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Close reading of the corpus at each pipeline stage: raw → clean → relevant → coded.
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Aravind S D The AI slop pushback is real and growing. If output quality drops enough, there will be a correction. But I doubt it brings people back to SO — more likely it just raises the bar for how people use AI.
Utkarsh Maurya Utkarsh Maurya nailed it. The feedback loop matters — less public knowledge shared, weaker future models on edge cases. We might not notice for 2-3 years. Then suddenly the gaps show.
George Coller M.S. I'm glad you've found where your abilities complement the AI system. Many are still struggling with this!
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Stack overflow is no longer relevant. Remember the time humans transitioned from machine language to programming? Now we are transitioning from programming to ai tools. Programming languages are irrelevant now. They will slowly become obsolete. Now skills are measured by how learnt you are in claude, cursor, chatgpt etc. If you are still coding the traditional way or even debugging the traditional way, you are going backwards. AI should code and debug for you henceforth.
Sometimes the logs in third-party libraries are so cryptic that I don't think we need to worry about losing our debugging skills anytime soon! And that Stack Overflow nostalgia... Oh:)
Very good reflection. During my first experiences using AI for software development, I quickly realized that although I was producing code faster, I was not really learning. That’s when I decided that for every new project using a framework I don’t know, I would build a complete progressive workflow — from beginner to professional. The project evolves from a beginner version to a professional one by following clear stages that I test at every level. I do not focus only on the code itself, but on understanding the logic behind how the entire project works. During these progressive checkpoints, I continuously update the workflow with best practices, solutions to bugs encountered, and lessons learned along the way. At the end of the project, I create a second, professional-grade workflow for future projects. The first serves as educational material, while the second becomes a production-ready process for similar projects. If you have other approaches that you use, please share them with me — I’m always interested in learning different ways of working and improving my process.
I don't think it's going anywhere... I still depend on stack overflow for more complex coding. You never know what you can find out still!
LLMs train on SO to give people these answers... Without helping people actually learn anything. I'm sticking with SO and still use it and the StackExchange network every day. Not for Nostalgia, but because it actually helps me understand the problem and solution more deeply. SO was never a master. The people that contribute to it are mentors and teachers that care about learning and deflating my ego, not sycophantically propping up my ego and building false confidence.
The Times They Are A-Changin, Bob Dylan.
I haven’t used it in years. Old school 🏫
Asere Baloi that is a comment...
Sakib Ziad both, actually I ask same question to llms, so instead waiting for someone replay the post, now days llms do. So speed and development become faster than ever
Meanwhile stack overflows revenue has increased manifold because they've been feeding to the LMs instead 🫡
The LLM’s won’t have anything to train on. Hmmm...
Ash Mohatt Exactly. When you are in the suit you won't fire randomly, NOT WITH SAFETY ON YOUR MIND!!!
One age is over. New is here 👏
I think AI made us faster, but Stack Overflow made us sharper. AI is great for getting unstuck quickly, but the real skill is still knowing how to debug, verify, and understand the answer. The best developers will probably use AI like a senior assistant, not like a replacement for thinking.
And AI can "read" documentations that developers are lazy to do
I'm interested to know if you think that the current situation is better. Stack Overflow wasn't perfect, and the issues you described were definitely true. However, SO forced users to really think about the question they were asking in their attempt to understand a solution. With modern AI tools, you simply get the answer without having to work for it, or understand it at all.