Questions tagged [technology]
Use this tag when asking about how the functionality within the Stack Exchange network is built or how it works. Add other tags to narrow down which part of the technical implementation your question is about.
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Which engine does Stack Overflow use to generate edit history? [duplicate]
What is the engine that Stack Overflow uses for the comparison of the two question versions? Below is an example from Math Stack Exchange:
I'd like to use a similar solution for my website, but ...
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Why did posting once end up with two posts? [duplicate]
I posted a question on a stack exchange site. It ended up with two identical posts.
After typing the post in the edit box, I don't think I hit the post button twice.
Even if I hit the post button ...
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What search engine software does Area 51 use?
I was on the Area 51 Stack Exchange site and used the search bar. I was confused as to why it was working so quickly and that's when I realized it was using JavaScript.
Eventually I found that you can ...
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Could a site be created that does not collect PII? [duplicate]
Last fall, Tim Post ♦ mentioned that the primary reason that the accounts of underage users are deleted on sight is that there are laws against holding a minor's Personally Identifiable Information (...
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Why did the Stack Overflow blog switch back to WordPress from Jekyll? [duplicate]
Why did the Stack Overflow blog switch back to WordPress from Jekyll again? It was originally on WordPress, then switched to Jekyll for some time, and now it's been switched back.
This screenshot ...
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What jQuery versions are used by SE sites?
This is probably an XY problem, but I am focusing on my solution.
It's known that China has blocked off all of Google, including ajax.googleapis.com where SE loads jQuery library. For some reasons, I ...
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The road to .NET Core - please help Stack Exchange test EF Core!
Here at Stack Overflow we're migrating many things to .NET Core. Along the way we have to swap out parts that existed in the old .NET world but don't in the new.
Now that we've safely diverged our ...
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What is the caching architecture of Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
Having a good understanding of how expensive DB queries are and the importance of caching static data, I can't understand how the question pages on these sites run so quickly.
We have a question ...
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Does StackExchange still store its data in a denormalised format, then normalise when needed?
I read an article on the Trello tech stack, under the section "MongoDB", it states the following:
[...] One of the coolest and most performance-obsessed teams we know is our
next-door ...
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Which tools and libraries are used for testing by StackOverflow developers? [duplicate]
Here you can find details about the software and hardware on which the site is built.
I am wondering do developers write any automation tests (unit/functional/scenario) and what kind of tools/...
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Blogpost on what Stack Exchange has changed in its backend?
I'm very anxious to see what all technologies that SE has changed underneath. As the site seems very clean UI (front-end) and superfast (back-end?) now compared to yesterday?
Is there a blogpost about ...
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Is OK to write a comment on my question for asking to someone which may have an answer?
I put a tag on my question and nobody seems to give an appropriate answer even with a bounty, and if I find a user with a very high reputation level and he describe himself as a nerd about that ...
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Is Stack Exchange experimenting with KaTeX? [duplicate]
KaTeX is a new TeX-to-web renderer that is supposed to be faster and more lightweight than MathJax.
Normally, I would just dismiss it as an interesting technology that might not be ready for ...
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What does Stack Overflow use for its community wiki edits comparison feature?
I am referring to this feature:
Note how Stack Overflow shows which bits have been deleted, and which parts have been added (shown in red and green).
Basically, I was wondering if Stack Overflow used ...
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What library or framework does the remaining character counts for comments?
Based on Which tools and technologies are used to build the Stack Exchange Network?
What does Stack Exchange use to calculate the remaining character counts for comments? Do they use jquery, ...
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From a programming point-of-view, what are the biggest challenges that the Stackoverflow team deals with? [closed]
I'm interested in learning what might be the challenges that the SO team has the most trouble with. I know alot goes into keeping SO up & running. My guess is that concurrency issues are big, .. ...
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How does Stack Overflow manage notifications and templates? [duplicate]
Each Stack Exchange site has the same kind of style. How are these styles maintained in a uniform fashion? Is there some sort of base template that each site shares and overrides as necessary?
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What is the question suggestion engine that powers Stack Exchange sites?
What does Stack Exchange use in the backend to suggest related questions while typing a new question, or to show "related" questions on a question page?
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What tool is used for data.stackexchange.com query building
https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/new
Has an awesome tool for creating queries. Is this a third-party tool or was it built in-house?
I'd love to use something similar for SQL Server ...
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Stack Overflow Questions and Google Search [duplicate]
How Stack Overflow questions and answers are available in Google search within a minute after posting? Which technology is being used for this both from Stack Overflow and Google side?
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Why did Stack Exchange use C#?
This may be hard for the community to answer, but I am wondering for what reasons did the Stack Exchange team choose to use the Microsoft stack?
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Which bug tracking and project management tool does Stack Exchange use?
Which bug tracking and project management tool does Stack Exchange use?
Does it uses any of the existing open source tools or a premium paid one? Or better, have they created a tool themselves to ...
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What new tools or technologies has SE created or contributed to?
What new tools or technologies has the Stack Exchange network released? I'm talking about tools/tech related to software, integration, etc...
By "created or contributed to" I imply ...
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What technology/framework is Stack Overflow using to asynchronously update clients?
While the notification about there being new answers to a question you're currently answering has been around for a while, I've noticed more recently Stack Overflow seems to be sending other updates ...
