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##Why are we changing anything again?

##What I think you're asking for

###Name Software Engineering

###Description / tour tagline question and answer site for people directly involved in the Software Development Lifecycle who care about writing, shipping, and maintaining code responsibly.

 

###On-topic

• software architecture and design
• algorithms and data structures
• quality assurance and testing
• configuration, build and release management

 

###Off-topic

• troubleshooting or debugging code
• requests for code
• what to read, learn, buy or use.
• legal advice

##What this site is really about

Why are we changing anything again?

What I think you're asking for

Name

Software Engineering

Description / tour tagline

question and answer site for people directly involved in the Software Development Lifecycle who care about writing, shipping, and maintaining code responsibly.

On-topic

• software architecture and design
• algorithms and data structures
• quality assurance and testing
• configuration, build and release management

Off-topic

• troubleshooting or debugging code
• requests for code
• what to read, learn, buy or use.
• legal advice

What this site is really about

The proposed changes are not exactly succinct. They're... the sort of laundry-lists that make folks who already know what the site is about feel good, but don't do anything to help or hinder the folks coming here confused. You want to establish a path of least resistance that isn't asking a sketchy question and seeing if it sticks - if I make it past the home page, through the signup process, past the tour, and get to the Ask page, I'm probably going to ask a question regardless of what text you throw at me... Folks tend to build up momentum as they make decisions; you don't want to wait until the last possible moment to tell 'em they're in the wrong place.

I love the idea of a site about software engineering, especially one created as the evolution of this site: it fits the spirit of what y'all are doing, gives you a name and a topic you can communicate with pride, and even resolves an old, old dispute in a less depressing fashion.

The proposed changes are not exactly succinct. They're... the sort of laundry-lists that make folks who already know what the site is about feel good, but don't do anything to help or hinder the folks coming here confused. You want to establish a path of least resistance that isn't asking a sketchy question and seeing if it sticks - if I make it past the home page, through the signup process, past the tour, and get to the Ask page, I'm probably going to ask a question regardless of what text you throw at me... Folks tend to build up momentum as they make decisions; you don't want to wait until the last possible moment to tell 'em they're in the wrong place.

I love the idea of a site about software engineering, especially one created as the evolution of this site: it fits the spirit of what y'all are doing, gives you a name and a topic you can communicate with pride, and even resolves an old, old dispute in a less depressing fashion.