Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
by YetAnotherNick on Saturday January 03, 2026 @10:58PM
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No, you don't. Not only there are many examples of detailed stackoverflow articles written by absolute experts, you also need answer often for something trivial(which is like half of my chatgpt), e.g. how to export in pgadmin, or a nondescriptive error in linux.
Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
by palata on Sunday January 04, 2026 @04:01PM
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> No, you don't.
When someone says "I feel like" and you answer "No, you don't", you're most certainly wrong :-).
I do feel like the parent.
Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
by YetAnotherNick on Monday January 05, 2026 @06:11AM
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If you read parent's comment it's not "I feel like" comment even though he mentioned it. I have been in software engineering for long and the queries to stackoverflow/chatgpt combined haven't decreased for me.
Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
by palata on Monday January 05, 2026 @12:51PM
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> I don't know what your experience has been, but I do feel
Are you being serious here?
Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time
by palata on Sunday January 04, 2026 @04:00PM
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> I've "paid back" by leaving a high quality response on unanswered SO questions that I've had to figure out myself
I was used to doing that, but then the moderation got in the way. So I stopped.
The questions you land on will be unanswered or have equally confused replies; or you might be the one who's asking a question instead.
I've "paid back" by leaving a high quality response on unanswered SO questions that I've had to figure out myself, but it felt quite thankless since even the original poster would disappear, and anyone who found my answer from Google wouldn't be able to give me an upvote either.