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<p>Many countries around the world have now ordered citizens to work from home, exempting only those in essential industries. We have some tips on our blog about how to <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/03/12/working-from-home-tips-from-our-experienced-remote-employees/">make remote work the best</a> it can be, and a new piece up on how to <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/03/23/remote-digest-remote-hiring-tips-to-set-up-best-practices-for-the-long-haul/">handle remote hiring</a> if your company is trying to fill positions during these unusual circumstances. </p><p>Sara is nervous about working from home with her husband, who is also a software engineer. There can only be so many commits in a committed relationship. But she has double the space per person of Paul, who shares a 1200 square foot Brooklyn abode with a wife and two kids.  Ben, meanwhile, has decamped for upstate New York. </p><p>Buzzfeed asks, if this sudden experiment in mass remote work goes well for certain companies, will they simply opt to <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/the-coronavirus-is-forcing-techies-to-work-from-home-some">transition to full remote forever</a> after the pandemic ends. </p><p>Stack Overflow was born remote, an idea that germinated across blogs and Skype calls. The very first episode of the Stack Overflow podcast <a href="https://soundcloud.com/stack-exchange/stack-overflow-podcast-77">tells the tale</a>. </p><p>Our community saved us from major egg on our face, <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/344485/lets-encrypt-certificate-issue-requiring-urgent-renewal">warning us</a> about a Let's Encrypt bug that would have left Stack Overflow with expired certificates. You can hear a more detailed explanation of how this works <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/1007743/what-was-happening-in-this-lets-encrypt-caa-bug">here</a>.</p><p>If you're cracking out an old computer to use for home schooling you children or lending to a neighbor, Paul asks you to consider that no