Base.cs Podcast

S1:E7 - "How do you make a stack overflow?"

Dec 6, 2017
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Vaidehi Joshi
Vaidehi Joshi, an engineer at Tilde, discusses the causes of a stack overflow and unpacks the rules of creating and working with stacks. Topics include emotional impact of name changes in tech, lesser-known productivity tools, encountering 'stack level too deep' error message, understanding stacks in data structures, analyzing Big O notation for stack insertion, and rules and methods of stack data structures.
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INSIGHT

Stack Overflow: More Than a Website

  • Many know Stack Overflow as a website.
  • It's also a real technical term, referring to a specific error.
ANECDOTE

Vaidehi's Stack Overflow Journey

  • Vaidehi Joshi initially didn't recognize stack overflows as errors.
  • She frequently used Stack Overflow (website) before understanding stacks.
ANECDOTE

Stack Level Too Deep

  • Saron Yitbarek recalls seeing the "stack level too deep" error.
  • She initially felt accomplished, thinking it signified her programming depth.
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