A devs best friend

Welcome to Friday. Another week down. Did you hit your goals? Let us know. 

Oh, and if you’re feeling nostalgic, check out what some of our favorite products would look like if they launched in the 90s. 

In today’s digest:

• Stack Overflow enters the AI race.

• The city is your playground.

• Use your unused domains. 

If you’re a developer, there’s a high chance that you have at least one Stack Overflow tab open right now (go check, we dare you). An entire generation of engineers has relied on the forum’s community to be a guiding hand when it comes to coding to solve all sorts of bugs. 

AI changed that with tools like GitHub Copilot taking center-stage due to its instant answers and code generation abilities.

Now, Stack Overflow is getting in on the fun with OverflowAI. A series of initiatives, including updated search capabilities across the site, a VS Code extension, and Slack integrations. All to make it easier for developers to find answers without breaking their flow. 

Didn’t they ban ChatGPT? Yep, ChatGPT answers were banned site-wide after the company claimed: “the average rate of getting correct answers from ChatGPT is too low” and insisted the technology is a threat to the quality of the community. The ban was only temporary until a larger staff discussion could take place. 

What about the community? At the heart of Stack Overflow is the community, and it doesn’t look like that’s changing anytime soon. CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar told Venture Beat that “the goal isn’t to replace the community, but rather to complement it.”

Interested developers and companies will get to check out OverflowAI once it starts rolling out in August. 

• Anthems lets you share your music with your friends with track previews. 

• MyPaylink is like a link-in-bio tool but for your payment links. 

• Strollhunt lets you find and create fun games while you explore a city.

• Spacely AI generates interior design suggestions for any room with AI.

• Launchboard is a control center to manage your next big launch. 

• PagePe turns your unused domains into websites in seconds.

• ImagineQR generates QR code art for your business.