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What it is

Joel Spolsky's 2009 Google Tech Talk on why StackOverflow was built, how it addresses the mess of searching for programming help, and the community design behind it. He also takes jabs at paywalled answer sites.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited for Joel's account of how Stack Overflow's design and community thinking were figured out from the start.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Watch Joel's tech talk - they really did figure a ton of it out at the start.”

    Joel Spolsky's talk on how Stack Overflow was designed from the start

    pbiggar, 2011-02 · Recommendation · in “Expert Exchange gets narky after snub from Q/A site review”

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Topics: stackoverflow, joel spolsky, community, q&a, web startups

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