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Issue 286: The future is now

This week, we're ringing in a new era at Stack Overflow. We're fresh from WeAreDevelopers, where our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and CPTO Jody Bailey shared with the world the next chapter at Stack Overflow. New era, new us...but don't worry, we're keeping you right at the center of it. With a new era, you gotta have a fresh new look. And like a middle schooler starting a new year of school, we had to ask our friends (the community) to help us pick the best one. XX

But we're not just looking forward; we're also looking back. We're throwing it back to classic movies, the original Transformers paper, and talking like a baby. On the pod, Illia Polosukhin, co-author of the "Attention Is All You Need" paper, joins us to give his thoughts on the evolution of LLMs. Meanwhile, some award-winning baby-talk innovators flexed their skills during our community Coding Challenges. Plus, we got the story on how student co-founders at Koel Labs are using films to innovate speech technology, which would be helpful for our dear user on the Academia site who's asking about reputable transcription services. XX

Speaking of movies, what version of Star Wars were you watching at home as a kid? We've got a possible answer for you in this issue, plus a bit about RESTful APIs, desktop publishing, and more. Wanna build software quicker...or slower? Well, you probably don't want to do that second one, but we've got the stories for both at our links below.

From the blog

How your favorite movie is changing language learning technology

Ryan sits down with CTO Aruna Srivastava and CPO Ruslan Mukhamedvaleev from Koel Labs to talk about how they’re innovating speech technology with the help of AI and classic movies. They also tell Ryan about their time in the Mozilla Builders Accelerator and their experiences as student co-founders in an ever-changing economic and technological landscape.

A new era of Stack Overflow

Live from the stage of WeAreDevelopers, we’re unveiling our new vision and mission for the future of Stack Overflow and our community.

There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten

How do leaders ensure alignment, autonomy, and productivity as engineering practices continue to evolve?

Have your say on the evolution of our identity

Help shape the future look of Stack Overflow—cast your vote and share your voice in our visual identity refresh.

Getting creative with Coding Challenges

An experiment to level up your coding skills on Stack Overflow, while learning in a space that welcomes creative problem-solving. Discover how we built it.

Attention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too

Ryan welcomes Illia Polosukhin, co-author of the original "Attention Is All You Need" Transformers paper and co-founder of NEAR, on the show to talk about the development and impact of the Transformers model, his perspective on modern AI and machine learning as an early innovator of the tech, and the importance of decentralized, user-owned AI utilizing the blockchain.

Getting Started on AWS Builder Center: Your Builder's Journey Begins Here

Start your AWS cloud journey with confidence. Access learning paths, developer tools, and practical resources designed to help you build on AWS. Whether you're new to cloud or expanding your skills, find everything you need to succeed as an AWS Builder.

Interesting questions

Should I give feedback on a redundancy proposal if I'm not directly affected?

"Not directly affected" is a misnomer for when you are directly affected, but they just don't want your input.

What are some reputable software tools I can use to transcribe participants' interview recordings offline?

Knowing if a software runs fully locally is harder than one might thing.

What version of Star Wars was I watching at home in 1978?

Some of your favorite movie memories may have been bootlegs all along.

Why do most languages have a complete operator precedence?

Maybe the compiler is actually protecting you in this case.

Links from around the web

Most RESTful APIs aren't really RESTful

One cannot simply close their weary eyes when their API isn't RESTing.

How I build software quickly

Don't let perfect get in the way of good enough.

Ten desktop publishing tools that didn’t make it

Desktop publishing is dead. Long live desktop publishing.

AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why.

When it comes to open-source development, AI's models haven't caught up to human experts.

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