Podcast 241: New tools for new times
This week we're crafting delicious Textmoji and using machine learning to identify plants and animals in real life.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
The Overflow #24: Survey says…
June 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #24 of the Overflow! Break into a two-four and read the newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. The survey results are in! Nullable types are out! Eye contact is back! From the blog The 2020 Developer Survey results…
Podcast 240: JavaScript is ready to get its own place
We're celebrating some big birthdays for Node.js and Javascript.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Why is Kubernetes getting so popular?
At the time of this article, Kubernetes is about six years old, and over the last two years, it has risen in popularity to consistently be one of the most loved platforms. This year, it comes in as the number three most loved platform. If you haven’t heard about Kubernetes yet, it’s a platform that…
The Overflow #23: Nerding out over a puzzle
May 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #23 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. Check the wealth of tiny startups doing good work, the puzzle of keyfiles, and the wonder of the miracle sudoku. From the blog You want efficient…
Podcast 239: I would D.I.E. for that IDE
Brian LeRoux walks us through the pendulum swings the software industry has seen in the last decade.
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Podcast 238: Mayor of Open Source town
The software industry has become a kinder, more welcoming place. Has it finally left a certain kind of leadership behind?
Ben Popper
Director of Content
The Overflow #22: The power of sharing
May 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #22 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. We’re pondering the benefits of sharing your work, pushing the limits of children’s names, and praising accessibility in the time of Covid-19. From the blog Ensuring…
Podcast 237 – Digging into Deno 1.0
We discuss what's exciting about Deno, why Stack won a Webby, and how to borrow and steal code the "right way."
Ben Popper
Director of Content
Good coders borrow, great coders steal
Copying and pasting can be dangerous, but then again, so can many aspects of software development when done incautiously. In this post, I’ll take a look at what code copying actually means for software development, what good code theft means, and the pitfalls of copying badly.
Podcast 236: A glitch in the Matrix
We reflect on the wealth of small software startups doing strong business in relative obscurity.
Ben Popper
Director of Content