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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 publishes 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 13 more developer resources.

38.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
3 APIs
MediaPodcastsSoftware EngineeringTechnical ContentOpen Source

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 38.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
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
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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...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

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

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.

Software Engineering Daily API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

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.

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 1

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

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  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
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/software-engineering-daily/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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/
  baseURL: 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
  baseURL: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com
  tags:
  - Episodes
  - Open Source
  - Podcasts
  - REST
  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
  baseURL: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com
  tags:
  - Mobile
  - iOS
  - Android
  - React Native
  - 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: 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com