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Stack overflow is almost dead (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
submitted 3 days ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Four months ago, we asked Are LLMs making Stack Overflow irrelevant? Data at the time suggested that the answer is likely "yes:"

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[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 114 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Make no mistake. LLMs aren’t killing stackoverflow. LLMs just arrived to finish it off. The stuff that was killing it are the regular posters there, and their passive aggressive bullshit

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I never asked a question, despite using it daily. Too afraid of being berated 😅

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