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stackoverflowknows December 15, 2022

Job insights from the tech community: The latest survey results from Stack Overflow Knows 

Money gets people to leave their jobs, but it won't always make them stay.
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stackoverflowknows September 27, 2022

Stack Overflow trends: Weekday vs weekend site activity

Is everybody coding on the weekends? Is everybody learning Rust?
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows June 8, 2022

The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where tech talent is moving next

Distributed work may hold the key to creating forward thinking metropolises. 
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We asked developers how they prioritize wellness at work
stackoverflowknows May 9, 2022

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.
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stackoverflowknows April 20, 2022

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.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows March 24, 2022

New data: Top movies and coding music according to developers

Programmers cannot live on code alone. We asked about the movies and music that best fit with programming.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows December 7, 2021

New data: What developers look for in future job opportunities

How do you attract technical talent? What do developers care about when they evaluate new opportunities? We surveyed over 500 developers and the findings might surprise you.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows October 11, 2021

Shift to remote work prompted more cybersecurity questions than any breach

For this edition of Stack Overflow Knows, we did a deep dive into cybersecurity topics across Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites to spotlight trends and reflect on how conversations are evolving within the developer and technical community.
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David Gibson Senior Data Scientist
stackoverflowknows September 2, 2021

Pandemic lockdowns accelerated cloud migration by three to four years

The number of questions across Stack Overflow surged, and new research solidifies this trend.
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David Gibson and Ben Popper
stackoverflowknows June 7, 2021

Most developers believe blockchain technology is a game changer

But a little over one third disagree, viewing blockchain as mostly hype
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Ben Popper and David Gibson
stackoverflowknows March 13, 2020

This week, #StackOverflowKnows molecule rings, infected laptops, and HMAC limits

These may be uncertain times, so we’ve all got questions. And on Stack Overflow and our exchanges, we’ve got a ton of great questions with fantastic answers. This week, we compare SSH with HTTPS, practice good document hygiene, and wonder if it would be dark inside the sun.  Why is SSH safer than HTTPS on…
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