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:”

  • TomMasz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Ever ask a question on SO? I tell my students to search there but never, ever ask a question. The unmitigated hostility is not what new developers need or deserve. ChatGPT won’t humiliate you for asking a question that someone else has already asked.

    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meEnglish
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      20 days ago

      ChatGPT won’t humiliate you for asking a question that someone else has already asked.

      I don’t know, being told what a good question that was and what a good boy I am everytime I ask a stupid question feels pretty humiliating.

      (Still better than SO)

      • stephen01king@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        19 days ago

        That’s a pretty recent development, isn’t it? I remember ChatGPT being a lot more matter of factly earlier on.

        • Domi@lemmy.secnd.meEnglish
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          19 days ago

          Yep, old ChatGPT was much more blunt and factual.

          Don’t really like the recent trend of every LLM talking to me like I’m in kindergarten.

    • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      21 days ago

      If LLMs just copied stack overflow they’d respond to every question with “Closed as duplicate. Question already answered.”

      • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        21 days ago

        and link a slightly similar question, which’s answers can’t be used in your case, because of the small difference. also, it’s outdated since four years.