Sacrificial architecture: Learning from abandoned systems
One of the tough decisions you and your team may face as you scale is deciding between keeping your current codebase and rebuilding on a new architecture.
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What I wish I had known about single page applications
Single page apps are all the rage today, but they don't always operate the same as traditional web pages.
Level Up: Mastering Python with statistics – part 3
Comparing summary statistics like the mean and median can help us understand how these variables are related, but we can learn even more by using visualizations.
The Overflow #61: I followed my dreams and got demoted to software developer
Welcome to ISSUE #61 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, understanding communication cultures, the lack of inconsistencies in Newton’s universe, and understanding how CPUs handle negative numbers. From the blog Why are video calls so tiring? You might be…
The Stack Overflow Podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming.
February 26, 2021
Podcast 316: When it comes to package managers, don’t forget security
Enjoy the goodwill of others, heck use their code when it helps. Just don't trust what you can't verify for yourself.
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February 23, 2021
Podcast 315: How to use interference to your advantage – a quantum computing catch up
The power of quantum computing has implications for security, cryptocurrency, and drug discovery.
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February 19, 2021
Podcast 314: How do digital nomads pay their taxes?
Many tech companies are shifting to make remote work the norm. Employees get a lot of freedom, but there are a few wrinkles to consider.
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February 16, 2021
Podcast 313: What makes for a great API?
Chatting about developer tools, web infrastructure, and building great APIs with Netlify's Matt Biilmann.
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Stack Overflow sponsors Techtonica participants for 2021 cohort
We're partnering with Tectonica to sponsor students eager to learn software engineering.
Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python – part 2
Investigate a dataset with summary statistics and some basic data visualizations using the Python libraries NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, and Seaborn.
Choosing Java instead of C++ for low-latency systems
When it comes to developing low latency software systems, the received wisdom is that you would be crazy to use anything but C++ because anything else has too high a latency. But I’m here to convince you of the opposite, counter-intuitive, almost heretical notion: that when it comes to achieving low latency in software systems, Java is better.
Strangeworks is on a mission to make quantum computing easy…well, easier
To move this technology forward, the tools and platforms surrounding it must become more accessible.
The pros and cons of being a software engineer at a BIG tech company
There are benefits to being a technical lead at a less software intensive business.
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Level Up: Mastering statistics with Python
In today’s tech industry, statistics and data science are becoming increasingly important and valuable skills.
Ben Popper
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The Overflow #60: Sequencing DNA with a USB dongle and open source
Welcome to ISSUE #60 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, open sourcing DNA sequencers, Clubhouse, and finding the Nth prime number. From the blog Learn to program BASIC with a Twitter bot stackoverflow.blogTurns out you can do a lot in…
