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Issue 307: New season, new agents

When fall turns to winter, it can often seem like everything around you is taking their own subtle shifts. And just like how the weather changes and the leaves start to fall, the world of technology is no different. On the blog, our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar writes about one of those shifts in technology—how success is measured in a post Gen-AI world. XX And in a post Gen-AI world, the shift in technology seems to feel distinctly agentic. Guillaume De Saint Marc from Outshift by Cisco joined us on the pod to talk about the future of multi-agent frameworks and what kind of infrastructure needs to be built for it. Speaking of agent infrastructure, on Leaders of Code, our very own Ben Matthews sat down with Postman's Abhinav Asthana to talk APIs in the AI era. Plus, this week, we're introducing our own agent—AI Assist, a new way to access the 17 years of expert knowledge living on Stack Overflow. XX Even as the seasons change, some things remain true—traditional RSS feeds are boring, people love free movies, and code is only as good as the humans who are working on it. We have all three of those stories around the web for you this week, plus one on why finance bros should now fear AI taking their jobs like the rest of us. Oh, and another truth that remains true: robots are pretty cool. We were joined by Viam's VP of Engineering, Simone Kalmakis, to explore how abstraction is making those very cool robots attainable for the everyday person. XX As the leaves fall and a chill starts to bite your nose, you're probably asking yourself a lot of questions right now like...what model computer appeared in both Star Trek and Serenity? Or maybe the winter air is making you wonder if the word "goodly" is real. Maybe you're even thinking about quitting your job, even if its only been a month. Well, you won't believe the coincidence—we've got all of those answers for you for you this week. Check them out, and everything else, in the links below.

Issue 306: The crop circles have code

So, guess we're officially in the post-GenAI world, huh? If you're getting the feeling that the tech is just getting stronger, faster, and better, you're not alone—even the plants are starting to feel it. On the pod, Darryl Lyons from Rainstick joined us to talk about the advancements in AgTech and how they're using bioelectricity to literally make it rain...and enhance agricultural productivity. But it's not all daisies and rainbows in the tech world. We also had Mithril's Jared Quincy Davis on the show to discuss the GPU shortage (or lack thereof), and how the economics of GPUs are going to need to change in the age of AI. Besides getting your GPUs right, there are lots of things you're probably doing wrong with your AI strategy. Don't worry, we have a piece on the blog for you about what you need for enterprise success in the post-GenAI world. Hopefully that will calm some of the grief you feel when you read about how trillions are being spent on software projects that are still failing. Sometimes, the best way to get things done is just sitting down and doing it, as per another story from the web this week on how one dev team fixed 189 bugs in one week. And doesn't optimization, efficiency, and AI just make you hungry? If so, we have an EGGROLL for you—an Evolution Guided General Optimization via Low-rank Learning ML algorithm to be exact. If that ML algorithm doesn't satiate your hunger, maybe what you have is an appetite for knowledge. Even in a post-GenAI world, there are some questions only users on Stack can answer. For instance, is it illegal for chatbots to pretend to be human? Did you like Klondike Solitaire before it was cool? Will someone please help this poor person delete these files off their USB? We have those answers for you—and so much more—down in the links below.

Issue 305: New hair, new clothes, still Stack Overflow

It's been an eventful week at Stack Overflow. If you haven't heard yet, we're unifying all our different selves into a Voltron of knowledge. At Microsoft Ignite, we showcased the next generation of our enterprise product, now named Stack Internal. We won't say too much about it in this here newsletter intro, but if you want all the juicy details, we've got them for you on the blog. That's not the only new thing happening, either. Check out our Community Products update to hear about what new features we've got cooking for the public platform. XX Our time at Ignite showed us that AI and agents are here to stay, so we've got two pods for you this week on just that topic. Retool's David Hsu sat down with us to talk guardrails and high-level programming primitives for AI coding assistants, so that no data will be harmed the next time your nontechnical coworker loads up a vibe coding bot. We also had Assaf Elovic from monday.com on the pod to discuss how they create agents that users actually adopt. Spoiler alert: they do it by focusing on user experience. XX Maybe our new rebrand has our head a little big this week, so enough about us. We've also got plenty links from around the web, ranging from a homemade synthesizer toy to a startup game where you can finally be the rich investor throwing around your money. And what would an Overflow newsletter be without the gift of knowledge? If you're curious about three yolk eggs, nuking barrels of oil, or lighting farts on fire, you'll love this week's answers. All of those—and much more—are ready for your curious eyes down below.

Issue 304: Are you ten times more productive yet?

Feeling like AI makes more work than you expected? You're not alone. If your promised 10x productivity has not yet been realized, that's okay. We have the stories you need this week to help you get just a little bit closer. Secure Code Warrior's CTO Matias Madou was on the pod to preach the good word on the lost art of critical thinking, and what developer training will look like in the age of AI. Benjamin Klieger from Groq also joined us to talk AI agent infrastructure, so your agents can be faster at making you faster. We've also got a Leaders of Code episode for you with the VP of Platform Engineering from JP Morgan Chase & Co., Ramprasad Rai, on how enterprises are balancing AI productivity with compliance, so your 10x productivity doesn't get you into any legal battles. In a world of evolving technology, the people of the internet are evolving along with it. We have a story on web programs becoming more needy, a brutal(ist) look at programming languages, and one dev's insurmountable challenge to humanoid robots: be able to use a doggy bag. So, let's just circle back...are you ten times more productive? While you ponder the answer to that one, we have plenty of other questions for you. How old are trees? How deep can Leet speak go? Can you cancel that Venmo request you've been avoiding if the person owes you money in return—legally speaking? Those answers and more in the links below.

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