Developers Who Use Spaces Make More Money Than Those Who Use Tabs (2017)

Do you use tabs or spaces for code indentation? | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Stack Overflow: Helping One Million Developers Exit Vim (2017)

This morning, a popular Stack Overflow question hit a major milestone: | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

StackOverflow 2019 Developer Survey

Our annual developer survey, now in its ninth year, launches today and anyone who codes is encouraged to participate. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

State of the Stack 2019: A Year in Review

A loooong time ago, we used to post an annual “State of the Stack” update on the company and community. Then at some point it became an infographic which was… listen, everyone was doing infographics in 2011. Now it’s 2019, the company has grown and changed in so many ways, so we’ … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Winter Bash 2018

Winter Bash 2018 is here! Find out how you can participate across participating Stack Overflow sites this holiday season. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Welcome Wagon: Community and Comments on Stack Overflow

This past summer, we wrote our first blog post about comments on Stack Overflow, focusing on our initial work rating comments internally at Stack Overflow and what we learned. Since then, we’ve fielded this comment rating task more broadly in our community. This blog post shares … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Stack Overflow is 10

This month, we're celebrating Stack Overflow's 10th anniversary! Learn more about what the community has achieved over the past decade. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

IBM and Stack Overflow Partner to Support AI Developers

IBM and Stack Overflow are partnering to bring learning and development to the AI community. As of today, the Artificial Intelligence site on the Stack Exchange network is sponsored by IBM. The site, featuring “questions about life and challenges in a world where ‘cognitive’ func … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Developer Salaries in 2018: Updating the Stack Overflow Salary Calculator

Today we launched the 2018 update to the Stack Overflow Salary Calculator, a tool that allows developers and employers to find typical salaries for the software industry based on experience level, location, education, and specific technologies. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 7 years ago

Welcome Wagon: Classifying Comments on Stack Overflow

Last month, Joe wrote about the Welcome Wagon work that we are doing to make Stack Overflow more welcoming and inclusive. Our current work involves projects across domains from asking questions to framing community standards and more; one project we have been working on is unders … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Welcome Wagon: Classifying Comments on Stack Overflow

Last month, Joe wrote about the Welcome Wagon work that we are doing to make Stack Overflow more welcoming and inclusive. Our current work involves projects across domains from asking questions to framing community standards and more; one project we have been working on is unders … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Stack Overflow – Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon: June Update

Back in late Spring, we posted “Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change.” We know it’s all too common for companies to announce they really want to do a thing, and then… not much happens. So, it is time to share the work we’ve been doing behind the scene … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Public Data Release of Stack Overflow’s 2018 Developer Survey

Starting today, you can access the public data release for Stack Overflow’s 2018 Developer Survey. Over 100,000 developers from around the world shared their opinions about everything from their favorite technologies to job preferences, and this data is now available for you to a … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

How Stack Overflow for Teams Fits into the Community

Back when I was a full-time programmer and there was some code someone struggled with, it was a common practice to ask around in cubicle land. Sometimes you’d get lucky and find someone who know the answer right away or knew where to look in the documentation. When Stack Overflow … | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Stack Overflow for Teams Is Now Available

It’s here. After months of designing, building, testing, and beta-ing, we’re happy to announce that as of today, Stack Overflow for Teams has launched and is available to everyone! | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Jon Skeet Answers Your Questions IRL – Stack Overflow

In January, Jon Skeet’s rep crossed over one million. To thank him for his generous efforts and contributions, we hosted a brunch in his honor at our New York Headquarters in February. We also asked the community if they had any questions for him to answer in an IRL Q&A. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Jon Skeet Answers Your Questions IRL

In January, Jon Skeet’s rep crossed over one million. To thank him for his generous efforts and contributions, we hosted a brunch in his honor at our New York Headquarters in February. We also asked the community if they had any questions for him to answer in an IRL Q&A. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change

Let’s start with the painful truth: | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago

The War of the Closes

It pains me when I hear people say that our sites are unfriendly, or that we chase new users away. But it’s a hard problem, because our highest priority has always been the quality of content on our sites.  And it still is. We can’t lower our standards. We won’t. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 8 years ago