KBall
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Host on Software Engineering Daily. VP Eng at Mento. Coach for kids (soccer) and adults (leadership, professional growth). Coffee addict.
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Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon and he joins @kball.llc to discuss his more than 20-year career at Amazon, the birth of AWS, the principles of the Frugal Architect, and much more.
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A Conversation with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels - Software Engineering Daily
Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon, where he has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technology vision for over two decades. Before joining Amazon in 2004, Werner was a...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon and he joins @kball.llc to discuss his more than 20-year career at Amazon, the birth of AWS, the principles of the Frugal Architect, and much more.
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Chandler Carruth is the creator of Carbon, and he leads the C++, C Lang, and LLVM teams at Google. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to talk about Carbon and the future of the language.
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Carbon and Modernizing C++ with Chandler Carruth - Software Engineering Daily
Carbon is a programming language developed by Google as a successor to C++, and it aims to provide modern safety features while maintaining high performance. It’s designed to offer seamless interopera...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Chandler Carruth is the creator of Carbon, and he leads the C++, C Lang, and LLVM teams at Google. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to talk about Carbon and the future of the language.
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fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.
if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!
reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
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Omfg I’m going to scream. Transformer models are actually really powerful, it is such a waste of everyone’s time and money that we are pouring all this energy into chatbots and not directly applying these models to real problems. Alphafold3 can solve protein folding problems chatGPT cannot
July 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Omfg I’m going to scream. Transformer models are actually really powerful, it is such a waste of everyone’s time and money that we are pouring all this energy into chatbots and not directly applying these models to real problems. Alphafold3 can solve protein folding problems chatGPT cannot
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Okay y’all, in honor of my 50th birthday in a few weeks, I’m crowdsourcing a “celebration fund” - $50 for 50 years - to help me get some things out of pawn and pay a few bills.
I’d love it if you can, but if you can’t, if you could amplify this message I’d really appreciate it.
I’d love it if you can, but if you can’t, if you could amplify this message I’d really appreciate it.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Okay y’all, in honor of my 50th birthday in a few weeks, I’m crowdsourcing a “celebration fund” - $50 for 50 years - to help me get some things out of pawn and pay a few bills.
I’d love it if you can, but if you can’t, if you could amplify this message I’d really appreciate it.
I’d love it if you can, but if you can’t, if you could amplify this message I’d really appreciate it.
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Chen Tang is an engineer at @bytedance.bsky.social. In this episode, Chen joins the show with @kball.llc to talk about eBPF, the problems it solves, and how it was used at ByteDance.
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ByteDance’s Container Networking Stack with Chen Tang - Software Engineering Daily
ByteDance is a global technology company operating a wide range of content platforms around the world, and is best known for creating TikTok. The company operates at a massive scale, which naturally p...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Chen Tang is an engineer at @bytedance.bsky.social. In this episode, Chen joins the show with @kball.llc to talk about eBPF, the problems it solves, and how it was used at ByteDance.
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Greg Jennings is the VP of Engineering and AI at @anacondainc.bsky.social. He joins the podcast with @kball.llc to talk about the tooling ecosystem around AI app development, the Anaconda Toolbox, the rapidly evolving role of AI in engineering, and more.
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AI at Anaconda with Greg Jennings - Software Engineering Daily
Anaconda is a software company that’s well-known for its solutions for managing packages, environments, and security in large-scale data workflows. The company has played a major role in making Python...
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July 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Greg Jennings is the VP of Engineering and AI at @anacondainc.bsky.social. He joins the podcast with @kball.llc to talk about the tooling ecosystem around AI app development, the Anaconda Toolbox, the rapidly evolving role of AI in engineering, and more.
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Join me at TechLeadConf 2025 in September!
I’m gonna talk about what it’s like when your team/org doubles in less than a year. It’s been a wild ride and I can’t wait to talk about it.
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I’m gonna talk about what it’s like when your team/org doubles in less than a year. It’s been a wild ride and I can’t wait to talk about it.
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Join me at TechLeadConf 2025 in September!
I’m gonna talk about what it’s like when your team/org doubles in less than a year. It’s been a wild ride and I can’t wait to talk about it.
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I’m gonna talk about what it’s like when your team/org doubles in less than a year. It’s been a wild ride and I can’t wait to talk about it.
