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The Good, the Bad, and the Disruptive: Let us know where you stand in the 2024 Annual Developer Survey

This year we are asking familiar questions about your experience, but also have some new questions about what embedded programming technology you are using and what AI ethical responsibilities are most important to you. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/20/the-good-the-bad-and-the-disruptive-let-us-know-where-you-stand-in-the-2024-annual-developer-survey/

OverflowAI and the holy grail of search

Product manager Ash Zade joins the home team to talk about the journey to OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered add-on for Stack Overflow for Teams that’s available now. Ash describes how his team built Enhanced Search, the problems they set out to solve, how they ensured data quality and accuracy, the role of metadata and prompt engineering, and the feedback they’ve gotten from users so far. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/17/overflowai-and-the-holy-grail-of-search/

OverflowAI is now Generally Available! A new era of community-driven AI

We're excited to announce the general availability of OverflowAI to Stack Overflow for Teams! OverflowAI represents a big step forward in our vision of integrating GenAI offerings within knowledge communities. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/14/introducing-overflowai-a-new-era-of-community-driven-ai-at-stack-overflow/

Spreading the gospel of Python

On this episode: Al Sweigart is a software developer, developer advocate, and author of ten Python books. He tells Ben and Ryan why he’s such a fan of the language, why it’s a great programming language for beginners, and how it became the default for so many data science and backend AI projects. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/14/spreading-the-gospel-of-python/

Between hyper-focus and burnout: Developing with ADHD

Eira and Ryan talk with Chris Ferdinandi, a front-end developer and ADHD advocate, about his diagnosis experience, the importance of accommodations for neurodivergent folks, and some advice for devs looking for the best tools and tactics for managing ADHD at work. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/10/between-hyper-focus-and-burnout-developing-with-adhd/

Reshaping the future of API platforms

Marco Palladino, CTO and cofounder of cloud-native API gateway Kong, talks with Ryan about the complexities of multi-cloud Kubernetes architecture, how AI has the potential to improve infrastructure management, and how Kong’s large action model will reshape the future of API platforms. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/07/reshaping-the-future-of-api-platforms/

The reverse mullett model of software engineering

Ben and Ryan are joined by software developer and listener Patrick Carlile for a conversation about how the job market for software engineers has changed since the dot-com days, navigating boom-and-bust hiring cycles, and the developers finding work at Walmart and In-N-Out. Plus: “Party in the front, business in the back” isn’t just for haircuts anymore. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/03/the-reverse-mullett-model-of-software-engineering/

Upcoming research at Stack Overflow

All about the research that the User Experience team will be focused on over the next quarter and how you can help. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/01/upcoming-research-at-stack-overflow/

Collaborating smarter, not harder

In the latest Stack Overflow for Teams Enterprise release, you'll see updates that make collaboration smarter and knowledge discovery easier. This release also includes OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered paid add-on to Enterprise subscriptions. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/30/collaborating-smarter-overflowai/


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