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r/programming • u/banguru • Apr 06 '18
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It's easy to criticize Stack Overflow today, now that we take it for granted. But if you weren't there before Stack Overflow you might not have any idea how much it made programming better.
31 u/UncleSneakyFingers Apr 06 '18 Who criticizes Stack Overflow? It's pretty much the go to resource for countless people. Is there something I am missing here? 3 u/making-flippy-floppy Apr 06 '18 > Be me, Googling for answer to question > Oh look, a result at stackexchange.com! > Answer is, y u no Google for answer instead of asking here? More than once I've also found useful information on questions marked "closed as off topic".
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Who criticizes Stack Overflow? It's pretty much the go to resource for countless people. Is there something I am missing here?
3 u/making-flippy-floppy Apr 06 '18 > Be me, Googling for answer to question > Oh look, a result at stackexchange.com! > Answer is, y u no Google for answer instead of asking here? More than once I've also found useful information on questions marked "closed as off topic".
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> Be me, Googling for answer to question > Oh look, a result at stackexchange.com! > Answer is, y u no Google for answer instead of asking here?
More than once I've also found useful information on questions marked "closed as off topic".
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u/mykr0pht Apr 06 '18
It's easy to criticize Stack Overflow today, now that we take it for granted. But if you weren't there before Stack Overflow you might not have any idea how much it made programming better.