Would you trust an AI to be your eyes?
The crew has complicated feelings about products like Apple’s augmented reality glasses and Google Glass. Ceora put it best: “I'm very cautious about any big tech company having any more access to my ...
29 Apr 202232min
Meet the design system that lets us customize and theme Stack Overflow
If you’re not familiar with Stacks, Stack Overflow’s design system, it’s a robust CSS and JavaScript Pattern library that helps users create coherent experiences in line with Stack Overflow’s best pra...
26 Apr 202232min
How a college extra-credit project became PHP3, still the bedrock of the web
A high school class on Pascal launched Andi’s interest in programming (starting on an Apple IIc).Andi was bored with his university studies and took on an extra-credit programming project that turned ...
22 Apr 202231min
What's the average tenure of a software developer at a big tech company?
Average tenure at Google has been reported at 1.1 years, which stands in contrast to a broader average of 4.2 years for software developers across the board.Tech jobs at many so called titans and dis...
19 Apr 202229min
Warning signs that hot startup hiring engineers might not last
Cassidy is co-organizing Devs for Ukraine, a free online engineering conference from April 25-26 to raise funds in support of Ukraine. Register today and donate if you can.Plex.tv is a hub for live TV...
15 Apr 202222min
“Your salary shouldn’t be dictated by how good a negotiator you are.”
Read about how New Relic achieved pay equity—and what, exactly, that means.Last month, hacker group Lapsus$ released screenshots showing it had successfully breached Okta’s internal systems using comp...
12 Apr 202231min
Words of wisdom for self-taught developers
Quizzes and games like Roblox are a good way to build your knowledge, whether you’re learning to code or becoming a K-pop expert.ICYMI: Listen to our conversation with HashiCorp cofounder Mitchell Has...
8 Apr 202229min
The new version of React, great tools for learning CSS, and the double standard for female engineers
React 18 is the latest major version of React. Cassidy also provides an excellent summary of React history.Ceora is working on some CSS art (inspired by K-pop, natch) using CodePen.Cassidy explains wh...
5 Apr 202238min
