700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built

Dwarf Fortress is one of those oddball passion projects that’s broken into Internet consciousness. It’s a free game where you play either an adventurer or a fortress full of dwarves in a randomly generated fantasy world. The simulation runs deep, with new games creating multiple civilizations with histories, mythologies, and artifacts. I reached out to him to see how he’s managed a single, growing codebase over 15+ years, the perils of pathing, and debugging dead cats. Our conversation below has

Podcast 361: Why startups should use Kubernetes from day one

We explore Stack Overflow's journey into the world of Kubernetes and containers with one of our software engineers, Max Horstmann. The post Podcast 361: Why startups should use Kubernetes from day one appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/27/podcast-361-why-startups-should-use-kubernetes-from-day-one/

A design deep dive into how we created Collectives

Here's a detailed look into how we designed Collectives, starting from the initial ideation to all the decisions and considerations that led to what it is today. The post A design deep dive into how we created Collectives appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/26/a-design-deep-dive-into-how-we-created-collectives/

Level Up: Linear Regression in Python – Part 8

In the eighth and final lesson of the series we’ll practice everything we’ve learned to date by loading and preparing some data, fitting a few different models, and comparing them. This is an open-ended session where we’ll examine some questions from our audience and demonstrate what a data analysis workflow could look like. If you… The post Level Up: Linear Regression in Python – Part 8 appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/24/level-u

The Overflow #83: Steady paycheck or solo project?

Welcome to ISSUE #83 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. This week: how to get started programming with Python, why crackpots show up in peer-reviewed journals, and when flashy animations trigger motion sickness. From the blog Learning from the real world:… The post The Overflow #83: Steady paycheck or solo project? appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

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Podcast 360: From AOL chat rooms to Wikipedia, Reddit, and now, Stack Overflow

What does it take to build and nurture a healthy and growing online community? community, about his experiences. The post Podcast 360: From AOL chat rooms to Wikipedia, Reddit, and now, Stack Overflow appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/23/podcast-360-from-aol-chat-rooms-to-wikipedia-reddit-and-now-stack-overflow/

Why you should build on Kubernetes from day one

If you’re building a new app today, it might be worth taking a closer look at making it cloud-native and using Kubernetes from the jump. The effort to set up Kubernetes is less than you think. Certainly, it’s less than the effort it would take to refactor your app later on to support containerization.  The post Why you should build on Kubernetes from day one appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/21/why-you-should-build-on-kubernetes-from-day-one/

Podcast 359: Crafting software and games for the selfie generation

We chat with the co-founders of this London based startup about the code and concepts they use to craft mobile games for today's teens. The post Podcast 359: Crafting software and games for the selfie generation appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/20/podcast-359-crafting-software-and-games-for-the-selfie-generation/

Privacy is an afterthought in the software lifecycle. That needs to change.

The key to combining privacy and innovation is baking it into the SDLC. Analogous to application security's (AppSec) upstream shift into the development cycle, privacy belongs at the outset of development, not as an afterthought. Here's why. The post Privacy is an afterthought in the software lifecycle. That needs to change. appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/19/privacy-is-an-afterthought-in-the-software-lifecycle-that-needs-to-change/

Podcast 358: Github Copilot can write code for you. We put it to the test.

If you're looking for regex, meet your new best friend. The post Podcast 358: Github Copilot can write code for you. We put it to the test. appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/16/podcast-358-github-copilot-can-write-code-for-you-we-put-it-to-the-test/


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