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Robin Lavallée is the CEO and Bill Litshauer is the COO at @implicitconversions.com. They join the show with @kball.llc to talk about emulating and enhancing retro PlayStation games on modern consoles.
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Emulating Retro Games on Modern Consoles with Robin Lavallée and Bill Litshauer - Software Engineering Daily
Emulating retro games on modern consoles is a growing trend, and allows players to experience classic titles with improved performance, enhanced resolution, and added features like save states and rew...
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June 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Robin Lavallée is the CEO and Bill Litshauer is the COO at @implicitconversions.com. They join the show with @kball.llc to talk about emulating and enhancing retro PlayStation games on modern consoles.
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Thomas Andersen is the VP of AI and Machine Learning at Synopsys. He joins @kball.llc to discuss how AI is reshaping hardware design, the challenge of modeling tacit engineering knowledge, domain-specific LLMs, and what’s coming next.
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Chip Design in the AI Era with Thomas Andersen - Software Engineering Daily
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 ...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Thomas Andersen is the VP of AI and Machine Learning at Synopsys. He joins @kball.llc to discuss how AI is reshaping hardware design, the challenge of modeling tacit engineering knowledge, domain-specific LLMs, and what’s coming next.
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Heikki Linnakangas is a leading developer for PostgreSQL and the co-founder of @neon.tech. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to discuss PostgreSQL’s rise in popularity, why he started Neon, pgvector for AI, and more.
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Building PostgreSQL for the Future with Heikki Linnakangas - Software Engineering Daily
PostgreSQL is an open-source database known for its robustness, extensibility, and compliance with SQL standards. Its ability to handle complex queries and maintain high data integrity has made it a t...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Heikki Linnakangas is a leading developer for PostgreSQL and the co-founder of @neon.tech. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to discuss PostgreSQL’s rise in popularity, why he started Neon, pgvector for AI, and more.
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Chris Lattner is the CEO and Co-Founder of Modular, the company behind the Mojo language. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to discuss his engineering journey and his current work on AI infrastructure and Mojo.
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Mojo and Building a CUDA Replacement with Chris Lattner - Software Engineering Daily
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 NV...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Chris Lattner is the CEO and Co-Founder of Modular, the company behind the Mojo language. In this episode, he joins @kball.llc to discuss his engineering journey and his current work on AI infrastructure and Mojo.
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Falco Girgis and Stef Kornilios Mitsis Poiitidis are developers on the GTA3 Dreamcast port. They join @kball.llc to talk about the Dreamcast hardware and the heroic task of porting GTA3 to the console.
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Grand Theft Auto III on the Dreamcast with Falco Girgis and Stef Kornilios Mitsis Poiitidis - Software Engineering Daily
Grand Theft Auto III is a 2001 an open-world action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Games and it had a profound impact on both gaming and popular culture. Its success cemented video games as a do...
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May 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Falco Girgis and Stef Kornilios Mitsis Poiitidis are developers on the GTA3 Dreamcast port. They join @kball.llc to talk about the Dreamcast hardware and the heroic task of porting GTA3 to the console.
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This interview @kball.llc and I did with with @tomocchino.com was really fun, especially for me as I was working in the codebase React was born out of at the time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOl...
We Talked to Tom Occhino About React’s Origins, Vercel & the Future of Web Dev (w/ JS Party)
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May 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This interview @kball.llc and I did with with @tomocchino.com was really fun, especially for me as I was working in the codebase React was born out of at the time! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qOl...
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🎙️ The new era of developer workflows
@kball.llc and @nicknisi.com unpack how AI coding tools are transforming their dev work in 2025—productivity gains mixed with the anxiety of watching their craft evolve into something where directing AI might replace coding.
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@kball.llc and @nicknisi.com unpack how AI coding tools are transforming their dev work in 2025—productivity gains mixed with the anxiety of watching their craft evolve into something where directing AI might replace coding.
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The Dysfunctional Developer | The New Era of Developer Workflows
KBall and Nick dive into the chaotic world of AI-powered coding! They swap stories about how tools like Cursor and Neovim are completely changing their day-to-day work life and making them question...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🎙️ The new era of developer workflows
@kball.llc and @nicknisi.com unpack how AI coding tools are transforming their dev work in 2025—productivity gains mixed with the anxiety of watching their craft evolve into something where directing AI might replace coding.
dysfunctional.fm/episodes/the...
