-playbook/].  Our sixteenth Annual Developer Survey is now open and we want to hear your thoughts on all things software. Take the survey now [https://take.survey.stackoverflow.co/jfe/form/SV_4GHunpL3IfJ3rRc?utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=outreach&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2026&utm_content=launch-survey]! 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].

Developers who move fast still need to do it together

At MS Build, Ryan is joined by Cassidy Williams, Senior Director of Developer Advocacy at GitHub and former Stack Overflow Podcast host, to discuss how agentic coding is shifting dev work towards higher-level strategy while increasing decision fatigue; why human taste, community feedback, and mentorship are becoming more essential than ever for developer careers; and the new GitHub Copilot announcements coming out of Microsoft, including the new GitHub Copilot app.  Episode notes:  This episode was recorded at Microsoft Build [https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home]. You can learn more about what they announced at the show and what’s new at GitHub here [https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-app-the-agent-native-desktop-experience/].  Listen to our other episodes recorded at Build on agentic workflows [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/10/building-more-than-just-an-agent-harness/] and responsible AI [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/14/your-ai-is-only-as-responsible-as-you-are/].  Connect with Cassidy on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassidoo/] and X [https://x.com/cassidoo?lang=en].  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].

Your AI is only as responsible as you are

Recorded at Microsoft Build, Ryan welcomes Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer for Responsible AI, about how we can build and use AI responsibly with the NIST approach, why most irresponsible AI comes from experimentation without thought of impact, and how Microsoft is researching thoughtful human/AI workflow design to reduce unnecessary escalation.  Episode notes:  This episode was recorded at Microsoft Build [https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home]. Listen to our other episode recorded at Build on agentic workflows here [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/10/building-more-than-just-an-agent-harness/].  Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/slbird]. 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].

Building more than just an agent harness

Live from Microsoft Build, Ryan is joined by Jay Parikh, Microsoft’s VP of AI Core, for a conversation on what enterprises need to build, deploy, and run AI agents at scale with demonstrable ROI; how Microsoft built an end-to-end agent development system that goes past just the harness; and how you can evaluate for reliability and correctness in models that get more intelligent and autonomous everyday.  Episode notes:  This episode was recorded at Microsoft Build [https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/home]. Learn more about the announcement and news from Build, including Microsoft’s new GitHub app [https://github.com/github/app] and Foundry platform [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-foundry], at the Microsoft blog [https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/06/02/microsoft-build-2026-be-yourself-at-work/]. Connect with Jay on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayparikh/]. 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].

What's left for infrastructure-as-code after AI moves in?

SPONSORED BY IBM Ryan is joined by Rosemary Wang, Developer Advocate at IBM, to explore what infrastructure as code looks like once AI starts writing and deploying it. They discuss why guardrails still lag adoption, breaks down what it means when “anyone can deploy,” and why deep systems knowledge still matters.  Episode notes: Try out Bob [https://bob.ibm.com/trial?utm_content=PVLWW&p1=Newsletter&p2=%epid!&p3=%ecid!], IBM’s coding agent that Rosemary talked about in the episode.  Connect with Rosemary on X [https://x.com/joatmon08], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemarywang/], or Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/joatmon08.com]. 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].