Building an Open-Source Laptop with Byran Huang

Building an Open-Source Laptop with Byran Huang

Author: All Content Archives - Software Engineering Daily November 11, 2025 Duration: 51:59
Byran Huang is a full stack developer who recently made headlines in the hacker space when he created the anyon_e, which is a highly integrated, open source laptop. The effort was a massive undertaking and showcased great design, hardware, and software. In this episode, Byran joins the show with Gregor Vand to talk about his

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Homebrew and macOS Package Management with Mike McQuaid [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:46
Homebrew is a widely used package manager that simplifies the installation of open-source software on macOS. It was created in response to the growing demand for a lightweight, developer-friendly tool suited to an increa…
Engineering in the Age of Agents with Yechezkel Rabinovich [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:05
Modern software platforms are increasingly composed of diverse microservices, third-party APIs, and cloud resources. The distributed nature of these systems makes it difficult for engineers to gain a clear view of how th…
Static Analysis for Ruby with Jake Zimmerman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:16
Dynamic languages like Ruby, Python, and JavaScript determine the types of variables at runtime rather than at compile time. This flexibility allows for rapid development and concise code, but it also makes it harder to…
Scaling AI in Enterprise Codebases with Guy Gur-Ari [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:05
The rise of language-model coding assistants has led to the creation of the vibe coding paradigm. In this mode of software development, AI agents take a plain language prompt and generate entire applications, which drama…
Orkes and Agentic Workflow Orchestration with Viren Baraiya [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:44
Modern software systems are composed of many independent microservices spanning frontends, backends, APIs, and AI models, and coordinating and scaling them reliably is a constant challenge. A workflow orchestration platf…
Turbopuffer with Simon Hørup Eskildsen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:30
Vector search has become a foundational technology for AI applications, enabling everything from semantic code search to contextual retrieval for large language models. However, a major challenge with vector databases ha…
Building an Indie Hit in Godot with Jay Baylis and Tom Coxon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:22
Cassette Beasts is a turn-based monster-battling RPG that lets players record creatures onto cassette tapes and transform into them during battle. The game was an indie hit, and is also one of the most successful games b…
Rethinking GraphQL Frontends with Robert Balicki [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:50
A challenge in modern frontend application design is efficiently fetching and managing GraphQL data while keeping UI components responsive and maintainable. Developers often face issues like over-fetching, under-fetching…
pnpm with Zoltan Kochan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:27
Traditional package management systems for JavaScript have faced several inefficiencies related to dependency storage, resolution, and project performance. pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript an…