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What technology stack does Stack Overflow use for development?

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Stack Overflow mainly runs on Microsoft stuff, MSSql, ASP .NET etc. –  adeneo Jul 25 '14 at 13:40
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A simple google search will answer your question. –  lucuma Jul 25 '14 at 13:41
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Duplicate: which-tools-and-technologies-are-used-to-build-the-stack-exchange –  juergen d Jul 25 '14 at 14:05
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but of course we can't mark it as such because of the stupid split –  Lightning Racis in Obrit Jul 25 '14 at 16:09
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I wouldn't use a technology just because Stack Exchange uses it. Their enterprise and yours may be very different - it depends what you have in play at the moment, what skills your developers have, how easy it is to hire for each skill in your area, and various other factors. –  halfer Jul 25 '14 at 19:44
    
There is an article on High Scalability: highscalability.com/blog/2014/7/21/… –  Gergo Erdosi Jul 25 '14 at 20:25
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Another example of the need for cross-site dupes. No one should be voting this down since it's a fine question Meta question, that's been asked on another site. –  Lance Roberts Jul 26 '14 at 15:47
    
@LanceRoberts "We have analyzed..." I read this sentence, and just wanted to say "GOOD JOB." Sounds more like practicing for a job interview or a consultancy sales pitch than a question. Everything after the first sentence is probably drawing the downvotes. –  Chris Baker Jul 26 '14 at 17:31
    
@Chris, yes, it could have been written better. –  Lance Roberts Jul 26 '14 at 17:31
    
A related question that I often wonder (but do not have enough serious interest to research) is whether the SO software is available for purchase by other enterprises (or whether SO offers the "service" to other enterprises). I would guess that some large organizations could use it. –  Hot Licks Jul 26 '14 at 19:02
    
Not that it matters, but my own network uses a mixture of Windows, MySQL, MSSQL, Linux, and PHP. Stack Exchange operates along a similar line of that. –  cybermonkey Dec 1 '14 at 12:30

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jQuery, of course.

You can find the full list of tools here: Which tools and technologies are used to build the Stack Exchange Network?

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jQuery, hand-drawn circles, a herd of unicorns and some insignificant stuff as outlined in that post. –  Sumurai8 Jul 26 '14 at 16:24
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The database is even in jQuery. All the things. –  Chris Baker Jul 26 '14 at 17:32
    
Have you considered SPA? –  Jessica Jul 27 '14 at 1:08

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