Welcome to ISSUE #77 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. We’ll lead with the big news: Stack Overflow is getting acquired by Prosus; see our first item for more information. But wait, there’s more: being a team player when your team is in other time zones and behind the scenes on how web servers actually work.
From the blog
Prosus’s acquisition of Stack Overflow: Our exciting next chapter stackoverflow.blog Prosus has announced its intention to acquire Stack Overflow for 1.8 billion dollars. This is tremendously exciting news for our employees, our customers, our community members, and for our shareholders. Our CEO shares what it all means.
CSS in SVG in CSS: Shipping confetti to Stack Overflow’s design system stackoverflow.blog Stack Overflow celebrates site accomplishments with confetti in multiple places. That means it’s time to formalize it in our design system.
Podcast 343: Unpacking observability and OpenTelemetry with Spiros Xanthos of Splunk stackoverflow.blog As our applications move from local hardware to a sprawling array of clouds and containers, figuring out how they behave and what’s gone wrong is key.
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Interesting questions
What is a good random data CBC padding scheme? crypto.stackexchange.com Adding padding to plaintext opens you up to certain cipher attacks.
How can I maintain cooperation while declining meetings scheduled past my local bed time? workplace.stackexchange.com Asking colleagues to respect your time zone doesn’t make you less of a team player
Local network loses internet when a certain device connects superuser.com More like net-won’t-work anymore.
Why aren’t you supposed to report status in standups? pm.stackexchange.com Today in “You’re doing Agile wrong...”
Links from around the web
We need to talk about WCAG level-level.com Over 95% of websites have accessibility problems. We need to find a better approach
A new way to reduce font loading impact: CSS font descriptors www.smashingmagazine.com Web fonts can be the bane of your website’s existence when it comes to performance. Some upcoming font options may be able to solve that.
Svelte for the experienced React dev css-tricks.com Svelte is gaining traction in the web community with its fast build times and intuitive setup. Here’s how to get started with it if you’re used to other frameworks!
How do web servers work? dev.to If you’ve never really thought about how web servers function, here’s a practical look from the ground up!
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