Survey Says ... 2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Coding Blocks

We review the Stack Overflow Developer Survey in the same year it was created for the first time ever, while Joe has surprising news about the Hanson Brothers, Allen doesn’t have a thought process, and Michael’s callback is ruined.

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