When I started at Stack Overflow nearly seven years ago, my primary duty was to manage the blog. My boss at the time decided to treat the blog like an editorial outlet with an engineering focus, with external contributors providing articles that discussed…
When a keyboard user Tabs into the table, its focus lands on a cell. Then they press the arrow keys to read across the row but nothing happens. Your screen reader users never noticed because they navigate the accessibility tree, not the scroll container.
For 23 years I've watched developers copy code they didn't understand. First from Stack Overflow, now from AI. The pattern never changed. We just changed who we blame.
I had to think for a minute to realize that Stack Overflow has “gamification" too. Not a ton. Maybe a dusting of gamification, most of it around reputation. Read more "A Dusting of Gamification"
We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the role of Chairman of the Board. Read more "The next CEO of Stack Overflow"
Last March, I shared that we were starting to look for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. We were looking for that rare combination of someone who… Read more "Welcome, Prashanth!"