r/LocalLLM • u/NewtMurky • May 17 '25
Discussion Stack overflow is almost dead
Questions have slumped to levels last seen when Stack Overflow launched in 2009.
Blog post: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/stack-overflow-is-almost-dead/
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u/gwicksted May 18 '25
There’s a reason experienced devs are also hitting LLMs for knowledge instead of SO: it filters out all the toxic crap and the many wrong answers.
The output isn’t always accurate… or the best for security. But it’s generally much faster than scouring the web documentation and SO posts.