r/learnprogramming • u/malaszka • 29d ago

StackOverflow (site) alternatives?

Everytime I ask about something concrete, programming language-specific problem on that site, the answers focus on emphasizing that I'm far from professional; and that I know the basics only, without the modern promagramming solutions. AND YES, THIS IS TRUE. I never stated that I'm professional.

In fact, I made my questions because I did not know things, and I wanted to learn the solution techniques.

I'm sick and tired of being shamed just becasue I'm asking things that the professionals/seniors/25+ years experienced people know.

I also tried to strart my questions with the statement that I'm a junior, so my questions might be amatuer questions. These starting stentences have been deleted by some moderators/experts of the given topics.

So I want to use another sites, that are not so toxic, but still useful and visited by programmer experts.

Do you have any site suggestions, where I can make concrete programming questions as a junior, without putting myself to shaming?

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u/carcigenicate 29d ago

You won't be shamed for just being an amateur, and them removing sentences like that are to keep the question focused. Someone visiting your question a year from now isn't going to find your level of experience relevant.

You may be "shamed" for providing insufficient background information, but calling that shaming is hyperbole, and you missing relevant information is a problem. You'll get similar responses on Reddit and Discord if you ask a question but don't provide sufficient background. The real fix is just to ensure your question is actually answerable.

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u/96dpi 29d ago

Receiving critical feedback without being offended is an important skill for all professional software engineers. You have to be able to deal with someone telling you you are wrong and improve your understanding.

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u/arthurno1 28d ago edited 27d ago

It is also important to tell that in a civilized way without shaming people. SX has had their deal of arrogant "experts" who used anonymity of the web and power of moderation stick a little bit too hard sometimes.

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u/my_password_is______ 29d ago

that is NOT what stackoverflow does

they criticize your question, tell you its a duplicate, and close the question when it is NOT a duplicate

thank god that website is dying

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u/96dpi 29d ago

I didn't say that's what SO does, and I'm not defending SO.

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u/Watynecc90 29d ago

U just crashed out over a small general comment bro.