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My theory is that developers are spending more time on the Google and wandering around to find the answers. Half of the time simple stackoverflow search will re
by rajasimon 5y ago
My theory is that developers are spending more time on the Google and wandering around to find the answers. Half of the time simple stackoverflow search will reveal the correct answer. And other half is simply a reference to particular documentation.
This is why I started a hacker assist project but not started it yet. I was planning to implement the documentation search and the stackoverflow search in the common place. Also little bit of the blog search.
If I provide these curated results in the single place then the chances are that the developer get the results quickly rather than search through the Google.
- makeitdouble 5y agoI'd tend to think that at this point people happy with Stack Overflow will go directly there. Going through generic search would be more to get either the official documentation link (Google can be faster than searching the language site ...), or trying to see what option there are on the subject we're looking for. In particular, random errors can be easier to search when including blog posts and other docs that just SO. Also not every search needs to be quick or optimized, finding alternatives along the way is nice sometimes.