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Issue 267: Q&A and beyond

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are on the cusp of Spring, so we're thinking about the growth and change coming in the future. The weather is getting slightly warmer, brave flowers are budding, and the snow is melting. For Stack Overflow, we're thinking about how we can grow and change to keep our public community vibrant in the face of an AI present.

To that end, we had a Q&A with some of our leadership team over YouTube. If you missed it, we've got a quick recap that touches on all the possibilities that we're mulling over. Of course, we're also talking about AI: how testing can benefit and the variations of LoRA. And if you want to share your views on AI instead of reading and hearing ours, we're running a survey on using open-source AI.

We also have a collection of curated curiosities for you, surfaced by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. If you want to build a pipe organ, get your tiny gecko friend honest work (or poach them from their current position), or configure Git the way core Git developers do, we've got you covered.

From the blog

Our next phase—Q&A was just the beginning

For those that missed our February AMA, let’s discuss the future of Stack Overflow

Variants of LoRA

Want to train a specialized LLM on your own data? The easiest way to do this is with low rank adaptation (LoRA), but many variants of LoRA exist.

Writing tests with AI, but not LLMs

How Diffblue leverages machine learning techniques to write effective unit tests.

One quality every engineering manager should have? Empathy.

And how the platform engineering landscape is evolving.

Stack Overflow Survey: Do you use open source AI?

Tell us your thoughts on open and closed source AI models in our latest #StackOverflowKnows survey.

Interesting questions

Fired employee helping to poach other employees

"The poacher is the symptom, not the root cause."

How is maintenance, repair and refueling done on satellites currently?

Most just go with option 2: Launch another satellite.

Why are asteroid collisions a probability?

We're using telescopes, not crystal balls.

Could tiny people find honest work?

Note: They are also geckos.

Links from around the web

Comparing local large language models for alt-text generation

Could an LLM generate your image's alt text? Should it?

My home built pipe organ

Your next side project could be a whole musical instrument if you're determined enough!

This page is under construction

You should have your own personal website. If we haven't convinced you, maybe this will.

How core Git developers configure Git

Do you have a custom config for your Git setup? Maybe it's time you do.

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