Podcast Episodes

Lowering emissions with the Open Compute Project

Episode 80

In this episode, Pascal talks to Dharmesh J. (DJ) and Lisa about the vision for the open, scalable future of networking hardware for AI and to break down Meta's big announcements from the 2025 Open C…

Published on 11 hours ago

Building Android apps in Meta's monorepository with Buck2

Episode 79

How do you keep Android build times under control when your codebase spans tens of thousands of modules and millions of lines of Kotlin? In this episode, Pascal talks with Iveta, Navid, and Joshua fr…

Published on 1 month ago

Generating 3D Worlds with AI

Episode 78

Creating 3D assets can be daunting, but does it have to be? Mahima and Rakesh are on a quest to democratize 3D content creation with AssetGen, a foundation model for 3D. They discuss the challenges o…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

ARCHIVE: What it's like to write code at Meta

To not leave you without an episode for August, Pascal brings you an episode from the Archive. Back in August 2023 for Episode 55, Pascal spoke with Katherine and returning guest Dustin, two software…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How to build a generic neuromotor interface

Episode 77

Join Pascal as he explores the groundbreaking world of generic neuromotor interfaces with Jesse, Lauren, and Sean. Discover how these technologies enable control of devices with just a flick of the w…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

From C to Rust on Mobile

Episode 76

What happens when decades-old C code, powering billions of daily messages, starts to slow down innovation? In this episode, we talk to Meta engineers Elaine and Buping, who are in the midst of a bold…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Open-sourcing Pyrefly - A faster Python type checker written in Rust

Episode 75

Pyrefly is a faster, open-source Python type checker written in Rust, succeeding Pyre. But what prompted the rewrite and what besides the language choice ended up making it faster? Host Pascal talks …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Taking the plunge - The engineering journey of building a Subsea Cable

Episode 74

To ensure that everyone has access to resilient, high-speed and low-latency connections to Meta services, no matter where in the world they are, Meta makes large-scale investments into subsea cable i…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mobile GraphQL at Meta in 2025

Episode 73

Join Pascal and Sabrina on the latest Meta Tech Podcast episode as they discuss the evolution and future of GraphQL. From client-side consistency to innovative APIs, learn how GraphQL is making devel…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Multimodal AI for Ray-Ban Meta glasses

Episode 72

In this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, host Pascal sits down with Shane, a research scientist at Meta, to explore the cutting-edge research behind Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Shane shares insights from …

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago