> I think, in an age where ChatGPT can point you in the correct direction in niche questions, that popularity of a tech stack becomes irrelevant to whether you

> I think, in an age where ChatGPT can point you in the correct direction in niche questions, that popularity of a tech stack becomes irrelevant to whether you can find answers or not. It's the exact opposite. I really don't know how you got this conclusion. The quality of the answers from ChatGPT/Copilot/whatever highly depends on how many learning materials in the training set. In other words, popuplarity matters more than any time ever. If you don't believe me, ask ChatGPT to write a Blender addon, then ask it to do something similar but for Houdini. The difference is day and night. By the way, Houdini is basically used for every single VFX studio. Even that doesn't reach the "large enough userbase" needed for ChatGPT to generate quality answers.