Welcome to SED News, a podcast by Software Engineering Daily, hosted by Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer, where they discuss the latest in software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech world.
In this episode, Gregor and Sean delve into the situation with Deel and Rippling, examine why Databricks and Snowflake are investing heavily in Postgres, and consider the impact of AI-powered tools like Cursor on the role of developers today. They also highlight stories from Hacker News, including Claude’s evolving system prompt and an interesting history of transit cards in Japan and Hong Kong.
Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, founder, and CTO of Mailpass. With a history as CTO in cybersecurity, cyber insurance, and software engineering, he has spent nearly ten years in the Asia Pacific region. More information can be found via his profile at vand.hk.