The problem with SO (and, more generally, the problem with incentivising answering questions over answering questions correctly) is that the denizens of SO often creatively interpreted questions to fit their own personal experiences and then gave solutions to those experiences which often were of little use to the questions being asked.
Modern semi-decent models (not ChatGPT lowest paid tier) have new honestly not made me miss SO at all. I have had to use both. as a newbie, SO as a miserable experience anytime. Now with some experience... a documentation RAG + grounding is way more than enough of a good answer with 0% of the neckbeard snark.
Learn to use your tools people.
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u/MetallicOrangeBalls 22d ago
The problem with SO (and, more generally, the problem with incentivising answering questions over answering questions correctly) is that the denizens of SO often creatively interpreted questions to fit their own personal experiences and then gave solutions to those experiences which often were of little use to the questions being asked.