Postman’s journey and unlocking the power of APIs

In this episode of Leaders of Code, Ben Matthews, Senior Director of Engineering at Stack Overflow, sits down with Abhinav Asthana, co-founder and CEO of the API platform Postman. Abhinav shares Postman’s journey, turning a simple side project built to solve personal API development frustrations into a foundational tool for millions of technologists. The conversation […]

42 mins read

The Railway Bubble vs. the AI Bubble

Everyone is trying to put the massive AI spend by technology companies into context. The easiest historical analogies are the telecomm buildout in the 1990s dot-com bubble and the railway bubbles of the 1800s. Each period was defined by excessive infrastructure spending, investor euphoria, and bubbles that popped but still had lasting positive effects. I’m […]

16 mins read

Essential ingredients for enterprise AI success

Developer trust in AI output is declining. Over 75% of developers still want human validation when they don’t trust AI answers. Debugging AI-generated code takes more time than expected, with “almost right but not quite” solutions being the top frustration. Advanced questions on Stack Overflow doubled since 2023, indicating that LLMs may struggle with complex […]

13 mins read

The Hidden Cost of Every Decision: Understanding Opportunity Cost – Guidance Financial Services

Today we’re diving into a deceptively simple but incredibly powerful concept: opportunity cost.  Now, that might sound like something out of an economics textbook, but don’t tune out just yet — because understanding opportunity cost is one of the most useful tools you can have in making smarter financial decisions.  Let’s dive in.  What is […]

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