A holiday carol for coders
A holiday tale to warm a coder's heart and remind ourselves what is valuable this season.
This Week #StackOverflowKnows Magic Constants, Using the Force, and Paper Maps
Once again, it’s time for our bi-weekly roundup of questions that caught our eyes. But we’re not the only eyes out there. So give attention to a great question and/or answer by tweeting it with the tag #StackOverflowKnows and we’ll consider them for future installments of this series. Where do “magic” hashing constants like 0x9e3779b9…
What senior developers can learn from beginners
Over the last couple years, I’ve had the luxury of working with and mentoring quite a few beginners. While I’ve obviously witnessed my fair share of programming no-no’s, things are not as black and white as they may seem. There’s a handful of patterns and behaviors I’ve seen consistently throughout beginners. And while some of…
Ryland Goldstein
Product Guy
WebSockets for fun and profit
Seamless communication is a must on the modern web. As internet speeds increase, we expect our data in real time. To address this need, WebSocket, a popular communication protocol finalized in 2011, enables websites to send and receive data without delay. With WebSockets, you can build multiplayer games, chat apps, and collaboration software that work…
Max Pekarsky
Software Engineer
Forrester Consulting TEI study shows 179% return on investment with Stack Overflow for Teams
Knowing our value and quantifying our value are two different things. Which is why we commissioned Forrester to conduct a T.E.I. (total economic impact) study. They sat down with four of our enterprise-sized customers and dug deep.
This || this: Whiteboard interviews
Ed note: This is a part of series where an author plays both sides of an issue, one of which is obviously terrible. Can you guess which is which?
The Overflow #6: Hats and Hooks
Welcome to ISSUE #6 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams of React Training. You can read more about it here. This week, we're celebrating the hats of Winter Bash 2019, dropping modern tech into the 80s, and getting hooked on React Hooks.
Last minute gift ideas for the programmer in your life
Did you, like me, wait until the last minute to buy holiday gifts for your programmer friends? Maybe we can help. We asked our engineering team what gifts they like and would appreciate receiving. We’re publishing their responses in full below in the hopes that you can find inspiration for your upcoming holiday gift frenzy…
The Loop #1: How we conduct research on the Community team
If you work on a product that’s ever benefited from research – whether that’s talking directly to users, analyzing experiment data, or any number of other research methods – you know how indispensable these inputs are for making the right decisions. But how do you decide which methods to use and when? How do you know if you’re spending the right amount of time on research? How do you know when it’s time to change your research methods?
Donna Choi
Community Design Lead
‘Tis the Season for Hats! Join Us for Winter Bash 2019
Around the globe, we look forward to celebrating traditions that are unique to us, our families, and our communities. The season gives us a chance to reflect, makes us smile, and helps bring us all together. This year is a special one for the Winter Bash tradition. A hectic end of the year (that included…
Cesar Manara
Community Manager
This Week #StackOverflowKnows About Infinity, Internet-Speak, and Password Storage
We’re introducing this bi-weekly roundup of questions from around the network with the tag #StackOverflowKnows. Share yours on twitter.