@kball.llc and @nicknisi.com unpack how AI coding tools are transforming their dev work in 2025—productivity gains mixed with the anxiety of watching their craft evolve into something where directing AI might replace coding.
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Geeking out with the @dysfunctional.fm crew about LLMs and their impact on software dev: dysfunctional.fm/episodes/the...
The Dysfunctional Developer | The LLM Show
In this conversation, the Nick, Amy, Chris, and KBall discuss the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in software development, exploring its definitions, mechanics, and applications. They...
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April 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Geeking out with the @dysfunctional.fm crew about LLMs and their impact on software dev: dysfunctional.fm/episodes/the...
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I really enjoyed digging into this topic. The concept from @kball.llc of essentially unlimited demand for software really changes the way you think about the future of software engineering.
Vish Abrams is Chief Architect at Heroku and he joins @kball.llc for a wide-ranging conversation about AI tools, vibe coding, the Model Context Protocol, Heroku’s managed inference service, and more.
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Vibe Coding at Heroku with Vish Abrams - Software Engineering Daily
AI tools are transforming how developers write code, and although it’s difficult to pinpoint how much code is now AI-generated code, estimates suggest it’s between 20% and 40%, and this figure is pois...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really enjoyed digging into this topic. The concept from @kball.llc of essentially unlimited demand for software really changes the way you think about the future of software engineering.
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Feross and team are the real deal. They are aiming squarely at one of the most painful and dysfunctional parts of modern development, and continue doing great work to help developers deal with it.
We just bought a company.
Why? Because vulnerability scanning is fundamentally broken. And I’m tired of pretending it’s fine.
We acquired Coana, the best reachability analysis engine on the planet.
Why? Because vulnerability scanning is fundamentally broken. And I’m tired of pretending it’s fine.
We acquired Coana, the best reachability analysis engine on the planet.
Socket Acquires Coana To Build Out Its SCA Capabilities
Better analysis of open-source software is vital to help developers close the door on cyber attacks and breaches, but this also creates the danger of "alert fatigue"
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April 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Feross and team are the real deal. They are aiming squarely at one of the most painful and dysfunctional parts of modern development, and continue doing great work to help developers deal with it.
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Vish Abrams is Chief Architect at Heroku and he joins @kball.llc for a wide-ranging conversation about AI tools, vibe coding, the Model Context Protocol, Heroku’s managed inference service, and more.
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Vibe Coding at Heroku with Vish Abrams - Software Engineering Daily
AI tools are transforming how developers write code, and although it’s difficult to pinpoint how much code is now AI-generated code, estimates suggest it’s between 20% and 40%, and this figure is pois...
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April 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Vish Abrams is Chief Architect at Heroku and he joins @kball.llc for a wide-ranging conversation about AI tools, vibe coding, the Model Context Protocol, Heroku’s managed inference service, and more.
@vishvananda.bsky.social
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G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler. · April 10, 2025
My role at Google was eliminated.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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David A. Patterson is a pioneering computer scientist, co-developer of the RISC architecture, and a Turing Award winner. He joins @kball.llc to talk about his life and career.
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Turing Award Special: A Conversation with David Patterson - Software Engineering Daily
David A. Patterson is a pioneering computer scientist known for his contributions to computer architecture, particularly as a co-developer of Reduced Instruction Set Computing, or RISC, which revoluti...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
David A. Patterson is a pioneering computer scientist, co-developer of the RISC architecture, and a Turing Award winner. He joins @kball.llc to talk about his life and career.
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David Rivas is the CTO at Rigetti Computing. He joins the podcast with @kball.llc to talk about Rigetti, the fundamentals of quantum computing, the state of the technology, and where we’re headed.
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Quantum Computing at Rigetti with David Rivas - Software Engineering Daily
Rigetti Computing is an American company specializing in quantum computing, founded in 2013. The company develops quantum processors and hybrid quantum-classical computing systems, and aims to make qu...
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March 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
David Rivas is the CTO at Rigetti Computing. He joins the podcast with @kball.llc to talk about Rigetti, the fundamentals of quantum computing, the state of the technology, and where we’re headed.
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