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Stack Overflow is dead, and its toxic community helped kill it

For over a decade, Stack Overflow was the place where programmers went to find answers. If you Googled a coding error, you'd ...
GeekWire

Stack Overflow uses Microsoft AI tech to create a chat bot that assists software developers

A demonstration of Stack Overflow’s new chatbot, built using Microsoft’s AI technology. (GeekWire screenshot) Software developers stuck with a thorny programming problem now have a new option when ...
Forbes

The $1.8 Billion Acquisition Of Stack Overflow Aims To Turbocharge The World’s Software Knowhow

Bob Van Dijk, chief executive officer of Naspers Ltd., hits the gong to signify the opening of trading for new Prosus NV unit of Naspers Ltd., at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange 2019. Photographer: ...
Embedded

SOFTWARE TOOLS: StackX helps Developers Avoid Stack Overflow

ESC San Jose, Ca. – Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), here unveiled a new development tool that helps developers avoid stack overflow ...
Forbes

Popular Coding Q&A Site Stack Overflow Raises $85 Million To Double Down On Teams Software Business

If you have a coding question, chances are a Google search will take you to Stack Overflow. The programming-oriented Q&A website is the 45th most popular site in the world, according to Alexa Rank.

Stack Overflow is dying: Blame it on ChatGPT and AI coding tools

For nearly two decades, the ritual was sacred. You hit a coding wall, you Googled the error message, and you clicked the ...
Wired

Stack Overflow to Devs: Help Us Make Code Better by Example

The number of new tools designed to make life easier for software developers has exploded in recent years. New programming frameworks help you snap applications together more quickly, while open ...
Ars Technica

Stack Overflow users sabotage their posts after OpenAI deal

On Monday, Stack Overflow and OpenAI announced a new API partnership that will integrate Stack Overflow’s technical content with OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant. However, the deal has sparked ...
Wall Street Journal

Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion

Prosus PRX2.33%increase; green up pointing triangle NV said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, in a bet on growing demand for online ...
InfoQ

Scaling the Stack Overflow Monolithic App by Obsessing Over Performance

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Ars Technica

Stack Overflow gives an even closer look at developer salaries

A few months ago, Stack Overflow published the terrible news that developers using spaces to indent their code earn more money than those using tabs, based on responses to the company's annual ...