
We chat with a Platform Engineer and Reality Labs Advocate about the expanding toolkit available for crafting virtual reality experiences.
The post Here’s what it’s like to develop VR at Meta (Ep. 508) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/22/heres-what-its-like-to-develop-vr

SPONSORED BY PLURALSIGHT Early in the days of high-traffic web pages and apps, any engineer operating the infrastructure would have a server room where one or more machines served that app to the world. They named their servers lovingly, took pictures, and watched them grow. The servers were pets. But since the rise of public…

What if you could bake a payment mechanism into the DNA of an open source package manager?
The post The creator of Homebrew has a plan to get open source contributors paid (Ep. 506) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/18/the-creator-of-homebrew

Hashgraph vs. blockchain, ADHD and a pilot license, and Mastadon
The post The Overflow #152: Another week of tech layoffs appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/18/the-overflow-152-another-week-of-tech-layoffs/

Just because marketing uses a word doesn't mean it's a meaningful way to talk about software.
The post “Performant” is nonsense, but performance can still matter appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/17/performant-is-nonsense-but-performance-can-still-matt

Prompting for a username and password is so 2005. Today, you can just prompt for a fingerprint.
The post You can add biometric authentication to your webpage. Here’s how. appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/16/biometric-authentication-for-web-devs/

Low-code/no-code tools can help developers and non-developers alike.
The post Speeding software innovation with low-code/no-code tools appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/15/speeding-software-innovation-with-low-code-no-code-tools/

How a solo developer makes a living with a job board for engineering roles in Japan
The post Tips and tricks for succeeding as a developer emigrating to Japan (Ep. 505) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/15/tips-and-tricks-for-succeeding-as-a-develo

Testing the one assertion per test rule, black holes, and shell scripts
The post The Overflow #151: DIY mad science appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/11/the-overflow-151-diy-mad-science/

We need to talk about it.
The post Another hard week in tech (Ep. 505) appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/11/another-hard-week-of-layoffs-in-tech-ep-505/