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:”

  • @OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    113•5 months ago

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

    • lurch (he/him)English
      65•5 months 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 also, it’s outdated since four years.

      • IO 😇OPEnglish
        12•5 months ago

        or 13 in case of python questions, and they are about python2