Stack Overflow is a new site that aims to be the Wikipedia of programming questions and topics. It takes the basic concept of a question/answer messageboard on programming topics, adds in voting and wiki-editing, puts a very good user interface on it, and makes it available for free. The result is an excellent site to find solutions to software development problems of all sorts.

Joel Spolsky is one of the founders; he’s written his own post about the launch.

I’ve been in the beta for about a month now, and listening to the podcasts since their inception. I’m really impressed with the quality of the site and how well they’ve achieved their goals. Their aim is a lofty one: be the best site on the entire Internet for finding answers to programming questions. Even at this early stage, I think they’ve already accomplished that; it’s now just a matter of time before Google confirms it.

If you develop software, it’s in your best interest to familiarize yourself with the site and discover its capabilities. As time goes on it could easily become your best resource on the Web for solving tricky problems effectively and efficiently.

By the way, here’s my user page, for your enjoyment.