> There were programmer sites/mailing lists before that where knowledgeable people gathered Agreed. I remember using https://www.codeproject.com/ https://www.

> There were programmer sites/mailing lists before that where knowledgeable people gathered Agreed. I remember using https://www.codeproject.com/ https://www.codeproject.com/ a lot, back in the day. The quality was often variable, but being able to search for function-names and see them in use was very useful. Especially when the only alternative was years-old MFC books in the local library.