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Issue 262: How the internet changed last year

Welcome to ISSUE #262 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: The organizations to which Stack gave back in 2024, what you can do when your open-source plugin is repackaged as commercial code, and the UX of login codes.

From the blog

Stack Gives Back 2024!

We’re excited to announce our 16th annual Stack Gives Back campaign donations.

How the internet changed in 2024

John Graham-Cumming, CTO of Cloudflare, joins Ben and Ryan for a conversation about the latest trends in internet usage highlighted in Cloudflare's 2024 Year in Review report.

Why all developers should adopt a safety-critical mindset

Is anyone designing software where failures don't have consequences?

WBIT#3: Can good team dynamics make Agile obsolete?

Kyle welcomes Wes Copeland, a senior frontend engineer at Apartment Advisor, to the interview. They talk about how good test coverage helps you develop software faster, the benefits of low-fidelity prototypes, and why he prefers to avoid vibes-driven development.

UiPath Autopilot™: your AI-driven automation orchestrator

Ready to leverage machine learning for intelligent process optimization? Experience adaptive automation with decision-making for complex task sequencing and error handling. Securely scale with top-tier AI models and governance.

Interesting questions

Does the US President have authority to rename a geographic feature outside the US?

“You can call a geographic feature whatever you want. Whether you can get other people to agree with you is another matter.”

Is it legal to delete a licensed github repository which was contributed to and then distribute this code as commercial?

You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Why do solvers for "slower" programming languages exist?

Those solvers aren't actually Python in the end.

Must companies keep records of internal messages (emails, Slack messages, MS Teams chats, etc.) and if so, for how long?

Legally speaking, you have no obligation to retain internal messages—unless there’s a lawsuit in the works.

Links from around the web

ClockSquared Mini, a word clock wristwatch

A very cool hardware project that displays time in words.

Please don't force dark mode

Dark mode is a great option, but it should be that: an option.

The UX of login codes

Security is important, but the user experience around it is, too.

Guided by the beauty of our test suite

A fun story about the power of testing and improvement.


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