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Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by qwertox on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:26AM (#37898878)
> they made sure I wished I hadn't.

Which says more about your style of asking than about the SO community.

Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by wink on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:36AM (#37898985)
Not really. There are dozens of reasons why you would want to do some thing the non-standard way and not "the one recommended" way, but it's mostly impossible to ask that on SO because 3 people will jump in to tell you "no you shouldn't".

You could try a "I know I should be doing X but I want/need Y" disclaimer (also often useless) or spend writing half a novel, to only get told "can you make that a shorter repro?" or back to square 1, "you shouldn't do that'.

Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by allarm on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:47AM (#37899105)
That says more about the fact you don’t have to bother about the style when you’re asking ChatGPT.
Re:Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction by qwertox on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:51AM (#37899155)
Because it is not resource-constrained.