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⁉️ For new users, writing a good question can be a major roadblock to getting answers on Stack Overflow. Earlier this year, we released Question Assistant—an AI tool for evaluating and writing better questions. Derek Cheng and Caroline Thomas take a look under the hood and explore how and why we built the tool. https://lnkd.in/e63JnNYy

🌐 Stack Overflow has always had a front row seat to the myriad of shifts and transformations of the Open Web. This year we asked ourselves, "What’s the future of Stack Overflow in an AI world?" Our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and Chief Product and Technology Officer Jody Bailey dive into our new vision and mission for the future of our sites, and how we intend to keep our community at the center of this next chapter. https://lnkd.in/eByyySC3

Our 2025 #DeveloperSurvey showed that AI is affecting every part of the developer ecosystem, from the programming languages they use to their preferred spaces for learning and community. Erin Yepis explores the results of this year's survey, what our findings mean for developer communities, and how dev life is shifting in the age of AI. https://lnkd.in/eqf86cxq

For Gen Z, AI is changing the way they do everything, from their daily work to research to how they learn in school. As a member of Gen Z herself, Phoebe Sajor writes what these changes may mean for the youngest generation in our workforce, who are not only facing a competitive applicant pool—but also competing for jobs with AI itself. https://lnkd.in/ebF4K-xk

Is AI a bubble or a revolution? The answer is: yes. 🤖 Ryan Donovan covers the "irrational exuberance" that defines an economic bubble, why great data is more important than you think, and how software will survive the age of AI. https://lnkd.in/eATc2BNz

☁️ So long and thanks for all the bits! Ryan Donovan covered Stack Overflow's Great Unracking this past summer when we unplugged our final physical datacenter in New York. Goodbye to hardware and hello to the cloud. https://lnkd.in/ewaXWJbq

As a global leader in tech, Xerox is constantly evolving and scaling. But with engineers and partners spread across continents, they faced a growing challenge—how do you preserve the collective knowledge of technical teams all over the globe? That's where Stack Internal comes in. Read about how Stack Internal helped Xerox build the foundation of knowledge necessary for a culture of continuous learning and open collaboration: https://lnkd.in/gPqQ742v

In a world filled with AI slop, what does it mean to make art? 🎨 Eira May explores the causes of the "AI ick" and what it means for human creativity when content can be instantaneously generated—and takes a strong stance in favor of the em dash. https://lnkd.in/ey9JhB2U

It's the Ten Days of Blogs here at Stack Overflow! ❄️ For your end of year reading pleasure, we'll be revisiting our community's favorite blogs of 2025 for the next two weeks. We're starting strong with a piece by contributor Jared Toporek on how to make your code base actually better—and the answer is not improving your code coverage. https://lnkd.in/eVP_S8WT

🎙️ Stack Overflow takes #AWSreInvent! Live from AWS floor, host Ryan Donovan is joined by our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and Director of Data Science Michael Foree to discuss their observations from the event, from the future of AI agents to the impact of AI and robotics on the job market and much more. https://lnkd.in/exfytHyB