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Questions that may not necessarily have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If your question isn't a bug report, feature request, or request for support, it's probably a discussion.

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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 wi …
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Why are SO questions often closed rather than migrated?

On Stack Overflow, I have noticed a tendency of moderators to close questions rather than migrating them to appropriate Stack Exchange sites (example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8938321/what- …
4 votes
1 answer
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Any technical case study or Q&A on StackOverflow.com?

StackExchange sites are the best utilization of ASP.NET. Even the Microsoft's website lag way behind in user experience. It's smooth as a pie. The speed, performance, load-balancing, traffic managemen …