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Issue 269: Sandwiched developers

We've been in full swing lately, and we have a ton of exciting things for you to check out. First up, a look at how developers caught between caring for kids and aging parents are managing to keep focused on their work and use software to help with that. Next, take a look under the hood of our sweet new Question Assistant. Finally, our very own Eira May got up close with agents at TDX 2025, and she's unpacking what all that means for developers. /

For those who prefer to listen, we've got a ton of goodies. Check out our very first episode of Leaders of Code, a new podcast that pairs one of our leaders with a tech leader at another organization. In the good ol Stack Overflow Podcast, we've got conversations about startups trying to combat climate change and a terminal built to use AI to bypass man pages.

Curious crawlers will find a collection of clickables. Want to destroy the Milky Way? We've got you. Hide data using getters? Done. Build a calculator entirely out of wood? You absolute lunatic, we can help.

From the blog

What we learned at TDX 2025

Some high-level takeaways, with more to come.

Can climate tech startups address the current crisis?

Lisbeth Kaufman, Head of Climate Tech at AWS, sits down with Ryan to talk about her work helping climate tech startups get off the ground and the role startups can play in addressing the climate change crisis. She highlights a few projects to get excited about, including ones focused on fusion energy and sustainable agriculture.

Junky data is like an out-of-tune guitar—it prevents AI harmony

In our very first episode, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar talks to Don Woodlock, Head of Global Healthcare Solutions at InterSystems, about the challenges in their AI journey and the critical role of a robust data strategy in any successful AI initiative.

A look under the hood: How (and why) we built Question Assistant

Evaluating question quality and determining the appropriate feedback required some classic ML techniques in addition to our GenAI solution.

Sharing the power of the command line

Ryan welcomes Zach Lloyd, founder and CEO of Warp, to the show to talk about reimagining the terminal. They also discuss why Warp was built in Rust (“it’s definitely harder”), how AI is transforming developer tools, and what Zach (formerly a principal engineer at Google) learned building Docs and Sheets.

How are sandwich generation developers dealing?

More developers are sandwiched between caring for kids and older relatives. What does this mean for them and for the industry as a whole?

OpenTelemetry 2025 Trends Every Developer Should Know

Explore OpenTelemetry's latest advancements, from semantic conventions and profiling to GenAI observability. Find out how these trends are shaping smarter, scalable observability strategies for today’s complex software ecosystems.

Interesting questions

Must getters return values as is?

"What you do inside your class is your own damn business."

Web application contains a link to a non-existing domain, is this a vulnerability?

New hack unlocked: register website.

How can I destroy the Milky Way Galaxy?

While the ambition is laudable, there may be better uses of your time and money.

May the federal government deny services, opportunities, or equal treatment to customers of businesses they do not like?

When was the last time you got so mad it violated multiple constitutional amendments?

Links from around the web

Dive into WebGPU—part 1 (tutorial)

Have you ever wanted to build modern 3D graphics in the browser?

How I built a mechanical calculator

Would you use a calculator...made out of wood?

Why do we have a cache-control request header?

This is a great breakdown of a commonly misunderstood header.

A 10x faster TypeScript

The team behind TypeScript is re-writing the compiler in Go!


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