Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.

Four months ago, we asked Are LLMs making Stack Overflow irrelevant? Data at the time suggested that the answer is likely “yes:”

    • @[email protected]English
      3•1 month ago

      There’s issues on both sides. A lot of people who ask questions are clearly just asking others to do their homework or otherwise haven’t made any effort, but there are also a lot of people who are unnecessarily hostile.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 month ago

        I definitely agree with this. I think the easier and kinder thing to do is to just not reply to posts like that.