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🎙️Sagar Batchu, CEO and cofounder of API tooling company Speakeasy, talks with Ryan about the evolving API landscape, AI integration, the role of human technologists in an increasingly automated environment, and what people building APIs right now should keep in mind. https://lnkd.in/ejiEDDb4

For more than 16 years, Stack Overflow has served as the central hub for technologists worldwide, empowering them to learn, showcase skills, and thrive in their careers. Our goal has always been to foster an open and inclusive platform, rewarding contributions and technical growth through community. Stack should be always open and include content that is engaging, but we have come to believe that Q&A is just one piece of the puzzle. If you were able to join our Feb 26 AMA, then you know that over the course of the next year, we’ll be focused on ensuring our sites remain a go-to destination for our users, including by modernizing the existing assets we have in place but also by introducing new capabilities and features that promote contribution from all types of users. Stay tuned for more to come! https://lnkd.in/dtvWgCpD

Building and scaling a cutting edge LLM model relies heavily on the expertise and diligence of data engineers. Our Chief Product & Technology Officer Jody Bailey shares his perspective with Computer Weekly on why data engineers play a critical role in building and maintaining modern data platforms to support innovation in AI. https://lnkd.in/eey_aWGs

🚨 We're almost live! Join us today at 3pm EST for our first live Q&A with our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar, Chief Product & Technology Officer Jody Bailey, and VP of Community Philippe Beaudette to hear how we're investing in our community and bringing new voices to the table. Tune in: https://lnkd.in/exJn94Yz

Want to train a specialized LLM on your own data? LoRA, or low rank adaptation, is the easiest way to accomplish this. Contributor Cameron R. Wolfe, Ph.D. breaks down the multiple variants and techniques. https://lnkd.in/e6dvU8K9

Have you heard the news? We're hosting our first live Q&A tomorrow! Our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar along with our CPTO Jody Bailey and VP of Community Philippe Beaudette will lay out our vision for the evolution of our community and answer your questions. Don't miss it! Join us live tomorrow at 3pm EST here: https://lnkd.in/euacn2uZ https://lnkd.in/ehu6EUsq

🚨 Beware of the data doom loop! Ryan Donovan chats with Ken Stott, Field CTO of API platform Hasura about how organizations can fall into the trap of spending too much on data systems without seeing improvements in data quality or efficiency, the impact of microservices, and the importance of feedback loops for data quality. https://lnkd.in/gWMQCHWR

The home team chats with Babak Behzad, PhD, senior engineering manager at Verkada, about running a pipeline that vectorizes 25,000 images per second into a custom-built vector database, the benefits of processing on device versus off, and the importance of privacy when using image recognition on frames from a video camera. https://lnkd.in/eheFNJ4K

It's been a busy quarter for our Research team here at Stack Overflow! Our Senior Director of User Experience Piper L. shares more about our team's work to understand why and how our users engage on our site, how we're exploring content types beyond Q&A, and much more: https://lnkd.in/eBAM7Phc

The growing scarcity of training data for LLMs isn't just a technical challenge, it's an existential crisis for the future of AI. Our Chief Product and Technology Officer Jody Bailey explores in Developer Tech News why the knowledge as a service model is the most sustainable solution that unites community-driven expertise and trusted data in service of an ethical and effective AI future. https://lnkd.in/e7zBS9tP