The Stack Overflow Podcast

Welcome to The Stack Overflow Podcast episode #118 recorded Thursday, October 5 at Stack Overflow HQ in NYC. Even without Joel, who's still out working on NamCoin, there's still a full house! Including VP Jay Hanlon, CTO David Fullerton, News Editor Ilana Yitzhaki, me, Producer Jess, and a whole slew of guests.

Today's episode is sponsored by Oracle. Stack Overflow appreciates Oracle's support for this podcast and for our community. Learn more about all the ways Oracle supports open source, java, and developers like you at oracle.com/developers.

On Today's show:

Apparently this is a thing, and Jay hates it.

Special guests Todd Sullivan and Wojciech Borkowski, co-founders of FlightFox, join us to chat about Todd's background in programming for the Australian DoD, their fully remote startup, and how you can pay less to fly first class. Hint: fly to Toronto.

In our ongoing discussions about trying to make Stack Overflow a more welcoming place, former Stack Overflow mods turned Stack Overflow developers Adam Lear and Jeremy Banks are here to explain the SO moderator process, and how important mods are to making our communities function.

In the News: Ikea will now put your furniture together for you, it seems. Is this a good thing? And Apple was right about the headphone jack all along.

This week's Constitution proposal is: When working in git, one must always use rebasing instead of merging branches. Post your answer to Twitter using #stackoverflowpodcast with PRO if you prefer rebasing over merge and CON if its merge over rebasing all the way. Keep them short and sassy, just like Jay.

Last week's winner is:

https://twitter.com/CoreyBeaumont/status/915003166101405696

Thanks, Corey! You'll be getting some stickers.

See you next week!

Links:

Follow @flightfox on twitter, and go to flightfox.com to check out what a travel-hacker can do for you.

Thanks again to Oracle for their sponsorship. oracle.com/developers

Books: Oryx and Crake, The Goblin Emperor

News: Ikea has bought Task Rabbit, and Apple was right!

On this week's edition of The Stack Overflow Podcast, we get a visit from Gitlab CEO Sid Sijbrandij. We also chat with UX Research Kristina Lustig about Stack Overflow's mentorship program experiment. As usual, the gang gets into other shenanigans.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Stack Overflow Podcast #117, recorded Thursday, September 28 in our beautiful SO NYC HQ. That's a lot of letters.

This episode is brought to you by Oracle. Stack Overflow greatly appreciates Oracle's support for this podcast and for our community. Learn more about everything that Oracle does for open source, java, and developers like you at oracle.com/developers.

This week, we're visited by Gitlab CEO, and former personal submarine programmer, Sid Sijbrandij.

And yet another visitor! Our own Kristina Lustig comes by to talk about our experimental mentorship program.

This week's Constitution question comes from Twitterer Kevin Arvai,‏ @arvkevi:

In line at the supermarket, which customer is responsible for placing the divider bar between items?

Listen to what our hosts have to say and then post your answer to Twitter using the hashtag #stackoverflowpodcast with either PRO or CON and your explanation, short but punny. The best explanation, whether on the winning side or the losing side, will be read on next week's podcast and win a Stack Overflow sticker.

Last week’s winner, for the question, "Is it ok to take your shoes off at the office?" is Sean Ennis,‏ @ennis0:

https://twitter.com/ennis0/status/912676156276690944

See you all next week!

Today we welcome Jonathan Lipps, Dir. of Open Source at Sauce Labs, to chat (and sing) about some of the philosophies behind the tech that we all use every day. Also Stack Overflow PM Joe Friend is here to continue the conversation about improving the user experience on SO.

Thanks for tuning in for Stack Overflow podcast # 116 recorded Thursday, September 21. We usually record at our Stack Overflow HQ in NYC, but today, in true remote-first fashion, we are being recorded from Florida, Utah, Washington, and NYC.

This episode is brought to you by Oracle. Stack Overflow greatly appreciates Oracle's support for this podcast and for our community. Learn more about everything that Oracle does for open source, java, and developers like you at oracle.com/developers.

Today is full of firsts:

Both Joel and Jay are away (probably off in a corner somewhere talking about David behind his back) so David is in the driver's seat along with first-time co-host and SO VP of Marketing Alexa Scordato.

The Developer Story this week comes with a song, literally. We welcome Jonathan Lipps, Director of Open Source at Sauce Labs and former philosophy major, to chat about what inspired him to pursue a career in technology, what it's like maintaining healthy communities on the internet, and what are some of the biggest philosophical problems facing the tech world today.

Joe Friend, Product Manager for the newly minted Stack Overflow DAG Team, is here to continue our conversation from last week tackling the problem of improving the user experience on Stack Overflow. No mean tweets this week though; we already ran out of tissues.

We are excited to launch the new Salary Calculator for both developers and employers!

In the News: Someone built Tetris in Conway's Game of Life?!?

This week's Constitution question comes from Twitterer @jbforth4:

"Is it ok to take your shoes off at the office?"

Pro: Take 'em off!  CON: Shoes are required

Listen to what our hosts have to say and then post your answer to Twitter using the hashtag #stackoverflowpodcast with either PRO or CON and your explanation, short but punny. The best explanation, whether on the winning side or the losing side, will be read on next week's podcast and win a Stack Overflow sticker.

Last week’s winner, for the question "Is an OS background process ("D-A-E-M-O-N") pronounced "demon" or "damon"?" is our very own Nick Craver.

https://twitter.com/Nick_Craver/status/909837159150039042

Sorry Nick, we are NOT sending you more stickers…

Today's Links:

Thanks again Oracle for your support. oracle.com/developers

Check out Jonathan Lipps:

Twitter: @jlipps

Jlipps.com

Sauce Labs, Appium

Books recs: The Shallows and Reclaiming Conversation

How much has it actually cost to save Matt Damon? Someone did the math.

