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community January 13, 2022

Stack Gives Back 2021

One of our most loved traditions is Stack Gives Back. Every year since 2009, we've surveyed Stack Exchange moderators about charities they would like to support and then donated $100 on behalf of each moderator.

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team - Former

community January 6, 2022

The Bash is over, but the season lives a little longer

As most of us transition from one season to another, be it summer to autumn or winter to spring, we wanted to take a look back at how this year’s Winter Bash went for everyone.

Slate

community December 30, 2021

How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow? Now we know.

April Fool's may be over, but once we set up a system to react every time someone typed Command+C, we realized there was also an opportunity to learn about how people use our site. Here’s what we found.

Ben Popper and David Gibson

community December 16, 2021

Congratulations are in order! These sites are leaving beta

Today, 59 Stack Exchange sites that originated in Area 51 lose their beta labels.

Eira May Senior Content Marketer

community December 15, 2021

Millinery on the Stack: Join us for Winter (Summer?) Bash, 2021!

Get your hat on! It's Winter (Summer?) Bash time again.

Slate

stackoverflowknows December 7, 2021

New data: What developers look for in future job opportunities

How do you attract technical talent? What do developers care about when they evaluate new opportunities? We surveyed over 500 developers and the findings might surprise you.

David Gibson Senior Data Scientist

community December 1, 2021

Check out the Stack Exchange sites that turned ten years old in Q4

While millions of people come to Stack Overflow to find answers to their programming questions, there are well over a hundred sites within the Stack Exchange network, covering all kinds of topics from movies & tv to academia to global languages. We found that our question and answer format, along with a strong community focus,…

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team - Former

community October 27, 2021

Strong teams are more than just connected, they are communities

Organizations and leaders have a responsibility to ensure people are heard, to build high levels of trust and enable them to show up authentically— all so they can do their best work.

Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO

stackoverflowknows October 11, 2021

Shift to remote work prompted more cybersecurity questions than any breach

For this edition of Stack Overflow Knows, we did a deep dive into cybersecurity topics across Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites to spotlight trends and reflect on how conversations are evolving within the developer and technical community.

David Gibson Senior Data Scientist

community September 30, 2021

Check out the Stack Exchange sites that turned ten years old in Q3

Ten years on the internet is a long time. Let's celebrate the Stack Exchange sites that, as of Q3, have hit that milestone.

Juan M Manager, Community Management Team - Former

community September 22, 2021

GitLab launches Collective on Stack Overflow

A new way to discover and share knowledge about version control, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and all-remote workflows

Jascha Drel