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for a lot of stuff it just made more sense to ask on the github project's issue tracker.

by pydry 3mo ago

embedding-shape 3mo ago
- Open issue on GitHub issues: Maintainer closes issue citing "Bug reports only" - Open question on SO: Moderators close because it's too specific to a library - Ask on IRC: Get piled on for not using the right vocabulary and your IP isn't masked - Ask the LLM: Get hallucinated answer based on old API docs - Ask technical lead: Get burned for asking basic question and put on PIP - Ask my mom: She doesn't know enough computer to know the answer, but in explaining the problem to her, I finally figured out what I got wrong
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- jeanlucas 3mo ago
  Usually #1 actually works, most cases, and missing discord, several healthy communities on Discord nowadays
  - alloyed 3mo ago
    yep! 90% of the time if i have a question about a project there's a discussions tab that can take my question with a nearly identical interface to stack overflow's, and I can be reasonably sure there will be contributors or maintainers who will see it. Not much point to stack overflow as a second, silo'd site in that world
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- antonvs 3mo ago
  You’re using your mom for rubber duck debugging, then. An LLM can work for that as well, usually better because it knows a lot more than your mom.
  - embedding-shape 3mo ago
    It's fictional, I never actually got burned by a tech lead nor been put on PIP either, nor asked my mom to help me with programming :)
    - antonvs 3mo ago
      That's not really relevant, the point is LLMs are actually pretty good for the scenario you described.
      - embedding-shape 3mo ago
        So is IRC, the relevance being that none of what I wrote in my initial comment is actually serious or my actual beliefs.
- inigyou 3mo ago
  SO allows questions that are specific to a library.
  - embedding-shape 3mo ago
    I like that out of all of them, that was the most false to you.
    - inigyou 3mo ago
      SO closes your question for being a duplicate of some other random question that has nothing to do with yours. That would be true.

for a lot of stuff it just made more sense to ask on the github project's issue tracker.

by pydry 3mo ago

for a lot of stuff it just made more sense to ask on the github project's issue tracker.

- Open issue on GitHub issues: Maintainer closes issue citing "Bug reports only" - Open question on SO: Moderators close because it's too specific to a library - Ask on IRC: Get piled on for not using the right vocabulary and your IP isn't masked - Ask the LLM: Get hallucinated answer based on old API docs - Ask technical lead: Get burned for asking basic question and put on PIP - Ask my mom: She doesn't know enough computer to know the answer, but in explaining the problem to her, I finally figured out what I got wrong

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jeanlucas 3mo ago
Usually #1 actually works, most cases, and missing discord, several healthy communities on Discord nowadays
- alloyed 3mo ago
  yep! 90% of the time if i have a question about a project there's a discussions tab that can take my question with a nearly identical interface to stack overflow's, and I can be reasonably sure there will be contributors or maintainers who will see it. Not much point to stack overflow as a second, silo'd site in that world
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antonvs 3mo ago
You’re using your mom for rubber duck debugging, then. An LLM can work for that as well, usually better because it knows a lot more than your mom.
- embedding-shape 3mo ago
  It's fictional, I never actually got burned by a tech lead nor been put on PIP either, nor asked my mom to help me with programming :)
  - antonvs 3mo ago
    That's not really relevant, the point is LLMs are actually pretty good for the scenario you described.
    - embedding-shape 3mo ago
      So is IRC, the relevance being that none of what I wrote in my initial comment is actually serious or my actual beliefs.
inigyou 3mo ago
SO allows questions that are specific to a library.
- embedding-shape 3mo ago
  I like that out of all of them, that was the most false to you.
  - inigyou 3mo ago
    SO closes your question for being a duplicate of some other random question that has nothing to do with yours. That would be true.