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Rich Harris, creator of Svelte and software engineer at Vercel, joins Ryan on the show to dive into the evolution and future of web frameworks. They discuss the birth and growth of Svelte during the rise of mobile, the challenges of building robust and efficient web applications, how companies can back more open-source community projects, and the dirty little secret about asynchronous operations and component frameworks. 

Episode notes:

Svelte is a UI framework that uses a compiler to let you write components using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It’s ranked as one of developer’s most admired web frameworks in this year’s Developer Survey. 

Keep up with the Svelte community on the Svelte Society page. 

Find Rich on Blue Sky and GitHub.

Congrats to Paul Pladijs, who won a Populist badge for answering the question How can one change the timestamp of an old commit in Git?.

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In this episode of Leaders of Code, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and Christina Dacauaziliqua, Senior Learning Specialist at Morgan Stanley, talk about the importance of experiential learning in fast-paced environments. They emphasize the value of creating intentional learning environments where innovative tools meet collaborative communities to support growth for both individuals and organizations. 

The discussion also:

• Explores why leaders need to model continuous learning to inspire their teams.
• Explains three practical principles to embed a culture of ongoing learning into everyday operations successfully.
• Touches on Morgan Stanley's multi-year strategic initiatives centred on talent excellence and how they empower employees through an intentional learning framework and metric tracking. 

Notes:

• Connect with Christina Dacauaziliqua and Prashanth Chandrasekar.
• Learn how to empower learning within your organization with Stack Overflow for Teams.

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Ryan welcomes Nathan Michael, CTO at Shield AI, to discuss what AI looks like in defense technologies, both technically and ethically. They cover how the Hivemind technology works in coordinating the autonomous decisions of drones in the field while keeping humans in the loop, whether Shield AI is building Terminators, and how software security works on an edge device that could fall into enemy hands. 

Episode notes:

Shield AI produces Hivemind, a resilient autonomy platform intended to protect service members and civilians.

Congrats to Great Answer badge winner tmdavison for dropping a 100 point plus answer on Set max value for color bar on seaborn heatmap.

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Ryan is joined by Tuhin Srivastava, CEO and co-founder of Baseten, to explore the evolving landscape of AI infrastructure and inference workloads, how the shift from traditional machine learning models to large-scale neural networks has made GPU usage challenging, and the potential future of hardware-specific optimizations in AI. 

Episode notes:

Baseten is an AI infrastructure platform giving you the tooling, expertise, and hardware needed to bring AI products to market fast.

Connect with Tuhin on LinkedIn or reach him at his email tuhin@baseten.co. 

Shoutout to user Hitesh for winning a Populist badge for their answer to Cannot drop database because it is currently in use.

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Ryan welcomes Evan You, the creator of Vue.js, to explore the origins of Vue.js, the challenges faced during its development, and the project’s growth over a decade. They dive into potential integrations for AI, future developments for Vue.js, and the sustainability of open-source projects. 

Episode notes: 

Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework that’s approachable, performant, and versatile for building web user interfaces.

Check out what Evan and his team are doing to create the next generation of tooling at Void Zero. 

Vue was ranked as the eighth most-popular web framework in the 2025 Developer Survey. 

Congrats to Stellar Question badge winner Hari, who won for asking the question JavaScript - Track mouse position. 

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Wenjing Zhang, VP of Engineering, and Caleb Johnson, Principal Engineer at LinkedIn, sit down with Ryan to discuss how semantic search and AI have transformed LinkedIn’s job search feature. They explore the engineering efforts behind transitioning from keyword-based search and the impact of AI models on LinkedIn’s job seekers and employers.

Episode notes: 

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with more than one billion members.

Connect with Caleb on LinkedIn.

Connect with Wenjing on LinkedIn.

Congrats to Mattias Larsson, who won a Populist badge for answering Singleton Class which requires some async call.

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Ryan welcomes Paul Everitt, developer advocate at JetBrains and an early adopter of Python, to discuss the history, growth, and future of Python. They cover Python’s pivotal moments and rise alongside the internet, the increased adoption from transitions like Python 2 to Python 3, and the significant role Python plays in academia and data science today. 

Episode notes: 

JetBrains is improving the developer experience through a rich suite of tools. 

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn and X.

Python is the fourth most-popular language in our 2025 Developer Survey. 

From the archives: Why is the migration to Python 3 taking so long? 

Today we’re shouting out a popular Python question, Fastest way to find the least amount of subsets that sum up to the total set in Python, asked by user Shaun Han. 

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Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, joins the show to dive into the implications of AI coding tools on the software engineering lifecycle. They explore how AI tools are transforming the work of developers from syntax-focused tasks to higher-level design and management roles, and how AI will integrate into enterprise environments. 

Episode notes:

Sourcegraph is building AI-code agents for enterprises to accelerate how companies build software.

Connect with Quinn on LinkedIn, X, and on his website. 

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U.S. Bank has undergone a significant digital transformation, implementing a multi-cloud strategy to accelerate innovation and improve customer-focused development. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the bank must navigate the challenge of balancing innovation with strict compliance requirements while meeting the evolving demands and needs of customers and employees. 

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s CPO, Anirudh Kaul, Senior Director of Software Engineering, and Paul Petersen, Cloud Platform Engineering Manager, discuss the U.S. Bank’s journey from traditional banking practices to embracing new technologies. The conversation covers the technical and organizational aspects of large-scale cloud migration, along with their leadership approach during this transformative period.

Key topics include:

• How U.S. Bank empowers teams to innovate without sacrificing team agility. The importance of team collaboration, transparency, trust, and continuous communication in fostering innovation and successful tool adoption.
• Cloud migration strategies and the role of platform engineering in enabling and supporting organizational change.

Notes:

• Connect with Anirudh Kaul and Paul Petersen. Learn more about U.S. Bank.
• Connect with Jody Bailey on LinkedIn. 

Etsy is a global marketplace that keeps human connection at the heart of commerce. 

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