Issue 305: New hair, new clothes, still Stack Overflow

It's been an eventful week at Stack Overflow. If you haven't heard yet, we're unifying all our different selves into a Voltron of knowledge. At Microsoft Ignite, we showcased the next generation of our enterprise product, now named Stack Internal. We won't say too much about it in this here newsletter intro, but if you want all the juicy details, we've got them for you on the blog. That's not the only new thing happening, either. Check out our Community Products update to hear about what new features we've got cooking for the public platform. XX

Our time at Ignite showed us that AI and agents are here to stay, so we've got two pods for you this week on just that topic. Retool's David Hsu sat down with us to talk guardrails and high-level programming primitives for AI coding assistants, so that no data will be harmed the next time your nontechnical coworker loads up a vibe coding bot. We also had Assaf Elovic from monday.com on the pod to discuss how they create agents that users actually adopt. Spoiler alert: they do it by focusing on user experience. XX

Maybe our new rebrand has our head a little big this week, so enough about us. We've also got plenty links from around the web, ranging from a homemade synthesizer toy to a startup game where you can finally be the rich investor throwing around your money. And what would an Overflow newsletter be without the gift of knowledge? If you're curious about three yolk eggs, nuking barrels of oil, or lighting farts on fire, you'll love this week's answers. All of those—and much more—are ready for your curious eyes down below.