Forming new habits with 100 Days of Code
You can learn all about 100 Days of Code on their website.Alex also published a newsletter about habit forming and self-improvement. You can learn more about that and subscribe here.If you want to fol...
24 Jul 202017min
Code Newbie's approach to education and community
Saron explains how she went from working in the marketing department of a startup to learning code, creating a supportive community for novice developers, and founding two podcasts about the art and s...
21 Jul 202032min
Is Scrum making you a worse engineer?
What began as a question on our Software Engineering Stack Exchange graduated into a blog post for further discussion. Paul points out that modern tooling has internalized so much of agile methodology...
17 Jul 202014min
A conversation on diversity and representation
Syeeda and Ian talk with Sara and Paul about how affinity groups came to exist within Stack Overflow, and how the BNB group helped to lead the design of the company's short and long response to issue...
14 Jul 202029min
How to interpret the compiler
This is a great crash course on just-in-time compilers written by Lin Clark, who works in advanced development at Mozilla on Rust and Web Assembly. It references the film Arrival and kicked off our di...
10 Jul 202017min
How We Hire Developers at Stack
When it comes to hardware that cranks, Paul is a fan of Micro Center's in-house brand - PowerSpec.This week we chew through a great post from Jon Chan about how Stack Overflow hires developers. Sara r...
7 Jul 202019min
Java goes to outer space
From Mars rovers to Minecraft to the makeup of our DNA - these are some of the Java apps that may leave a mark on the world of software for decades to come.Thanks to Hizbul25, our winner of the week,...
3 Jul 202019min
Can't Pay Your Taxes if The Website Won't Load
You can read about the IRS and its Sisyphean efforts to modernize its computer systems here.Ben's Twitter thread on amazing and obscure trade periodicals you can find online is here.You can read more ...
30 Jun 202022min
