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

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.

  • markstos@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    Meanwhile, Discourse forum software continues to grow in popularity an doesn’t have the reputation for toxic communities.

    Jeff Atwood co-founded both StackOverflow and Discourse.

    • EarMaster@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      You can see the similarities. I really like the trust levels both systems use instead of the classic system of fixed user tiers.