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I've stopped using StackOverflow too much, although it's probably more because of my particular development needs. Namely, StackOverflow breaks down if you need
by _hardwaregeek 8y ago
I've stopped using StackOverflow too much, although it's probably more because of my particular development needs. Namely, StackOverflow breaks down if you need an answer about something reeeally specific, say a bug in a particular library. This is especially exacerbated in ecosystems without centralized, large libraries, like Rust, as well as in ecosystems that are fairly new, like Rust.
Now, I don't think StackOverflow should necessarily address this, as this problem is a little niche. But I do think it might get a little less niche as developers move off the gigantic monolith library paradigm (jQuery, Boost, etc.). Maybe there should be a way to sync GitHub issues with StackOverflow (although each side has incentive to keep the user on their end). Or maybe there should be a way of pinging important people in the ecosystem. It's nice to @ someone in a GitHub issue if you know who has the solution to your problem.