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code-for-a-living May 11, 2020

Dev Around the Sun: Community and caring in lonely times

#DevAroundTheSun is a group of technologists, from all backgrounds, with one singular goal: To raise awareness and funds for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 related illness through interactive collaboration and learning within the technology community. The conference will be for 24 hours starting at 12:00pm UTC on May 12th.

Sara Chipps Director of Public Q&A;

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code-for-a-living May 8, 2020

The Overflow #20: Sharpen your skills

May 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #20 of The Overflow! That feels like a milestone to us, and we’re gonna celebrate by giving you a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. We’re skilling up, putting breadcrumbs down, and virtually speaking out. From the blog…

Ryan Donovan

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company May 7, 2020

A message from our CEO: The Way Forward

This is a key moment in our company’s history, as the whole world is dealing with significant uncertainty. Know that you are not alone. We are facing this situation together. Our goal is to stay focused on living our core values and actively connect with teammates, our community, and our customers.

Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO

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so-for-teams May 6, 2020

Introducing Collections on Stack Overflow for Teams

We're introducing a new feature to the Business tier of SO for Team: Collections. Collections allow you to group together a set of similar questions, helping to create an even better knowledge sharing experience. Questions can be arranged within a Collection so that users follow them in a specific order or not. It’s up to you.

Lori Colston Sr. Product Marketing Manager

The Stack Overflow Podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming.

May 12, 2020

Podcast 234: We’re doing it live!

We dig deep into .Net and prepare a live episode to raise funds for those impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

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May 8, 2020

Podcast 233: Contact tracing and civil liberties, Part 2

Can the bluetooth sensors in our phones help to prevent the spread of Covid-19?

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May 5, 2020

Podcast 232: Can We Decentralize Contact Tracing?

Are there lessons to be learned from South Korea that could work in other countries?

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May 1, 2020

Podcast 231: Make it So

This week we chat about Star Trek, React, parsing, and the growing trend of holding virtual events in spaces like Fortnite and Animal Crossing.

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code-for-a-living May 4, 2020

Learning to work asynchronously takes time

Whether you have worked in a traditional office or work remotely, software development has always had an asynchronous nature to it. But now that almost all of us are working remotely, it’s important to define exactly what it means to work asynchronously and look at some specific tips for folks that are new to it.…

Mark Locklear

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code-for-a-living May 1, 2020

The Overflow #19: Jokes on us

April 2020 Hey nineteen! Welcome to ISSUE #19 of The Overflow, a newsletter by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. We can’t dance together, but we can fill our heads with delightful information. This week, COBOL rides again, random sampling to determine infection rates, and…

Ryan Donovan

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code-for-a-living April 30, 2020

Have better meetings—in person or remote

Engineers hate meetings, but they can be an effective way to get things done. With everyone working remotely, it can be even harder to get anything accomplished. Here's tips on how to have better meetings either way.

Matthew Gaiser

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code-for-a-living April 27, 2020

Build your technical skills at home with online learning

Looking to expand your expertise as you stay home and safe? We’ve compiled a list of online technical training and certification programs to help you sharpen your skills, chart a new career path, or earn a certification. Bonus: Many are running special offers and promotions during this time.

Ben Popper Director of Content

company April 29, 2020

More than Q&A: How the Stack Overflow team uses Stack Overflow for Teams

The majority of companies are now working remotely and asynchronous collaboration is more important than ever. Companies around the globe use Stack Overflow for Teams to do just that (including those that newly adopted the platform since we made it free through June 2020). But only one company has been using Teams since its inception:…

Medi Madelen Gwosdz Content Strategist

code-for-a-living April 23, 2020

The final Python 2 release marks the end of an era

For you Python users who have been unwilling (or unable) to upgrade to version 3, there’s yet another reason to get motivated: python.org has released Python 2.7.18, the absolute last official release for Python 2. While it doesn’t add much in terms of features, it does act as a milestone. This release comes after official…

Ryan Donovan

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Podcast 233: Contact tracing and civil liberties, Part 2

Podcast 232: Can We Decentralize Contact Tracing?

Podcast 231: Make it So

Learning to work asynchronously takes time

Have better meetings—in person or remote

Build your technical skills at home with online learning

More than Q&A: How the Stack Overflow team uses Stack Overflow for Teams

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