{"id":2246,"date":"2016-03-14T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T00:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2021-11-04T02:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:27:44","slug":"state-programming-jeff-atwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/14\/state-programming-jeff-atwood\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Programming with Jeff Atwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-attachment-id=\"2247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/03\/14\/state-programming-jeff-atwood\/jeff-atwood\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jeff-atwood\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2247\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"jeff-atwood\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/jeff-atwood.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThe geeks won because somehow we tricked everyone into carrying around a computer with them!\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Stack Overflow is used by developers to find out how to build software. Stack Overflow is both a tool and a community, and today\u2019s guest Jeff Atwood has made a career out of building tools and communities. As the co-founder of Stack Exchange and Discourse.org, Jeff has been solving the problem of civilized online communication for seven years.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Software Engineering Daily, Jeff Atwood talks about building online communities from the perspective of an engineer as well as a sociologist.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How were you able to predict Atwood\u2019s Law before the boom ofJavaScript?<\/li>\n<li>What are the other changes you\u2019ve noticed in programming since 2007?<\/li>\n<li>Why didn\u2019t you write the backend of Discourse in JavaScript?<\/li>\n<li>Would you have chosen React over Ember if you started Discourse today?<\/li>\n<li>How can you tell whether a framework will stand the test of time?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think are the future implications of Docker, and where the product is going?<\/li>\n<li>What have you learned from building Stack Overflow to now building Discourse?<\/li>\n<li>From your interactions with developers, what in your mind is missing from the world of software engineering today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codinghorror.com\/the-principle-of-least-power\/\">Atwood\u2019s Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discourse.org\/\">Discourse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codinghorror.com\/why-ruby\/\">Why Ruby?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/emberjs.com\/\">Ember<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miguel_de_Icaza\">Miguel de Icaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcreek.com\/\">Fog Creek<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.discourse.org\/2013\/04\/the-discourse-servers\/\">Running discourse on your own servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pubnub.com\/blog\/2014-04-03-build-vs-buy-why-diy-isnt-always-better\/\">Why would you build vs. buy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/hybrid-cloud-what-it-is-why-it-matters\/\">Hybrid cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.producthunt.com\/podcasts\/product-hunt-maker-stories-jeff-atwood\">Jeff Atwood on Product Hunt radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codinghorror.com\/complaint-driven-development\/\">Complaint Driven Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.codinghorror.com\/\">Jeff\u2019s page<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe geeks won because somehow we tricked everyone into carrying around a computer with them!\u201d Stack Overflow is used by developers to find out how to build software. 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