Ask like a human: Implementing semantic search on Stack Overflow
Semantic search allows users to search using natural language instead of a rigid syntax of keyword manipulation.
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David Gibson
More on our AI future: building course recommendations and a new data platform
Our senior data scientist goes deep in talking about how we built our course recommendation engine.
Stack Overflow trends: Weekday vs weekend site activity
Is everybody coding on the weekends? Is everybody learning Rust?
Asked and answered: the results for the 2022 Developer survey are here!
The state of software development is...
The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where tech talent is moving next
Distributed work may hold the key to creating forward thinking metropolises.
An unfiltered look back at April Fools’ 2022
As with any good joke, the most important part is the resulting data.
The 2022 Developer Survey is now open
The 2022 Developer Survey is ready for your input.
New data: Do developers (and their employers) care about their wellness?
As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to see what developers are doing to decrease that stress and prioritize their own wellness. Earlier this year, we surveyed over 800 developers to see if they are happy at work and what they are doing to maintain or improve mental health.
New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?
Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.
New data: Top movies and coding music according to developers
Programmers cannot live on code alone. We asked about the movies and music that best fit with programming.
New data: What makes developers happy at work
Turns out developers and plants need mostly the same things.
Here’s how Stack Overflow users responded to Log4Shell, the Log4j vulnerability affecting almost everyone
When the Log4j security issue was disclosed, developers came looking for answers. We took a look at our site data around it.
How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow? Now we know.
April Fool's may be over, but once we set up a system to react every time someone typed Command+C, we realized there was also an opportunity to learn about how people use our site. Here’s what we found.
New data: What developers look for in future job opportunities
How do you attract technical talent? What do developers care about when they evaluate new opportunities? We surveyed over 500 developers and the findings might surprise you.
Shift to remote work prompted more cybersecurity questions than any breach
For this edition of Stack Overflow Knows, we did a deep dive into cybersecurity topics across Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites to spotlight trends and reflect on how conversations are evolving within the developer and technical community.
Pandemic lockdowns accelerated cloud migration by three to four years
The number of questions across Stack Overflow surged, and new research solidifies this trend.
The 2021 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is here!
Our data reveals some fascinating trends in education, remote work, and web frameworks.
Most developers believe blockchain technology is a game changer
But a little over one third disagree, viewing blockchain as mostly hype
