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Are LLMs making StackOverflow irrelevant?

The Pragmatic Engineer

Data source: this Gist StackOverflow has not seen so few questions asked monthly since 2009! He shared the number of questions posted by users in this Gist dump : Number of questions asked per month on StackOverflow.

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Going from Developer to CEO: Chronosphere

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 2009, the tech scene in Australia was not as vibrant as it is today: Atlassian was still small and Canva didn’t exist. Microsoft In 2009, not many US tech companies were hiring, as the sector was still recovering from the 2008 crash. After graduating, I began looking for a more serious job.

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Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 2009, it was revolutionary and the majority of the JavaScript backend development community moved to this ecosystem. The dilemma is this: a large, market-leading company has some motivation to innovate, but also a strong disincentive as well, because innovation risks undermining its existing products.

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Open source business model struggles at WordPress

The Pragmatic Engineer

in 2009, and sold the company for $8.5B In the other corner: WP Engine.  A  A company that raised $250M of funding from Silver lake Partners in 2018. The same Silver Lake purchased a majority stake in Skype for $1.9B WP Engine also sells managed Wordpress services, making it a direct competitor to Automattic.

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The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices

The Pragmatic Engineer

The full article additionally covers: The struggle for scale at Amazon and the birth of SOA (late 1990s) Virtualization: the new frontier (1999-2002) Cloud computing: A paradigm shift (2006-2009) Containers and Kubernetes: reshaping the backend landscape (2013-2019) Today’s backend ecosystem: defining “modern” Envisioning the future (..)

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Robinhood Wallet is Now Available to Android Users Globally

Robinhood

Disclosures: * Statista Data from March 11, 2024: Market share of mobile operating systems worldwide from 2009 to 2023, by quarter [link] ** In eligible countries. Download the app to get started today or visit our Help Center for more information. a limited company organized in the Cayman Islands, and other third-party providers.

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4 Considerations When Building Your Government Data Strategy

Cloudera

I don’t call it a “trudge” because the cloud is an unwanted destination, but rather because it’s an arduous journey (remember “Cloud First”…from 2009…yes 2009!). They also serve to sharpen our tools and help offer steady, knowledgeable guidance as agencies continue to trudge toward the cloud.