A deep dive into how we designed Collectives
Here's a detailed look into how we designed Collectives, starting from the initial ideation to all the decisions and considerations that led to what it is today.
Level Up: Linear Regression in Python – Part 8
In the eighth and final lesson of the series we’ll practice everything we’ve learned to date by loading and preparing some data, fitting a few different models, and comparing them. This is an open-ended session where we’ll examine some questions from our audience and demonstrate what a data analysis workflow could look like. If you…
Why you should build on Kubernetes from day one
If you’re building a new app today, it might be worth taking a closer look at making it cloud-native and using Kubernetes from the jump. The effort to set up Kubernetes is less than you think. Certainly, it’s less than the effort it would take to refactor your app later on to support containerization.
Privacy is an afterthought in the software lifecycle. That needs to change.
The key to combining privacy and innovation is baking it into the SDLC. Analogous to application security's (AppSec) upstream shift into the development cycle, privacy belongs at the outset of development, not as an afterthought. Here's why.
The Stack Overflow Podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming.
July 27, 2021
Podcast 361: Why startups should use Kubernetes from day one
We explore Stack Overflow's journey into the world of Kubernetes and containers with one of our software engineers, Max Horstmann.
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July 23, 2021
Podcast 360: From AOL chat rooms to Wikipedia, Reddit, and now, Stack Overflow
What does it take to build and nurture a healthy and growing online community? We talk with Phillipe Beaudette, our new VP of community, about his experiences.
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July 20, 2021
Podcast 359: Crafting software and games for the selfie generation
We chat with the co-founders of this London based startup about the code and concepts they use to craft mobile games for today's teens.
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July 16, 2021
Podcast 358: GitHub Copilot can write code for you. We put it to the test.
If you're looking for regex, meet your new best friend.
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Getting started with… Python
Here's a collection of resources on how to get started using Python.
Learning from the real world: A hardware hobby project
If you think your software experience will let you build a hardware project easily, you might be a bit too ambitious. It's very different from software.
The unexpected benefits of mentoring others
At some point in your career, you may well be advised to seek out a mentor. However, the benefits of being a mentor are often overlooked.
Best practices for writing code comments
While there are many resources to help programmers write better code—such as books and static analyzers—there are few for writing better comments. While it's easy to measure the quantity of comments in a program, it's hard to measure the quality, and the two are not necessarily correlated. A bad comment is worse than no comment at all. Here are some rules to help you achieve a happy medium.
Level Up: Linear Regression in Python – Part 7
In the seventh lesson of the series we’ll discuss some methods for comparing linear regression models. In the process, we’ll learn about the problem of overfitting and investigate some of the pros and cons of various evaluation methods (such as R-squared, adjusted R-squared, log likelihood, AIC, and BIC). We’ll also continue to practice our Python…
Using collections to make your SQL access easier and more efficient
To overcome SQL limitations, many companies introduced programming languages for building applications that interface with SQL databases—for example PL/SQL from Oracle. PL/SQL applications can be inefficient. But you can streamline this interface using data type collections, making PL/SQL applications faster and more efficient.
What makes a great IT consultant – and how you can become one
7N is an international freelance agency that has been connecting the best IT consultants with leading organizations around the world for more than 30 years. Here's the five qualities that make the perfect consultant.
