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I take the point, but a developer with any experience is able to use google as a portal to get to the relevant SO or documentation page very quickly in spite of

I take the point, but a developer with any experience is able to use google as a portal to get to the relevant SO or documentation page very quickly in spite of whatever shenanigans google+seo tries. It's not like every time you google some syntax you're actually distracted by tutorialspoint or whatever garbage. These sites must just feed on people who are in the first day or two of their careers, after that you don't even seen them.

inetknght 3y ago
> a developer with any experience is able to use google as a portal to get to the relevant SO That's mostly because SO search is (or, has historically been) terrible. > or documentation page Ironically, documentation pages exist and many of them are terrible. But even the great ones aren't linked to in code snippets. Got a squiggly line? It would be handy to have a link to documentation!
- bornfreddy 3y ago
  > That's mostly because SO search is (or, has historically been) terrible. It still is. There is a trick though - start typing a new question and it will suggest you possible duplicates. Works like magic, they really did a great job with this "search".