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This just in from #GitHubUniverse - We’re thrilled to announce the availability of the Stack Overflow extension for GitHub Copilot! #Developers can now ask a question directly in the AI-powered coding assistant and get a summarized response from Stack Overflow based on 16 years of trusted knowledge contributed to our platform. The Stack Overflow extension for GitHub Copilot brings together the world’s leading knowledge platform for highly technical content and the world's most widely adopted AI developer tool to assist developers in finding answers to their most complex coding challenges. Our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar shares why this extension builds on our Knowledge-as-a-Service vision and reaffirms our commitment to socially responsible AI. Learn more about the Stack Overflow extension for GitHub Copilot here: https://lnkd.in/egrp9-ii

According to our 2024 #Developer Survey, 74% of respondents use Visual Studio Code as their preferred integrated development environment (IDE), and those that want to try a different IDE next year are only interested in Vim or Neovim. Explore what other technologies and tools devs trust in our full results here: https://lnkd.in/e98egvf9

When it comes to researching new tools and technologies, developers like to go right to the source by taking advantage of a free trial or asking their colleagues for recommendations, according to our 2024 #Developer Survey. Explore what other technologists had to say about how they use Stack Overflow for Teams to level up their knowledge communities: https://lnkd.in/e5baNcTh

GenAI systems run the risk of running out of data to train on, and synthetic data presents its own challenges when it comes to LLM model performance. We examine how some smaller models are now competing with larger ones and why when it comes to data, quality wins over quantity. https://lnkd.in/exFJArZv

#Sponsored Karen Posada, Lead Engineering Manager at Fastlane for PayPal, walks through the process of designing an SDK that makes it easy for developers to integrate new technology into their e-commerce stack and is flexible enough to serve the needs of small businesses and large enterprises. https://lnkd.in/gDRP67SJ

Happy subject matter experts make for healthy knowledge communities! In our latest Enterprise release, we're introducing SME Auto-Assign so you can take a more systematic approach to SME engagement in Stack Overflow for Teams and Enhanced Search summaries can now be converted into an easily discoverable Q&A format. Read our full release here: https://lnkd.in/g4jjAakC

The rise of GenAI has changed how developers search for and evaluate knowledge, and if they trust the information and sources they find. 🤔 If you're a developer or technologist, weigh in on how you prefer to find and share information online in our brief survey: https://lnkd.in/gyPdw6wD

🎙️We welcome Sonar CEO Tariq Shaukat to the pod for a conversation about AI coding tools’ potential to boost developer productivity—and how to balance those potential gains against code quality and security concerns. https://lnkd.in/gxRVswYp

It's been an action packed first half of our year here at Stack Overflow! From the announcement of two major partnerships with Google Cloud and OpenAI, launching OverflowAI to general availability on Stack Overflow for Teams, debuting our Knowledge-as-a-Service model, community updates, and much more, our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar recaps highlights of the last six months and shares why trust is the key to building thriving knowledge communities. https://lnkd.in/dsVMkWpc

🎙️We chat with Keith Babo, Head of Product at solo.io, about how the API security landscape is changing in the era of GenAI, the role of governance in AI, the importance of data protection, and the necessity of human-in-the-loop AI development. https://lnkd.in/gBXeev3d