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:”

  • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Even without LLMs, it’s possible StackOverflow would have eventually faded into irrelevance

    Yeah, exactly. A lot of groups have a Discord :( or other forums where people ask questions. I know I’ve had to ask questions on Svelte’s Discord :( for example. And I think even once on some YouTube influencer’s Slack…

    Sucks cuz both of those places are silos and my questions and answers are forever lost.