InfoWorld

The rise and fall of Stack Overflow

I can remember when the great Jeff Atwood (User #1) went on Twitter and asked people to suggest names for a website that would be useful for developers. He was vague about what that site would do ...
Forbes

The $1.8 Billion Acquisition Of Stack Overflow Aims To Turbocharge The World’s Software Knowhow

Bob Van Dijk, chief executive officer of Naspers Ltd., hits the gong to signify the opening of trading for new Prosus NV unit of Naspers Ltd., at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange 2019. Photographer: ...
Ars Technica

Stack Overflow sold to tech investor Prosus for $1.8 billion

Legendary programming Q&A site Stack Overflow is being acquired by Prosus N.V., Europe’s largest tech investment firm. According to a press release on Prosus’ website, the two companies entered into a ...
IEEE

What makes a good code example?: A study of programming Q&A in StackOverflow

Abstract: Programmers learning how to use an API or a programming language often rely on code examples to support their learning activities. However, what makes for an effective ode example remains an ...
IEEE

Example Overflow: Using social media for code recommendation

Abstract: Modern Q&A websites, such as Stack Overflow, use social media to provide concise answers, and offer rich technical context with quality assessment capabilities. Although some of the answers ...
The Verge

Stack Overflow is feeding programmers’ answers to AI, whether they like it or not

Users have been barred from deleting answers, and Stack Overflow moderators have restored answers that were changed in protest of its new deal with OpenAI. Users have been barred from deleting answers ...