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se-stackoverflow February 1, 2022

Webinar recap: Making the Invisible, Visible with Progressive Insurance

Analyst David Gibson sat down with James Morgan and Michael “d00d” Parkins, co-leads of Progressive’s Open Source Office, to talk about how Progressive is building a culture of collaboration and keeping cross-functional teams connected.

Eira May Content Writer

code-for-a-living January 31, 2022

The complete beginners guide to dynamic programming

Dynamic programming isn't about design patterns; it's a way of thinking that breaks down a problem into individual components.

Wayne Bishop

code-for-a-living January 27, 2022

Psychological safety is critical for high-performing teams

An introduction to psychological safety and ways to evaluate the level of safety in your organization.

Lori Colston Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Former

company January 26, 2022

Keeping technologists in the flow state

It’s hard to believe we’re already four weeks into the New Year, especially as everything we have to celebrate from 2021 is still fresh in my mind.

Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO

code-for-a-living January 24, 2022

Securing the data in your online code repository is a shared responsibility

What would you do if your code repositories suddenly stopped working?

James Ciesielski, CTO of Rewind

stackoverflowknows January 19, 2022

Here’s how Stack Overflow users responded to Log4Shell, the Log4j vulnerability affecting almost everyone

When the Log4j security issue was disclosed, developers came looking for answers. We took a look at our site data around it.

David Gibson Senior Data Scientist

code-for-a-living January 17, 2022

Plan for tradeoffs: You can’t optimize all software quality attributes

An essential part of requirements analysis is understanding which quality characteristics are the most important so that designers can address them appropriately.

Karl Wiegers

community January 13, 2022

Stack Gives Back 2021

One of our most loved traditions is Stack Gives Back. Every year since 2009, we've surveyed Stack Exchange moderators about charities they would like to support and then donated $100 on behalf of each moderator.

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team - Former

community January 6, 2022

The Bash is over, but the season lives a little longer

As most of us transition from one season to another, be it summer to autumn or winter to spring, we wanted to take a look back at how this year’s Winter Bash went for everyone.

Slate

code-for-a-living January 3, 2022

Favor real dependencies for unit testing

Which dependencies should be present in your code base? This article suggests an answer to that question.

Mark Seeman

code-for-a-living December 31, 2021

700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

Dwarf Fortress is one of those oddball passion projects that’s broken into Internet consciousness. It’s a free game where you play either an adventurer or a fortress full of dwarves in a randomly generated fantasy world. The simulation runs deep, with new games creating multiple civilizations with histories, mythologies, and artifacts. I reached out to him to see how he’s managed a single, growing codebase over 15+ years, the perils of pathing, and debugging dead cats. Our conversation below has been edited for clarity.

Ryan Donovan