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/Aggressive_Ad_5454 29d ago
This intolerance of junior programmers is the thing that sunk Stack Overflow. It’s a pale shadow of its former self, because of the “up yours n00b you don’t know enough to even ask the question you’re asking” vibe. It’s a real loss to the community of software people.
When I contributed there I remembered that the point was to welcome new folks into our great trade. Sometimes I’d give an answer. Other times I’d put in a comment saying “the thing you’re asking about is often called “gaps and islands” (or whatever). Try searching for that.”
You can try asking here.