Posted by ketralnis - 103 votes and 24 comments

More than 71% of experienced software developers say their language migration decisions were influenced more by industry hype than by proven outcomes.

something I've been making for the past 5 years

the project: https://github.com/9001/copyparty/

watch this video on the demoserver: https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/ (try showcase-lq.mp4 if your device cannot play the hq.webm)

My thoughts on less vs more hiring of engineers in the age of AI!

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Seed7 - The extensible programming language

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Understand FastAPI from the ground up — from routing to lifecycle and real-world usage

Posted by mustaphah - 1,230 votes and 349 comments

49k+ engineers have shared their preferred technologies, how they use AI, work environment and many more interesting things!

The N+1 problem is a silent performance killer in data-heavy applications. Learn what it is, how to spot it, and how to fix it—whether you’re using raw SQL or an ORM.

A blameful postmortem of how my viral HackerNews project got compromised by legacy passwords, missing auth, and the perils of vibe coding.

This post explains our recent effort to improve JSON.stringify performance

A new Stack Overflow survey highlights a steep decline in trust and reliance on AI coding tools, as experienced users get more selective.

We're about to enter the discovery phase of our legal battle with Oracle.

We need your help to continue this fight. Federal litigation against a corporation like Oracle is expensive. We initiated this because we have a case as a JavaScript runtime, but this…