Ben Popper, Stack Overflow Blog

code-for-a-living September 17, 2019

Joel Spolsky and Clive Thompson discuss the past, present, and future of coding

What inspires someone to become a software developer? Joel Spolsky and Clive Thompson discuss how the culture of coding has evolved over the decades and where they hope it’s headed next.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living August 14, 2019

CROKAGE: A New Way to Search Stack Overflow

One of the most powerful attributes of Stack Overflow (SO) is the accumulation of developers’ knowledge over time. Community members have contributed more than 18 million questions and 27 million answers. When a developer is stuck on a coding problem, they search through this vast trove of information to see if a solution to their…

Ben Popper Director of Content

insights July 31, 2019

The next generation SQL? Explore a new way to analyze, visualize, and share data

We chat with the CEO of Count about a new programming language his startup has created for data analysis.

Ben Popper Director of Content

for-work July 23, 2019

Power of Babble – How Primer AI is mining valuable insights from a deluge of documentation

There is an astounding amount of new text produced every day. Millions of daily news articles, blog posts, and social media make up a vast trove of documents that would take the average person a lifetime to read. How can anyone stay on top of this river of new information? More importantly, how can you…

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living July 2, 2019

Sing Me A Song of Stack Overflow: A Musical Tail Call Optimization

When Anjana Vakil and Natalia Margolis applied to speak at !!Con (read Bang Bang Con) this year, they wanted to take the call for ‘non-traditional’ talks to heart while still sharing useful insights. They decided to tackle the following question: why recursion poses a problem for the finite-memory call stack. That could be quite a…

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living June 20, 2019

Knowledge Engineering: Intuit’s Chief Innovation Officer Explains Their Approach to AI

We are entering a new era in artificial intelligence, one where exciting breakthroughs seem to arrive every week. But the roots of today’s AI revolution actually date back many decades. So what changed? The catalyst for the recent advances is the fact that these techniques can now leverage unprecedented amounts of data and computing horsepower.…

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living June 12, 2019

Stack Overflow and Pursuit: Nurturing A New Generation of Developers

Stack Overflow is excited to partner with Pursuit, a social impact organization working to create a more diverse and inclusive tech industry through coding education and career mentorship.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living May 13, 2019

How Expensify Engineers Save Hours Each Week With Stack Overflow For Teams

Engineers from Expensify talk about how they are using Stack Overflow for Teams to improve collaboration and how it saves them hours of wasted time each week.

Ben Popper Director of Content