I haven't used SO for anything other than a read-only reference for probably over a decade at this point. It's always seemed incredibly hostile to me. But it's

I haven't used SO for anything other than a read-only reference for probably over a decade at this point. It's always seemed incredibly hostile to me. But it's also about the only place you can find the answers to esoteric programming questions, especially specific error messages, so I keep clicking the links if they come up in a google search. But if I could do my job without using it, I would.