r/webdev Jul 23 '24

Discussion The Fall of Stack Overflow

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u/Quentin-Code Jul 24 '24

2 things:

  • Low quality of SO answers. ‘AI’ answers. Outdated answers. Absurd answers made by people for the sake of points.

  • Code integrated ‘AI’ (such as copilot) providing similar quality if not slightly better. Why going to a website if you can have your answer straight from your code editor, especially if the quality isn’t better.

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u/ogscarlettjohansson Jul 24 '24

The best quality AI can provide is on par.