If you’re technical in some way, shape, or form, the chances are high that you’ve used Stack Overflow’s public platform, stackoverflow.com. You’re not alone: 85% of developers visit Stack Overflow every week. It holds over a decade of knowledge that has been asked, answered, and curated by a global community of experts across industries and technologies.

People come to Stack Overflow because that knowledge and our global community help them solve general logic and technology-specific challenges much faster than they could by working in isolation. Technologists flock to Stack Overflow because it gives them what they need — access to a global community of people ready to share their expertise and an easily discoverable and digestible way to find and use that knowledge.

Getting a specific error message? Chances are it’s already been discussed on Stack Overflow. For questions on everything from languages to platforms to devices, you’re likely to find it on Stack Overflow. Because Stack Overflow’s public platform answers so many questions for so many technologists, you may be wondering why organizations choose to adopt a private instance of Stack Internal. What additional value does it offer? Let’s explore.