The home team discusses a new alternative to smartphones, how AI will impact scientific research and journalism, another dispiriting round of layoffs in tech, and building a computer with Legos. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/16/the-ai-powered-assistant-that-s-not-a-phone/
Kian Katanforoosh is the CEO and cofounder of Workera and co-created the Stanford Deep Learning class (CS230) with Prof. Andrew Ng. In this episode he talks about how companies can better measure the skill sets of their employees and how AI will change the half-life of useful skills. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/16/Kian-Katanforoosh-standford-deep-learning-ai-skills/
Ben and Ryan are joined by Ryan’s former colleague and current backend engineer at Spotify, Omar Delarosa, to talk about time-traveling programming languages, a keyboard that turns an iPhone into a Blackberry, and what it’s like working on everyone’s personal DJ. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/19/sending-bugs-back-in-time/
Ben and Ryan chat about how the human body can act as a resonance chamber for remote car keys, the potential for GenAI to revolutionize game development by creating an infinite array of dynamic game worlds, and advancements in brain-computer interfaces. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/11/how-to-build-a-role-playing-video-game-in-24-hours/
The home team is back with a conversation about the 13-year-old who beat Tetris by breaking it; stories from the Mathematics Stack Exchange; and the robot butler that will do your dishes, fold your laundry, and water your plants. Happy New Year! https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/09/maximum-glitch-how-to-break-tetris/
On today's episode, Ben and Ryan review the highlights of 2023, explore what made the biggest impact on developers, and chat about what they look forward to in the world of software and technology in 2024. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/01/05/gen-ai-data-synthetic-trends-crypto-vr-quantum-computing/
Why replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy. https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/29/the-hardest-part-of-building-software-is-not-coding-its-requirements/
Developers love automating solutions to their problems, and with the rise of generative AI, this concept is likely to be applied to both the creation, maintenance, and the improvement of code at an entirely new level. https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/28/self-healing-code-is-the-future-of-software-development/
Is there a connection between programming and ADHD? And could it be that people with ADHD are particularly well-suited to programming careers? https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/26/developer-with-adhd-youre-not-alone/
Everyone who says "tech debt" assumes they know what we’re all talking about, but their individual pictures differ quite a bit. https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/27/stop-saying-technical-debt/
