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.

  • pivot_root@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days 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.
    • Feyd@programming.dev
      56·
      2 days ago

      While I’m sure you can find examples of those, the reality is that mods are right the vast majority of the time. The truth people don’t want to acknowledge is that the strict moderation keeping up the quality of the answers is the reason stack overflow was so popular.

      • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        Was so popular. Past tense.

        It was popular before the current ridiculous moderationlevels. Now people just go there for the older content, since all of the newer stuff gets closed as ‘duplicate’ despite not being a duplicate.

        • Feyd@programming.dev
          49·
          2 days ago

          That’s a ridiculous assertion. The moderation and complaints were the same a decade ago.