Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions (www.techzine.eu)

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The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are switching en masse to AI tools in their IDEs, making the popular developer forum increasingly irrelevant.

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[+] Feyd@programming.dev -12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Yeah, ok. Now explain these:

Closed as duplicate. Question is barely related to the supposed duplicate.
Ask question about library X. Get answers for library Y, with demeaning remarks about having used library X instead of library Y.
Newcomers have a solution. Can't post it or even comment because minimum reputation requirements.
Accepted answer is wrong. The useful advice is in another answer or its comments.

[-] andioop@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I never even thought of using Stack Overflow to cheat when doing my homework. Still heard of its reputation during college and decided I should never ask a question there (even now after I've graduated so it absolutely would not be homework help), lest someone, yes, be mean to me.

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