Welcome to ISSUE #72 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. Spring is in the air, and here’s what’s in this newsletter: our CEO talks about the changes we’re undertaking to thrive long term, tips on reverse engineering, and the many definitions of hand drawn in games.
From the blog
Accelerating Stack Overflow’s transformation stackoverflow.blog The latest post from our CEO focuses on two strategic priorities: Product-led Transformation and Predictable and Reliable Financial Performance, both of which add value to our community and our customers by allowing us to continue to support and resource them better.
Access broader knowledge with Unified Search stackoverflow.blog Bringing public Stack Overflow questions and answers to your private Teams
Podcast 334: A curious journey from personal trainer to frontend mentor stackoverflow.blog We chat React, Tailwind, and Three.JS with Matt Studdert, founder of a new platform for learning to code.
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Interesting questions
Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python’s tar library compared to macOS tar? superuser.com Sorting makes for a smaller tarball.
Advice on how to attack my first reverse engineering project? reverseengineering.stackexchange.com If it was made by humans, you should be able to find a spec for it.
Is it possible to create a “digital seal” to tell if a document has been opened? crypto.stackexchange.com Short answer: no. Longer answer: maybe….
How does functional programming achieve no runtime exceptions? softwareengineering.stackexchange.com Your functions can’t fail if they don’t define failure states.
Links from around the web
How to build a table of contents in React www.emgoto.com This is a great tutorial for making your content easily navigable with your own table of contents.
Why we moved from Lambda to ECS dev.to There are many pros and cons to consider when shifting architectures, and this posts covers a good amount for their case.
Generating (and solving!) Sudoku puzzles in CSS css-tricks.com Messing with code to do what it’s NOT intended to do is always a good time!
What is a hand-drawn game? Depends on who you ask www.polygon.com Games are often-described as hand-drawn. Here’s many definitions of “hand drawn” in games.
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