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Will prompt engineering replace the coder’s art or will software engineers who understand code still have a place in future software lifecycles? We chat with Greg Benson, Professor of Computer Science at the University of San Francisco and Chief Scientist at SnapLogic, about prompt engineering, its strengths and limitations, and whether the future of software will require an understanding of code. https://lnkd.in/enFtNP74

📅 Save the date! Next Wednesday, November 13 our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar will take the virtual stage at the Agents in Production conference hosted by Prosus Group and MLOps Community to share more about our Knowledge as a Service vision at Stack Overflow. He joins other industry leaders and experts from Hugging Face, OpenAI, Google, Carnegie Mellon University and Sequoia Capital who will explore the dynamic and fast-growing field of AI agents. Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/eW3y9jzR

We're thrilled to announce that OverflowAPI won a 2024 API World Award for Best AI API! Providing access to over 58 million human generated questions and answers with feedback from users and moderators, OverflowAPI delivers trusted technical expertise for our partners to build their products and deliver an elevated experience for their end users. We share this win with our partners and Stackers! 🚀🏆🎉 Read more about the API Awards here: https://lnkd.in/ehaCtZcX

We're joined by Logan Kilpatrick, a senior product manager at Google, on the podcast, who discusses his unique path from coding to AI to product, the challenges of non-determinism in AI models, and surprising lessons from working at the Apple Store. https://lnkd.in/ef7em6RR

We're diving deep on research in order to enhance our community experience. Our Senior Director of User Experience Piper L. shares insights on this quarter's initiatives to shape a more inclusive and rewarding experience for all on Stack Overflow. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQDkJY3S

When it comes to the processes and tools used at work, 69% of professional developers told us in our 2024 #Developer Survey they had access to CI/CD, while the number devs who use AI-assisted tech at work more than doubled from 15.7% in 2023 to 32.4% this year. Explore the full results of our professional developer insights here: https://lnkd.in/eKmEHMVK

🎙️Tom Occhino, Chief Product Officer at Vercel, joins the pod to chat about his contributions to development of React at Facebook, the contentious decision to make React open-source, and the community feedback they've received on Next.js 15, Vercel’s GenAI web development tool. https://lnkd.in/gPGJ-DFb

🌟 Knowledge Sharing is Key to Success for Technologists. Developers, how do you approach: 🔍 Searching for Solutions 🤝 Answering Questions 📚 Building Knowledge 🌐 Sourcing Information 🤝 Collaboration Take our brief survey that explores the evolving landscape of developer habits: https://lnkd.in/eHsZpkAh #KnowledgeSharing #DeveloperInsights #StackOverflowKnows

On the pod, we chat with Shayne Longpre and Robert Mahari of the Data Provenance Initiative about what GenAI means for the data commons, decline of public datasets, and the complexities of fair use in AI training. https://lnkd.in/eh88gSC3

#Sponsored On this episode, we speak with Sunny Patel, Staff Software Engineer at PayPal, and Kyle Prinsloo, a developer and a PayPal partner, about how Fastlane by PayPal makes developers’ lives easier, the importance of reducing friction in payment processes, and how documentation can directly assist the integration experience. https://lnkd.in/dmJEpy_x