What the Dev?
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software development.
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Latest Episodes
359: The Enduring Popularity of Postgres, and what lies ahead (With Snowflake's Craig Kerstiens)
In this episode, David Rubinstein talks with Craig Kerstiens, Snowflake's Director of Software Engineering on Postgres, about the enduring popularity of Postgres, a 30-year-old database technology, due to its reliability and recent innovations ...
358: The limitations of AI models in understanding context (With Jonathan Macoskey)
Dave Rubinstein and Jonathan Macoskey discuss the limitations of current AI models in understanding context, particularly in enterprise settings. Macoskey explains that while language models have improved with internet connectivity, they still ...
357: Why is REST connectivity still hard? (With Kumar Vikesh)
Dave Rubinstein, Editor in Chief of SD Times, discusses with Kumar Vikesh, Senior Product Owner at Progress Data Direct, the challenges of REST connectivity and the introduction of an AI-driven solution to automate the creation of model files f...
356: REPRESENTATIVE!!! The State of Real-Time Voice AI Technology (With Mike Pappas)
Dave discusses real-time voice AI with Mike Pappas, CEO of Modulate. Pappas explains that voice AI involves three key technologies: speech-to-text, language models, and text-to-speech. This technology is valuable in detecting fraud, ensuring po...
355: Managing costs and ROl of agentic Al initiatives (With John D'Emic)
In this episode, Dave speaks with John D'Emic, cofounder and CTO at Revenium, about the challenges organizations face in managing costs and ROI of agentic AI initiatives. John explains that the transition from pre-production to production often...
