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code-for-a-living January 14, 2021

Have the tables turned on NoSQL?

NoSQL was the next big thing in system architecture in 2011, but overall interest in it has plateaued recently. What is NoSQL, what does it have to do with modern development, and is it worth implementing in your project?

John Biggs and Ryan Donovan

Art by Alexandra Francis (https://alexandrafrancis.com/)

code-for-a-living January 12, 2021

Want to teach your kids to code? Here are three apps that can help.

Like many of you, I am a coder with kids at home. What better time to start exposing our kids to the career we all think is amazing! You do think programming is amazing, right? 😀 Well, even if you don’t, coding teaches kids the fundamentals of logic and encourages them to think abstractly. Let’s…

Mark Locklear

code-for-a-living January 7, 2021

Open source has a funding problem

Relying on volunteers to maintain every open source project isn't long term sustainable. Funding open source projects could keep development moving, but would that funding be raised and who would pay for it?

James Turner

community January 5, 2021

Ciao Winter Bash 2020!

Winter Bash 2020 has come to an end. While we’re packing the hats into boxes to put them back on the shelf for next year, let’s take a look at a few hat-wearing avatars that brought a smile to our faces. Catija Rory Alsop Snow Adrian Mole Tsundoku Those are just a few. Check them…

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager

newsletter January 1, 2021

The Overflow #54: Talking crypto

Welcome to ISSUE #54 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. While we are off for the holidays, we still have some sweet newsletter presents to give: your digital identity and you, dealing with sudden bursts of errors, and the secret origin…

Ryan Donovan and Cassidy Williams

code-for-a-living December 21, 2020

How digital identity protects your software

Digital identity is the online representation of a person, organization, or a machine, and it is what gives us access to the data we use daily. Here’s a brief overview of identity, why it's vital to information security, and why you should know more about it.

Michael Chan

community December 18, 2020

The Loop: A community health indicator

As the number of users grows and we improve our site engine, the social aspect of the network becomes more complicated. With all this social complexity, the CM team must daily answer one simple question: Is the community healthy?

Nicolas Chabanovskii Community Manager