Could simply be the case that all 'simple' questions have already been answered. Nitty-gritty problems tend to be the edge-cases that don't attract a lot of at

Could simply be the case that all 'simple' questions have already been answered. Nitty-gritty problems tend to be the edge-cases that don't attract a lot of attention, hence fewer user participation. That said, StackOverflow is without a doubt the single best programmer resource out there.