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StackOverflow peaked in 2014, and has been in decline ever since. This is not related to the recent AI boom, although it may accelerate the decline.
by miohtama 3y ago
StackOverflow peaked in 2014, and has been in decline ever since. This is not related to the recent AI boom, although it may accelerate the decline.
- alternatex 3y agoAs someone doing full-stack PHP in 2014 I'm not sure about that. SO was filled with bad advice for PHP and JavaScript. It was so bad you could use it as a guidebook for writing outdated insecure code.
- busterarm 3y agoAgreed. I've always viewed SO as being just slightly better than w3schools. Worse than useless. It has benefited my career significantly that I never got in the habit of using it.
- bombcar 3y agoFor many domains, it was perfect - how do I adjust the margins in LaTeX or how do I reverse the output of ls. But for programming, you'd get a similar "it works" answer ... eventually. And even if you read the comments under the answer, you still might get burned by side effects/security issues you'd not thought through.