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:”

  • Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Like it or hate it (personally I prefer the latter, posting there I felt like a middle schooler with a PUNCH ME sticker on my face) it was a great source of indexable data on programming.

    I wonder how will this affect future search and llms, now that all similar questions are being asked in private llm threads.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I never once actually asked a question there. Partly because most of the time, the question I was asking had always been asked.

      However, I have found the correct answer to 100s of questions there. Usually through google/ddg/kagi searches.