Thread: Stack Overflow Isn't Very Welcoming. It's Time for That to Change.

Stack Overflow Isn't Very Welcoming. It's Time for That to Change. (stackoverflow.blog)

L 16 pts 8 comments by whymarrh Apr 27, 2018 culture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Stack Overflow Code: A New License. The MIT, this time with Attribution Required (meta.stackexchange.com)

L 8 pts 4 comments by djm Jan 15, 2016 web Web Development Programming (General) thread

The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flawed (programming.guide)

L 31 pts 3 comments by calvin Dec 4, 2019 java Programming (General) thread

StackOverflow Questions over Time (twitter.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by surprisetalk Jun 19, 2025 thread

Stack Overflow's 2025 Developer Survey Reveals Trust in AI at an All Time Low (stackoverflow.co)

HN 5 pts 0 comments by therealunreal Jul 29, 2025 AI / Machine Learning Programming (General) thread

Tell HN: Stack Overflow has become unwelcoming

HN 3 pts 2 comments by busymom0 Aug 25, 2025 thread

I posted a question on SO about UIDatePicker, a UI component on iOS. Someone responded with an answer. The answer guided me to my proper solution for the problem. Problem solved right? Nope.<p>Someone decided to close my question for "needing details or clarity". What? Clearly my question ...

Ask HN: When was the last time you visited Stack Overflow?

HN 14 pts 25 comments by TimLeland Sep 4, 2025 thread

I recall using Google daily to search for solutions to dev issues using Stack Overflow. I think it's been a year plus since I visited the site. What about you?

Sad times StackOverflow takes down all its physical servers (stackoverflow.blog)

HN 62 pts 11 comments by slroger Dec 25, 2025 thread

Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time (data.stackexchange.com)

HN 1550 pts 999 comments by maartin0 Jan 3, 2026 thread

StackOverBot – Stackoverflow for bots, to save you time and tokens (stackoverbot.com)

HN 2 pts 0 comments by punnerud Feb 15, 2026 thread

Exploiting a MIPS Stack Overflow (devttys0.com)

L 7 pts 0 comments by jcs Oct 9, 2012 reversingsecurity Systems / Low-Level / OS Security / Privacy thread

Anatomy of an Attack: How I Hacked StackOverflow (blog.ircmaxell.com)

L 7 pts 0 comments by jcs Nov 14, 2012 security Security / Privacy thread

Analysis of nginx 1.3.9/1.4.0 stack buffer overflow and x64 exploitation (CVE-2013-2028) (vnsecurity.net)

L 1 pts 0 comments by jcs May 22, 2013 security Data / Databases / Infrastructure Security / Privacy thread

5 Years of Stack Overflow (stum.de)

L 1 pts 0 comments by leeflannery Jun 21, 2013 programming Programming (General) thread

WRT120N fprintf Stack Overflow (devttys0.com)

L 9 pts 1 comments by tedu Feb 19, 2014 creversingsecurity Systems / Low-Level / OS Security / Privacy thread

StackOverflow Update: 560M Pageviews a Month, 25 Servers (highscalability.com)

L 9 pts 7 comments by pushcx Jul 21, 2014 scalingweb Web Development Productivity / Career / Business thread

iOS file upload issue - iOS 7.1.2 and iOS 8 (beta) - Mobile Safari - Stack Overflow (stackoverflow.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by dh Sep 20, 2014 ios Apple / macOS / iOS thread

What's that tool to query stackoverflow or serverfault from the command line?

L 5 pts 1 comments by james Oct 28, 2014 ask Programming (General) thread

I'm sure I remember seeing a command line tool about 6 months or a year ago that allows you to query online help services from the command line. It was maybe called 'howdoi' or 'howto' or something, and you put a natural language request as the command line, and it did a quick intelligent search for...

Sometimes Kill -9 Isn’t Enough (bravenewgeek.com)

L 9 pts 0 comments by antifuchs Nov 13, 2014 distributednetworking Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread

the stack overflow that wasn't (tedunangst.com)

L 9 pts 0 comments by duck_of_death Feb 10, 2015 openbsd Systems / Low-Level / OS thread

How StackOverflow Upgrades Our Live Data Center (blog.serverfault.com)

L 3 pts 1 comments by pushcx Mar 5, 2015 networkingpractices Data / Databases / Infrastructure Productivity / Career / Business thread

The decline of Stack Overflow (medium.com)

L 23 pts 5 comments by flyingfisch Jul 6, 2015 cultureprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The full StackOverflow developer (christianheilmann.com)

L 23 pts 6 comments by JeremyMorgan Jul 17, 2015 practicesprogramming Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread

Computer Programming To Be Officially Renamed “Googling Stackoverflow” (theallium.com)

L -1 pts 0 comments by steveklabnik Jul 21, 2015 satire Programming (General) thread

Stack Overflow 10 Million Questions (stackoverflow.com)

L 4 pts 1 comments by flyingfisch Aug 20, 2015 programming Programming (General) thread

Almost sure this belongs in Lobsters, but couldn't find a tag that seemed to really fit. Sorry guys.

Stack Overflow and Learning Through Teaching (geology.beer)

L 2 pts 0 comments by jofer Sep 2, 2015 cultureprogrammingpython Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Documentation: A Proposed Expansion of Stack Overflow (meta.stackoverflow.com)

L 20 pts 10 comments by pushcx Sep 15, 2015 practicesprogrammingrelease Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread

A [blog post on the company rename](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2015/09/were-changing-our-name-back-to-stack-overflow/) notes they're in beta now.

Bad answers on Stack Overflow (2012) (nedbatchelder.com)

L 2 pts 1 comments by av Nov 5, 2015 culture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

What makes geeks tick? A study of Stack Overflow careers (marginalrevolution.com)

L 2 pts 2 comments by kb Dec 8, 2015 programming Programming (General) thread

Calculating integer factorials in constant time, taking advantage of overflow behavior (blogs.msdn.microsoft.com)

L 18 pts 6 comments by fitzgen Dec 14, 2015 c Systems / Low-Level / OS thread