Let's say I'm going to write an article why I think a new GUI Library needs to be developed. Is there any place to do this? It would be a longer blog style article, so not something what IMHO belongs on Stack Overflow. But for obvious reasons I don't want to start just another blog.  So do I have to wait for a DiscussionOverflow.com or is there already something like it?
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Stuff like polls, recommendations based on subjective constraints, puzzles, webcomics etc. do not belong on the serious main SE sites, where professionals should be considered at work and having just a few spare minutes ("code's compiling") to answer questions, so they should not be distracted by such things. However, I'd also like to have a home for these things still using the SE engine. For the reason I mentioned before, this needs to be a separate place though. Let's call it four.[sitename-here].com.
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Close reasons still have links to the FAQ in them - these should be referred to as the Help Center, since that's what it is now.   Not Constructive (emphasis obviously mine)     We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or specific expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, see the FAQ for guidance.  Off Topic (ditto)     Questions on Stack Overflow are expected to relate to programming or software development within the scope defined in the FAQ. Consider editing the question or leaving comments for improvement if you believe the question can be reworded to fit within the scope.  Too Localized (...)     This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.  Not A Real Question (...)     It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.    All of these should be changed to "see this Help Center topic" (or similar). Since, y'know, it's the Help Center, now, not the FAQ.
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Although I'm mostly interested in programming I like to read very good questions and answers from other areas as well.  A network-wide newsletter could contain:   top questions from the stackexchange.com "hot questions" feed (I'm currently following that one in Google Reader, but it's hard work) announcement of new sites from Area 51 (at the moment, I have to remember checking regularly) network-wide announcements (basically blog.stackoverflow.com) content from the new site blogs more interesting things I didn't think of   What I would like best is to be able to customize my newsletter (e.g. "I want to read all hot questions from Unix, but only the very hot questions from Cooking"), but I realize that would probably be too much work and possibly cause confusion.
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I was wondering why there is no dedicated python community in Stack Exchange like Drupal, Android etc? Isn't the language (Python) popular enough?  I am a Python user since last year. Would like to know more about this language and different problems faced by other programmers.
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I was just trying to find out if there was a public API for the Stack Overflow site. I want to know so that I could maybe use it for whatever it would let me use it for (like web-service or non browser application that can access Stack Overflow). I have a few (specific) ideas but I don't want anybody to get the jump on me before I have a chance to implement one of them ;). I know that is a little silly since there are a limited number of things that such a thing could be used for. It's not about $$ or copyright* or anything like that; I just want to do it my way first if possible. Anyhow I tried googling this and you can imagine how many results you get for "StackOverflow public api".
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I understand and agree that opinion based questions are a bad thing on Stack Overflow, but shouldn't we have a place to ask this kind of question? There are so many times where I look at different frameworks and have to make decisions that will affect the next 3 years of my life without actually having all the pros and cons of both sides.  So my question is: Is there a place to ask these questions?  And if the answer is no, could that be a new Stack Exchange sub-website?
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So, I'm a JavaScript developer (mainly), and I've been using Stack&nbsp;Overflow for a bit now. I keep finding myself needing to use  (or similar) in order provide demos in my answers. jsFiddle is great; however, I was wondering if Stack&nbsp;Overflow has any plans to create its own (slightly-more-permanent) code playground for its users?  jsFiddle seems incredibly simple to make, and more often than not the code I find posted in my answers is demo-ready (that is, it’s real code that doesn't contain placeholders). One way I can imagine implementing this is with a "run this" button which takes the code blocks from within a post, tries to execute them, and then opens the results in an overlay (or a new window).
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Add blogs and websites that are useful in the quest to know/learn more about Ubuntu.  One blog per answer, please - you can vote answers up/down as you feel appropriate. If you feel the blog is biased towards or is good for particular tasks, please mention them.
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After reading , I think it might be useful to have a separate question for this subject.  Let me quote a part of :     SU and SF are generally not great places for WAMP questions...   Particularly when asked on SO, these nearly always involve someone   working with their development or testing setup (rather than, say, a   home or production server environment). If you see someone   recommending SF or SU for such questions, politely correct them.   So the argument is that since  is closely related to development, it belongs on Stack Overflow.  My concern is twofold:   It being development is irrelevant, issues appearing while using WAMP can also appear in a production environment. There might be more expertise on the subject over at .   Perhaps not many people will support my view, but it's worth asking so everybody knows how to handle such questions: what does the community think?
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It seems like half the tutorials in the  and around the blogosphere use  and half use . They all do similar things, so when should I use one over the others?
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I understand that naming conventions for code have an element of personal preference, and can be subjective and argumentative, which isn't the goal of these sites.  But, I'm really looking for feedback on demonstrating that some current naming conventions I'm forced to use hurt readability and do more harm than good.  Where should I ask this question? Stack Overflow? Or does this belong on the  site?
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SO is not Open-Source, but I like the whole idea of Stack Overflow :   Giving bounties for Questions Up/Downvoting Questions The Badges The intelligent use of Ajax-Technologies Highly Rated users have administrative powers Reputation system Editing posts like a wiki   So I would like to program a (what is it called) Q&amp;A site / board / wiki system. Am I allowed to?
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Do Stack Overflow and the other Stack Exchange sites have an API for posting questions or comments to the site? Everyone else has one (e.g., Twitter, Netflix, etc.).  If not, are there any plans to implement an API for posting content? It could perhaps use .
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There are times when I'd like to communicate something to the Stack Overflow community but it doesn't fit a question.  Right now, I have the product of many answers (a bunch of code) I'd like to share back but can't.  If each user had a blog or wiki (or something) they could create articles / blogs on and then link the related SO questions to it. You could then add an icon to those questions to show there is also more expansive information available.  By linking to the questions, this means anyone could author articles addressing a question outside of the scope of the more simple Q/A scenario.  Of course, many people have blogs but they must link that in a not so immersive fashion and not everyone has a blog (and also many blogs are inadequate in displaying text from a coding viewpoint (e.g. formatting code). Folding such a mechanism into SO would open up all sorts of creative opportunities and make the site even more sticky for users.  I think it's a winner and I'd use it for sure.
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What is the best way to do GUIs in ?  Is there an example of some functional  or  wrapper? Or some integration with  declarative GUI description which could be easily wrapped to  using some macrology?  Any tutorials?
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Sometimes you spend a day or more solving a technical problem, and when you finally solve it, you may want to post it on your blog (if you have one) to share with the community.  However, most developers don't have a lot of time to update their blogs, and that is why personal blogs are not ranked very highly on Google/Bing.  So even if you describe a brilliant idea, chances are that, except a few of your friends, nobody will ever find it. This is a common reason why some developers start their blogs and soon give up; it is not interesting to write for the community if you have no feedback on your posts.  Unlike personal blogs, Stack Exchange sites are highly ranked in Google (I was amazed when I saw that a question asked on SO just an hour ago appeared 3rd in my Google search!), so if your question and answer are valuable for others, they will be rated highly and will be visible for other developers.  With this in mind, is it good practice to post a question and answer it yourself immediately when you want to share an idea with the community?
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The blog at  is distinctly different from its cousins at  or . In particular, it has little to do with programming. It really ought to be blog.stackexchange.com as it has naturally morphed into a blog about the larger network. Could this be remedied? Could we have a SO blog about programming?