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Ryan Donovan
Ryan Donovan helps run editorial for the Stack Overflow blog. He's spend over 15 years as a technical writer embedded in software development teams across multiple industries. He lives in New York City and hopes to meet your dog some day.
The Overflow #9: Rust and Redux
January 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #9 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams of React Training. You can read more about it here. This week, we get a peek into the future of Stack Overflow, discover the longest possible free ride, and…
This week, #StackOverflowKnows syntactic sugar, overfit or nah, and the definition of norm
We’re in the throes of winter here at Stack Overflow headquarters but the Q&A sites are full of hot questions. This week, we’re wondering if syntactic sugar makes code sweeter, wishing upon a galaxy, and digging into two Scala functions that do basically the same thing but at different speeds. A star or a galaxy?…
The Overflow #8: Minimal and Performant
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JANUARY 2020
New year, new-sletter! Welcome to ISSUE #8 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams of React Training. You can read more about it here. This week, we talk to a Veteran Who Codes, wonder what the heck dark matter is, and calculate the math of knots.
This veteran started a code bootcamp for people who went to bootcamp
In 2014, Hardaway started Vets Who Code, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching US military veterans how to code within the JavaScript ecosystem: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, CLI, node.js, webpack, React, Gatsby, and GraphQL. To date, 250 veterans have graduated from the program. This cohort has gone on to find jobs in the industry across 37 states in the US. It’s 100% free to the veterans admitted into the program, 100% remote run, and 100% supported by donations.
The Overflow #7: Find yourself a hobby
December 2019 Welcome to ISSUE #7 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams of React Training. You can read more about it here. This week, we’re connecting with WebSockets, exploring the mathematics of chess, and playing a murder mystery in SQL. From…
The Ultimate Tech Recruiting Event Checklist
In an era where so much of the recruiting process happens online, in-person recruiting events can seem out of place or old fashioned. But make no mistake: when properly utilized and executed, live events can be an incredibly useful recruiting tool.
This Week #StackOverflowKnows Magic Constants, Using the Force, and Paper Maps
Once again, it’s time for our bi-weekly roundup of questions that caught our eyes. But we’re not the only eyes out there. So give attention to a great question and/or answer by tweeting it with the tag #StackOverflowKnows and we’ll consider them for future installments of this series. Where do “magic” hashing constants like 0x9e3779b9…
The Top 10 Frameworks and What Tech Recruiters Need to Know About Them
As programming matures and application development becomes more complex, developers need more than just an understanding of programming languages. They need to know the frameworks that make creating applications in these languages easier.
The Overflow #6: Hats and Hooks
Welcome to ISSUE #6 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams of React Training. You can read more about it here. This week, we're celebrating the hats of Winter Bash 2019, dropping modern tech into the 80s, and getting hooked on React Hooks.
Why You Should Be Hiring (More) Junior Developers
Many hiring managers tend to focus on candidates who are senior or at least mid-range. Here are ten reasons why companies should consider hiring junior developers.