Software Engineering Daily

Software Engineering Daily is a podcast and media platform dedicated to covering software engineering topics through daily technical interviews and discussions. Founded by Jeff Meyerson in 2015, the platform publishes episodes five days a week featuring conversations with software engineers, startup founders, and technology leaders on topics ranging from distributed systems, cloud computing, databases, and programming languages to AI, machine learning, and the business of software. The platform also offers a membership program for premium content and provides open-source backend and mobile apps for community development.

Software Engineering Daily is listed with 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Media, Podcasts, Software Engineering, Technical Content, and Open Source.

The Software Engineering Daily catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Software Engineering Daily’s developer surface includes pricing, documentation, and 21 more developer resources.

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25.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 1/100 human only Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 49/100 alive open core · MIT Full breakdown ↓
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Media Podcasts Software EngineeringTechnical ContentOpen Source

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 25.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 2.0 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 15

Access Clarity 5.4 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 10

Contract Governance 0.9 / 9

Discoverability 4.7 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.9 / 15

Open Source Surface 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 1/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document Ask about this →
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Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey) Ask about this →
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Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes Ask about this →

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Contract Quality scores 10.7 — up to +22.3 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 9.5 — up to +18.1 composite points Ask about this →
Access Clarity scores 36.2 — up to +12.8 composite points Ask about this →

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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Software Engineering Daily Podcast RSS Feed

Software Engineering Daily provides RSS podcast feeds for its main episode stream as well as topic-specific feeds. These standard podcast RSS feeds are compatible with all major...

Software Engineering Daily Backend API

The Software Engineering Daily Backend API is an open-source REST API that powers the platform's web, iOS, and Android front ends. Built with Node.js, MongoDB, and Redis, it pro...

Software Engineering Daily Mobile App

The Software Engineering Daily mobile application is an open-source React Native app available on iOS and Android. It provides access to the full episode catalog, topic-specific...

Software Engineering Daily API pricing

Not yet checked against Software Engineering Daily's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

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Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Software Engineering Daily's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Software Engineering Daily Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Software Engineering Daily Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Privacy & Data 1

Its role, the data it processes, retention and transfers, quoted from its own privacy page.

Software Engineering Daily

22 quoted statements, read from Software Engineering Daily's own page on 2026-11-10.

PRIVACY

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Software Engineering Daily Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Software Engineering Daily Context

19 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Software Engineering Daily — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warn-severity 2 info-severity

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Episode

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Software Engineering Daily Episode Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Software Engineering Daily Episode Example

13 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Software Engineering Daily Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

License

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

About

About

LinkedIn

Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

RSSFeed

RSSFeeds

Podcast

Podcast

DataProcessing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: software-engineering-daily
name: Software Engineering Daily
description: Software Engineering Daily is a podcast and media platform dedicated to covering software engineering topics
  through daily technical interviews and discussions. Founded by Jeff Meyerson in 2015, the platform publishes episodes five
  days a week featuring conversations with software engineers, startup founders, and technology leaders on topics ranging
  from distributed systems, cloud computing, databases, and programming languages to AI, machine learning, and the business
  of software. The platform also offers a membership program for premium content and provides open-source backend and mobile
  apps for community development.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/software-engineering-daily.png
tags:
- Media
- Podcasts
- Software Engineering
- Technical Content
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Media
- Podcasts
- Software Engineering
- Technical Content
- Open Source
- Open-Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-engineering-daily/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: software-engineering-daily:podcast-rss-feed
  name: Software Engineering Daily Podcast RSS Feed
  description: Software Engineering Daily provides RSS podcast feeds for its main episode stream as well as topic-specific
    feeds. These standard podcast RSS feeds are compatible with all major podcast clients including Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
    Overcast, and Podcast Addict, and can be consumed programmatically using any feed parsing library to access episode metadata,
    audio file URLs, descriptions, and publication dates.
  humanURL: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/
  tags:
  - Feed
  - Podcasts
  - RSS
  - Syndication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/07/05/new-topic-feeds/
  - type: RSSFeed
    url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/feed/podcast/
- aid: software-engineering-daily:backend-api
  name: Software Engineering Daily Backend API
  description: The Software Engineering Daily Backend API is an open-source REST API that powers the platform's web, iOS,
    and Android front ends. Built with Node.js, MongoDB, and Redis, it provides endpoints for accessing podcast episodes,
    user accounts, bookmarks, playback tracking, upvotes, comments, and search. API documentation is available in Swagger
    format at the /api/docs path. The codebase is MIT-licensed and available on GitHub.
  humanURL: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api
  tags:
  - Episodes
  - Open Source
  - Podcasts
  - REST
  tags_raw:
  - Episodes
  - Open Source
  - Podcasts
  - REST
  - Open-Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.github.io/Backend/gettingstarted/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api
- aid: software-engineering-daily:mobile-app
  name: Software Engineering Daily Mobile App
  description: The Software Engineering Daily mobile application is an open-source React Native app available on iOS and Android.
    It provides access to the full episode catalog, topic-specific feeds, bookmarking, and offline playback. The source code
    is publicly available on GitHub under the MIT license.
  humanURL: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/se-daily-iOS
  tags:
  - Mobile
  - iOS
  - Android
  - React Native
  - Open Source
  tags_raw:
  - Mobile
  - iOS
  - Android
  - React Native
  - Open Source
  - Open-Source
  properties:
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/se-daily-iOS
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/SE-Daily-Android
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/software-engineering-daily-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/software-engineering-daily-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/software-engineering-daily-finops.yml
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api/releases
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/software-engineering-daily-domain-security.yml
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/
  name: Software Engineering Daily Website
  type: Website
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/about/
  name: About Software Engineering Daily
  type: About
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/premium/
  name: Premium Membership
  type: Pricing
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/feed/podcast/
  name: Main Podcast RSS Feed
  type: RSSFeed
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/07/05/new-topic-feeds/
  name: Topic RSS Feeds
  type: RSSFeeds
- url: https://github.com/SoftwareEngineeringDaily/software-engineering-daily-api
  name: Backend API Repository
  type: GitHubRepository
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.github.io/Backend/gettingstarted/
  name: API Getting Started Guide
  type: Documentation
- url: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/software-engineering-daily/id1019576853
  name: Software Engineering Daily on Apple Podcasts
  type: Podcast
- url: https://open.spotify.com/show/6UCtBYL29hwhw4YbTdX83N
  name: Software Engineering Daily on Spotify
  type: Podcast
- url: https://twitter.com/software_daily
  name: Software Engineering Daily on X
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-engineering-daily
  name: Software Engineering Daily on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://github.com/softwareengineeringdaily
  name: Software Engineering Daily on GitHub
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/tos/
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/privacy-policy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- type: DataProcessing
  url: privacy/software-engineering-daily-privacy-policy.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Software Engineering Daily API — frequently asked questions

Does Software Engineering Daily have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 3 APIs from Software Engineering Daily, including Software Engineering Daily Podcast RSS Feed, Software Engineering Daily Backend API and Software Engineering Daily Mobile App.

How much does the Software Engineering Daily API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Software Engineering Daily, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Software Engineering Daily API ready for AI agents?

Software Engineering Daily has a Kin Score of 25.0 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 0.6 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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