se-stackoverflow Archives

se-stackoverflow May 10, 2022

Feeling burned out? You’re not the only one (Ep. 440)

Friend of the show Jon Chan, Stack Overflow’s Director of Engineering, Public Platform, joins the home team to talk about burnout: what it is, how to prevent it, and how to recover.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 15, 2022

Gen Z doesn’t understand file structures (Ep. 415)

The home team talks about Cassidy’s new role as Head of Developer Experience and Education at Remote, Ceora’s controversial opinion on mac and cheese, and why Gen Z may understand information architecture differently than the rest of us.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 11, 2022

The Overflow #112: Psychological safety for high-performing teams

Welcome to ISSUE #112 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: the importance of psychological safety, dynamic programming for beginners, and a ridiculous island where crypto-bulls can relax free from skeptics and naysayers.

Eira May and Cassidy Williams

se-stackoverflow February 8, 2022

There’s no coding Oscars. Write software that works (Ep. 413)

The home team welcomes its newest member, Stack Overflow’s brand-new technical advocate, Matt Kiernander! They chat about what tools are top-of-mind when they get work done and the best font for live-streaming code.

Ryan Donovan

code-for-a-living February 4, 2022

Moving from CEO back to IC: A chat with Mitchell Hashimoto on his love for code (Ep. 412)

Today's episode is a fascinating discussion with Mitchell Hashimoto, cofounder of HashiCorp, who recently returned to the role of independent contributor after stints as both CEO and CTO. We talk about his journey learning to write software, how he came up with the idea for Terraform, and why he prefers slinging code to executive roles.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 1, 2022

Webinar recap: Making the Invisible, Visible with Progressive Insurance

Analyst David Gibson sat down with James Morgan and Michael “d00d” Parkins, co-leads of Progressive’s Open Source Office, to talk about how Progressive is building a culture of collaboration and keeping cross-functional teams connected.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow February 1, 2022

Next stop, Cryptoland? (Ep. 411)

Ben, Ryan, Cassidy, and Ceora talk about Cryptoland, “the first physical crypto island,” which has drawn fyre (oops, fire) from people trying to figure out whether it’s a real project, a parody, or a scam.

Eira May Content Writer

se-stackoverflow January 28, 2022

Using synthetic data to power machine learning while protecting user privacy

On this episode, we talk to John Myers, CTO and cofounder of Gretel, a company that provides synthetic data for training machine learning models without exposing any of their customers personally identifiable information.

Ryan Donovan

company January 26, 2022

Keeping technologists in the flow state

It’s hard to believe we’re already four weeks into the New Year, especially as everything we have to celebrate from 2021 is still fresh in my mind.

Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO

community January 13, 2022

Stack Gives Back 2021

One of our most loved traditions is Stack Gives Back. Every year since 2009, we've surveyed Stack Exchange moderators about charities they would like to support and then donated $100 on behalf of each moderator.

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team - Former

se-stackoverflow January 11, 2022

Podcast 405: Helping communities build their own LTE networks

Ben, Ryan, and Cassidy talk with Esther Jang, Matt Johnson, and Chris Webb of Seattle’s Local Connectivity Lab, a nonprofit that works in concert with the University of Washington to facilitate community-focused technology development and research.

Eira May Content Writer