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:”

  • DomiEnglish
    6•2 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
      2•1 day ago

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

      • DomiEnglish
        1•1 day 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.