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code-for-a-living February 18, 2020

Trying to find your first dev job? Here’s what employers are actually looking for.

Interview processes run the gamut from a few conversations, to hours of writing code on a whiteboard, to evaluative social events with the team. It can all seem very mysterious and nerve-wracking from the outside. But here’s the big secret: No matter what kind of process you step into, the hiring team, really, is only trying to figure out three things.

Rebekah Rombom

company February 17, 2020

Community working group updates: February 2020

In this post, we'd like to talk about some of the initiatives that are happening internally at Stack Overflow aimed at addressing and repairing our relationship with our community.

The Community Team

stackoverflowknows February 14, 2020

This week, #StackOverflowKnows fast planes, math with dates, and code comments

Happy mandated romance day, dear reader. While we forgot to get you a card and ate all the chocolates, we are ready to pop the question. A few questions actually. This week, we’ve got comments on code comments, bad math as the basis for good math, and concerns that your personal keyboard could be stealing…

Ryan Donovan

February 13, 2020

Ben Popper is the worst coder in the world: Something awry with my array

Our intrepid new coder meets his first data structure. With an array of concepts in front of him, will he push his learning until it pops for him?

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living February 12, 2020

When laziness is efficient: Make the most of your command line

DevOps job posts often ask for automation skills, which is a positive way of asking for someone who’s professionally lazy in a way that results in efficiency. The good news is that developers can also learn a few tricks from the land of ops to make their days easier and their work better.

Breanne Boland

code-for-a-living February 10, 2020

Hello World: Curing impostor syndrome by embracing the suck

One thing we continuously speak about in the programming community is impostor syndrome and how to cope with it, but no one talks about tangible steps on how to solve it within yourself. What if instead of learning how to endure, we learned how to cure it? While It’s something that happens to everyone at…

Jerome Hardaway Web Developer

newsletter February 7, 2020

The Overflow #10: The 500-mile email

In this week's newsletter, we've we get right to the the point on floating point numbers, live coding that rocks, and how containers changed the world.

Ryan Donovan

partner-content February 6, 2020

How Shapeways’ software enables 3D printing at scale

While most news about the 3D printing industry focuses on advancement in hardware and materials, software has played a crucial role in the democratization of 3D printing. Companies like Shapeways have delivered software to generate 3D files, prepare and optimize them for printing, and manufacture and distribute.

Matt Boyle

February 5, 2020

The 2020 Developer Survey is now open!

It’s that time of year again—we’re launching our 2020 Developer Survey. We love watching how this survey data evolves year-over-year, and this year we are focused on collecting insights from a sample that is representative of coders around the world.

Ryan Donovan

code-for-a-living February 3, 2020

Does your web app need a front-end framework?

You’ve likely heard about front-end frameworks. Names like React, Vue, and Angular abound in tutorials and Hacker News debates. If you’ve wondered why and when these frameworks are used and whether it’s time you implement one in your project, you’re not alone. A few years ago, while working on a side project, Hackterms, my own…

Max Pekarsky Software Engineer

stackoverflowknows January 31, 2020

This week, #StackOverflowKnows the coronavirus’s long tail, sulfuric acid spills and tiny malicious code

The first month of the new year is almost over just in time for everyone to give up on their resolutions. But fear not! Stack Overflow and our coterie of Exchanges have a bevy of delicious questions to strengthen your resolve. Take a gander at the genetics of the coronavirus, the waste products of Apollo…

Ryan Donovan