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I also use stack overflow very little but I think it’s much more easily explained by my personal habits than changes on the site. When I used stack overflow mo
by dan-robertson 6y ago
I also use stack overflow very little but I think it’s much more easily explained by my personal habits than changes on the site.
When I used stack overflow more, I was doing stuff with web technologies and Unix command line tools. These days I’m much more experienced with Unix tools; I use more specialised tools that aren’t mentioned on SO, use a programming language which isn’t often mentioned on SO, and a large array of libraries which are even less frequently mentioned there. I’m also generally better at finding my own way around—digging through code, jumping to definitions, looking up errors. I think the reason I don’t use it so much is that it is less useful because it doesn’t have the answers I care about and because I have fewer questions for it to answer.
- dkersten 6y agoThat does sound a bit like me too. I use tools that I’m e it her familiar with enough not to need SO, or that are too specialised or niche for SO to be useful. I have no problem reading documentation or just diving into the code if all else fails.