An invaluable repository of programming knowledge ground into dust as the last tokens of good will are cashed in for stinky money. It was a unique place, where self-moderation by the community actually worked to a large extent.
That’s the worst part about this situation - Joel’s burning the coder’s Library of Alexandria in pursuit of that cash. Whatever comes to replace StackOverflow is gonna be a pale imitation of what came before, and I suspect the entire field of programming’s gonna be feeling the setbacks for a long, long time.
Kinda checks out? 2022 is around the time it became clear the admin was clueless about what makes SO actually a valuable research, and then genAI was the perfect spark to go full rot.
That’s the worst part about this situation - Joel’s burning the coder’s Library of Alexandria in pursuit of that cash. Whatever comes to replace StackOverflow is gonna be a pale imitation of what came before, and I suspect the entire field of programming’s gonna be feeling the setbacks for a long, long time.
Joel’s no longer associated with SO, though, right? He’s not even a chairman at this point.
According to wikipedia he left, rejoined and left again in 2022.
Kinda checks out? 2022 is around the time it became clear the admin was clueless about what makes SO actually a valuable research, and then genAI was the perfect spark to go full rot.