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Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by b112 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @10:08AM (#48958317)
You know, there's a lot of really good data on Stack Overflow, regardless of all the issues.

I hope somebody saves it all.

Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by danparsonson on Saturday July 18, 2026 @12:17PM (#48959449)
They used to publish a regular torrent of everything, not sure if they still do that? Maybe you could grab yourself a copy for posterity.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by gs17 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @01:15PM (#48960030)
It's still possible to get a dump from the Settings page, just with a checkbox that says "if you use this for AI training we might ban you".
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by inigyou on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:31PM (#48961426)
You can automate it with browser automation tools.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by includenotfound on Saturday July 18, 2026 @10:26AM (#48958456)
Perhaps not what you intended, but most of it is stored in various models' weights.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by qingcharles on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:20AM (#48958934)
For better or for worse, the contents of Stack Overflow are literally the reason LLM coding has taken over the world.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by ivankra on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:15PM (#48964642)
No, that's been mainly due to RLVR.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph by 3eb7988a1663 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @01:50PM (#48960397)
Up until a few years ago, SO published full dumps onto the Internet Archive. There has been a community effort which has picked up the torch and is continuing to do the same on a ~monthly cadence.