Python traffic blog post

New Salary Calculator blog post

Tetris question in Stack Exchange Programming Puzzles & Code Golf

We're back! In today's episode: Jay, David, Ilana, Jess, and special guest Abby Mars read mean tweets, discuss what we are doing to prevent further mean tweets, and wait, the iPhone X does what with your face? Warning: Explicit content

Welcome (back!) to The Stack Overflow Podcast recorded Thursday, September 14 at Stack Overflow HQ in NYC. Joining us today are the usual crew: VP of Stack Overflow Jay Hanlon, CTO David Fullerton, News Editor Ilana Yitzhaki, and me, producer Jess Pardue. Special guest today is Stack Overflow Podcast producer alum, bow-tie enthusiast, and Director of Community Abby Mars.

Today's episode is brought to you by Oracle. Stack Overflow appreciates Oracle's support for this podcast and for our community. Learn more about all the ways Oracle supports open source, java, and developers like you at oracle.com/developers.

Today, behold the majesty of:

Stack Overflow reads mean tweets! In this first installment of a special multi-episode discussion, we get called "assholes" a lot. We try to delve into why that is and what we are planning to do about it.

One-Minute Tech Review: Florida-Man David Fullerton is very thankful for hurricane shutters. (Well, ones that fit anyway…)

[caption id="attachment_7865" align="aligncenter" width="300"] David's mismatched shutters ^^[/caption]

In the News: A new study shows that banning hateful and racist subreddits decreased the overall use of hate speech across Reddit, and hold on a sec, the iPhone X does what with your face?

As long-time listeners know, we are preparing a constitution for Stack Overflow where each week we bring you a proposal, and you, our listeners, decide on whether that proposal becomes a part of our new constitution. This week's questions is:

"Is an OS background process ("D-A-E-M-O-N") pronounced "demon" or "damon"?"

Post your answer to twitter using the Hashtag #stackoverflowpodcast, with either PRO (if you pronounce it  "DEE-mon") or CON (if you pronounce it "DAY-mon") along with your short but hilarious explanation, just like Matt Damon! The best explanation, whether on the winning side or the losing side, will be read on next week's podcast and win a STACK OVERFLOW STICKER, courtesy of us!

Last week's winner is @daegemynd:

https://twitter.com/daegemynd/status/892839196720676865

Thanks, Nat Knight; you get some stickers.

Thanks for listening. We'll be back next week.

Links for the lazy:

Thanks again Oracle! See what they can do for you at https://developer.oracle.com/.

Need hurricane shutters? We got you.

GenCon was amazing and everyone should go.

News: New Reddit studies on banned subreddits, and info on the iPhone X security.

Don't forget to tell someone that they're awesome!

Join us for a chat with CodeNewbie Founder (and all-around amazing person) Saron Yitbarek, stay for Kevin's failures and many many banana references.

NOTE: We will be on podcast hiatus for the month of August. Look for new episodes in September.

Welcome to The Stack Overflow Podcast episode #114 recorded Thursday July 27, at Stack Overflow Headquarters in NYC. Your hosts today are Assistant to Cobra Commander (and less importantly VP of Stack Overflow) Jay Hanlon, CTO David Fullerton, News Editor Ilana Yitzaki, and Stack Overflow's own "Bananager" Kevin Montrose. Our sponsor today is Stack Overflow Jobs. No spam. No fake job listings. Find the perfect job so that you can build something awesome.

Listen today for nuggets such as:

Special guest Saron Yitbarek joins us with her amazingly interesting and insightful Developer Story. She started with a failed attempt at learning to code, but came back, eventually founding CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She also produces the Codeland tech conference and hosts the CodeNewbie Podcast. On CodeNewbie users, "Little touches… have really helped make a community that enjoys really over-the-top positivity." She also wore a t-shirt to her wedding. Not all heroes wear capes.

Kevin's rant is all about… Kevin. "Why? Why everything?"

David bought the new Kindle Voyage. Verdict: Meh, it ain't worth it. Just get a Paperwhite.

Introducing the Stack Overflow Mentorship Research Project. Tell us what you think on Meta!

This week's Constitution question comes from Twitter user @_tbirrell. "When commenting code, comments should be inline, instead of above the line." Vote PRO if you think that comments should be inline, and CON if you think it can be above the line. Post your answer to twitter using the Hashtag #stackoverflowpodcast, with either PRO or CON and your explanation, short but deadly, like a smurf with a black belt in krav maga. The best explanation, whether on the winning side or the losing side, will be read on next week's podcast and win a STACK OVERFLOW STICKER, courtesy of the us.

Last week's winner is longtime SO contributor @MonicaCellio! Thanks Monica, you get some stuff.

https://twitter.com/MonicaCellio/status/889606080594096129

Thanks everyone for listening. We'll be back in September!

Links!

Saron's Awesomeness:

Codeland conference

Twitter: @CodeNewbies

codenewbie.org

CodeNewbie Podcast

Most important: the amazing wedding video

OMTR - Kindle Voyage vs. Paperwhite

Mentorship Meta post

In The News: Girl Scouts and STEM

From Kevin's new business card:

In this week's episode: We chat with Linux Academy CEO and Founder Anthony James, we play a "Florida Man" edition of Fake News, and Matt Sherman wonders how computers work.