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Issue 246: A great way to get value from AI coding tools

Welcome to ISSUE #246 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: Why generating tests is a good use case for AI coding tools, how to tell your manager that you might retire early if you don’t get a raise, and why your company needs junior devs.

From the blog

Enterprise 2024.6: Identify and engage your subject matter experts

This release includes updates that improve subject matter expert (SME) visibility and engagement in Stack Overflow for Teams. It's also now easier to capture and discover SME knowledge in Microsoft Teams and Slack with the Auto-Answer App.

One of the best ways to get value for AI coding tools: generating tests

More code isn't always a good thing, but fewer bugs is.

The evolution of fullstack engineers

On today’s episode we chat with Mrinalini Sugosh, Dev Rel Manager CKEditor. She discusses how modern fullstack developers have to master both front and backend skills, stitch the two together, and master adjacent skills like data analysis and security compliance.

Redis: RAG with no new tools and less complexity

In this Amazon Web Services (AWS) article and companion video, discover how Redis can be a trusted part of your Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) implementation. Get a free Redis trial in AWS Marketplace.

Interesting questions

How should I tell my manager that he could delay my retirement with a raise?

What would they rather pay for: Your vacation next year or your retirement party?

A journal has published an AI-generated article under my name. What to do?

“You may have no choice but to treat this as a legal matter involving defamation.”

Has anyone returned from space in a different vehicle from the one they went up in? And if so who was the first?

Space, the final frontier (for ride sharing apps).

The quest for a Wiki-less Game

“Wikis also exist as an expression of love for a game.”

Links from around the web

Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results

The Internet Archive will have a more prominent role in your search results.

Replacing React code with CSS :has selector

With advancements in CSS, we need less JavaScript to support more complex logic.

Debugging till dawn: how git bisect saved my demo

The command `git bisect` is not widely, but it could save your bacon someday.

Your company needs junior devs

Junior developers are a force multiplier for innovating at scale.


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