An unfiltered look back at April Fools’ 2022
As with any good joke, the most important part is the resulting data.
David Gibson
Senior Data Scientist
The 2022 Developer Survey is now open
The 2022 Developer Survey is ready for your input.
David Gibson
Senior Data Scientist
New data: Do developers (and their employers) care about their wellness?
As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to see what developers are doing to decrease that stress and prioritize their own wellness. Earlier this year, we surveyed over 800 developers to see if they are happy at work and what they are doing to maintain or improve mental health.
David Gibson
Senior Data Scientist
Security needs to shift left into the software development lifecycle
Security needs to move from an afterthought to a primary concern in software development. Here's what shifting left looks like for real-world developers.
Unlock your full programming potential with The Key V2.0
Often imitated, never duplicated.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Building a community of open-source documentation contributors
When your open-source project starts getting contributors, it can feel great! But as a project grows, contributors can neglect to document everything.
Agility starts with trust
Top of mind for nearly every leader right now is hiring. Depending on what job board you look at, there are between 100,000 and 300,000 technical roles currently open. It’s an incredibly competitive market for top talent, and when teams are hiring quickly, one of the biggest business risks is agility. Teams can only innovate…
Underscoring (or dunder-scoring) the importance of native type methods in Python
Standard operators make for clean, readable code. With dunder methods, you can add these operators to your own classes.
Empathy for the Dev: Avoiding common pitfalls when communicating with developers
All too often, developers go deep on the wrong things, when writing documentation. A little bit of empathy can get your docs back on track.
The robots are coming for (the boring parts of) your job
Are the robots coming for your job? You’ve heard this question before. But in 2022, with AI increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of most coders, the issue feels more pressing.
Eira May
Content Writer
New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?
Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.
David Gibson
Senior Data Scientist