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Ask HN: Why has no one made an IDE add-on that auto queries StackOverflow?
- toomuchtodo 1y agoIf generative AI coding assistant models were trained on StackOverflow, they already are using that data to autocomplete via inference.
- PaulHoule 1y agoThere's nothing automatic about StackOverflow. StackOverflow suffered from the "benign neglect" variation of "enshittification" -- once they had a social game that people would play they did not attempt any kind of continuous improvement. Looking for answers involves: 1. Parsing a wordy question by a highly confused author to determine if their problem is really related to your problem. 2. Finding the accepted answer on top with 80+ upvotes and 10 comments that say "NOOOOOOOO! This is wrong!" 3. If it's Python the examples all look like print x and can't be cut and pasted into your Python 3 console. In all the quality is atrocious and I think it's a better use of your time to read the manuals over and over again until you can find answers in the manual.
- krupan 1y agoInteresting. That's not my stack overflow experience at all. I'm fact after trying to use AI for code help for a bit stack overflow is an amazing breath of fresh air. I type my question into ddg or startpage, click on the first stack overflow result, and get a quick and direct answer that other humans have tested and vouched for. It's amazing
- krupan 1y agoHow would that work? You'd type your question as a code comment maybe, and the IDE would do a Google search for you?