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Why was Redis chosen over Memcache for the cache layer for Stack Overflow?
From this post, it is clear that the Stack Overflow team uses Redis heavily and it has been working well for them. Since there are a number of other similar solutions in the cache space, I was ...
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Which wiki syntax is used on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which tools and technologies build the Stack Exchange Network?
I've seen a lot about Markdown here, but I haven't seen any direct answer.
Could you ensure me that Stack ...
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Where do "Deciding which technology to use" questions belong on the network?
I often face people asking questions, about which technology is best to use in a particular software development task. Whether Ruby on Rails is better than ASP.NET when it comes to server-to-server ...
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Buying a Stack Overflow License [duplicate]
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Can Stack Exchange be customized to specific projects?
We were interested in using Stack Overflow's technology on our website and heard that you have to purchase a licenseto ...
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If I want to ask the boot sector format or linux kernel data structure,where should I ask? stackoverflow or programmers or cstheory?
I followed this link:
https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2872/is-operating-system-development-a-subset-of-software-development-stack-overflow
What I found is if I want to ask something ...
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Stack Overflow technology and Q&A engine [duplicate]
I just love the technology and design underlying Stack Overflow. They way questions are written, answered, evaluated, the way users get reputation and privileges, how tags are created in a folksonomic ...
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Which database does Stack Overflow use behind-the-scenes? [duplicate]
Stack Overflow is developed using ASP.NET and C#. I found this fact in various answers here. So, I was wondering which database Stack Overflow uses. Is it Microsoft SQL Server, as would be expected ...
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Is there reason for me to believe that Stack Overflow's servers have a lower chance of losing all its data than other servers?
Like what happened in Magnolia a few years ago, and what happened with Digg a year ago or so.
What preventative measures are in place? As in, redundant servers and backups of old data?
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How does StackOverflow Careers determine the country of website visitors by IP?
I was wondering what service StackOverflow Careers use to determine their visitors location and if they can recommend a service.
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How does Stack Exchange parse out URLs so well from answers and comments?
There are a number of questions already on SO about parsing out a URL from text (here and here are 2 OK examples I've found). Even Jeff Atwood posted a blog entry about this. These are a bit ...
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What is the Stack Overflow text comparison technology? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does StackOverflow do its question revision history?
Someone corrected my post. I found the representation of both versions helpful.
What is the name of the concept? ...
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Why doesn't Stack Overflow run on Google App Engine?
Why doesn't Stack Overflow run on Google App Engine?
Since I don't have much knowledge in databases and web programming, I won't include the reasons to "why I think it could run on Google App Engine ...
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What’s technology used in the Badge system in stackoverflow?
Is it CEP-related? I want to enable similar badges in my own web applications, do you have any suggestions?
P.S. Here CEP means Complex Event Processing.
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Does stackoverflow.com use dependency injection? [duplicate]
I know stackoverflow.com uses ASP.NET MVC but I am curious to know the design and the architecture of Stack Overflow. In particular, I am curious to know about the following design choices:
Does it ...
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The nuts and bolts of Stack Exchange sites [duplicate]
Just wondering: what is the front end of SE sites? Is it LAMP like Facebook?
A quick headers check (using whatismyip) didn't reveal any details.
The site does hold a huge amount of data and appears ...
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What programming language was used to create Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which tools and technologies were used to build the Trilogy?
What programming language was used to create Stack Overflow?
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What technologies were used to build the chat?
I realize there is a similar, broader question here. But the answer is old and does not include the chat technology. Let me know (even if they completely rolled their own). Thanks!
I am most ...
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StackOverFlow website works on which technology [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which tools and technologies were used to build the Trilogy?
StackOverFlow website works on which technology????
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Stack Overflow and DotNetOpenAuth
I understand that Stack Overflow uses DotNetOpenAuth for login. Since there are things that work at Stack Overflow but don't work in the demos at DotNetOpenAuth.net, there must be some additional ...
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Which tools and technologies are used to build Data Explorer?
Which technologies you are using for building Data Explorer? This is interesting if it gets open sourced at some point in future. Do you use same stuff as with SO? C#, ASP.NET, MVC?
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Updated Markdown Engine Redistribution?
My understanding of SO's text formatting engine is that it is a modified version of Markdown.
Is there a diff somewhere between the official distribution and SO's?
Is the SO version of Markdown ...
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Does Stack Overflow use Gridview or Listview?
Does Stack Overflow use Gridview or Listview for listing its questions and answers?
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Let us list Technologies for projects in CVs
Related Suggestion
I think the Projects and Links section should be broken into two (Projects becoming separate) and have the projects section behave similarly to education or employment.
I'm thinking:...
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Why did Stack Overflow put questions and answers in the same database table? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does SO store questions and answers in the same table?
I took a look at SO's HTML. I noticed that the ID number of a given question was very close to its answers' ID ...
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Is Stack Overflow build out of an open sourced framework or can it be open sourced? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Will Open Sourcing Stack Overflow Destroy Our Business Model?
What was Stack Overflow built with?
Stack Overflow is a very modern discussion forum, very fast and effective. ...
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Similarity to Rails?
When I start to type similar question, I got this suggestion:
Is stackoverflow.com written in Ruby on Rails?
So I made a little change in my question.
Why does this site look like a Ruby on Rails ...
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