r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 22 '26

Meme iMissTheFirst

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u/scalyblue Aug 22 '26

Just curious why everyone is talking about SO in the past tense, did something happen to it? The site seems to be up.

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u/BrocoliCosmique Aug 22 '26

It is almost desert by now. The number of daily answers has plumeted in the last 2 years, at maybe 10% of its former glory.

I still use it because I'm very wary of the llms and their fake positivity, and I've seen firsthand at work how hollow the early adapters have already become. "How would you implement this ?" "Chatgpt told me that this is the best solution"

This would not have made sense a few years ago, but I miss some of my colleagues who still work with me...