From the blog
Why we built Staging Ground
A two-part episode: In part one, Ben chats with friend of the show and senior software engineer Kyle Mitofsky about Staging Ground, a private space within Stack Overflow where new users can receive guidance from experienced users before their question is posted. In part two, Ben talks to Stack Overflow user Spevacus, who participated in the beta of Staging Ground.
How data are reshaping society: “Datafication” and socioeconomic transformations
With the ever-increasing importance of data, we’re always looking for expert voices that can expand our view of what data and our reliance on data means for software development and society as a whole. More and more of our lives are becoming data-driven. Is that a good thing?
We chat search from both sides now
In this episode, Ben chats with Elastic software engineering director Paul Oremland along with Stack Overflow staff software engineer Steffi Grewenig and senior software developer Gregor Časar about vector databases and semantic search from both the vendor and customer perspectives.
Fully managed observability with configurable dashboards
As modernization needs for DevSecOps multiply, dev teams seek to simplify self-service capabilities. Grafana Cloud delivers a turnkey solution. Get curated views and alerting rules to comprehensively manage the health of your Amazon EKS clusters.
Interesting questions
Is infinity a number?
“All real numbers x have the property x + 1 > x. Infinity does not share this property.”
Why does Macbeth well deserve his name?
“Macbethad mac Findláech” would have been much harder to fit into iambic pentameter.
What enforcement exists for medical informed consent?
“You are the primary enforcement mechanism. If you don’t want to sign, don’t sign.”
Are you radical enough to solve this SURDOKU?
<kickflip> <guitar solo>
Links from around the web
How do you spell WIFI?
Is it WiFi? Wi-Fi? Wifi?
useCallback vs. useMemo
When should you utilize useMemo and useCallback? When should you not?
15 page speed optimizations that sites ignore (at their own risk)
There are some relatively simple things you can do to improve your webpage performance.
Boosting compiler testing by injecting real-world code
According to this study, the best way to stress-test compilers involves using real-world code instead of isolated testing examples.
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