According to Google AI

“Stack Overflow has experienced a significant decline in user engagement and traffic since the rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT.”

The Culture Problem

We’ve all seen the memes. You join the site as a junior, excited to learn, and your first question is met with:

“Thread closed. Not a real question. Also, why are you using that library? You should be using this obscure C++ wrapper instead. Read the docs.”

Conclusion

Stack Overflow will always be a legendary archive of human knowledge, but as a daily tool? It feels like a relic. Especially considering the behavior of some of the moderators on that platform.