The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are switching en masse to AI tools in

The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are switching en masse to AI tools in their IDEs, making the popular developer forum increasingly irrelevant.

  • Feyd@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    the reputation of the site’s attitude towards new question posters

    Waaah I copy pasted my homework question and the expert that donates his time for free was mean to me

    • andioop@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      I never even thought of using Stack Overflow to cheat when doing my homework. Still heard of its reputation during college and decided I should never ask a question there (even now after I’ve graduated so it absolutely would not be homework help), lest someone, yes, be mean to me.

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
      0·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, ok. Now explain these:

      • Closed as duplicate. Question is barely related to the supposed duplicate.
      • Ask question about library X. Get answers for library Y, with demeaning remarks about having used library X instead of library Y.
      • Newcomers have a solution. Can’t post it or even comment because minimum reputation requirements.
      • Accepted answer is wrong. The useful advice is in another answer or its comments.
      • Feyd@programming.dev
        0·
        5 months ago

        While I’m sure you can find examples of those, the reality is that mods are right the vast majority of the time. The truth people don’t want to acknowledge is that the strict moderation keeping up the quality of the answers is the reason stack overflow was so popular.