Best practices can slow your application down
In order to get the most performant site possible when building the codebase for our public Stack Overflow site, we didn’t always follow best practices.
Code for a Living
We’re here to help developers at every stage of their careers.
Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python – part 4
While many introductory statistics classes teach the CLT, very few actually attempt to prove it because that requires some complex math. In this session, we'll bypass all that math by using Python loops to simulate the CLT.
Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python – part 3
Comparing summary statistics like the mean and median can help us understand how these variables are related, but we can learn even more by using visualizations.
Sacrificial architecture: Learning from abandoned systems
One of the tough decisions you and your team may face as you scale is deciding between keeping your current codebase and rebuilding on a new architecture.
What I wish I had known about single page applications
Single page apps are all the rage today, but they don't always operate the same as traditional web pages.
Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python – part 2
Investigate a dataset with summary statistics and some basic data visualizations using the Python libraries NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, and Seaborn.
Choosing Java instead of C++ for low-latency systems
When it comes to developing low latency software systems, the received wisdom is that you would be crazy to use anything but C++ because anything else has too high a latency. But I’m here to convince you of the opposite, counter-intuitive, almost heretical notion: that when it comes to achieving low latency in software systems, Java is better.
The pros and cons of being a software engineer at a BIG tech company
There are benefits to being a technical lead at a less software intensive business.
Daniel Chae
Director of Content
Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python
In today’s tech industry, statistics and data science are becoming increasingly important and valuable skills.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Why are video calls so tiring? You might have opposing cultural styles
Video meetings aren’t ideal, but we can make them a little easier by understanding that there are multiple ways of interacting with your fellow humans.
I followed my dreams and got demoted to software developer
Kristina Lustig, formerly our Director of Design, explains why she took a new role as an associate software developer.
Kristina Lustig
Associate Software Developer