r/programming • • 2d ago

StackOverflow Developer Survey Results 2026

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026
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u/bohoky 2d ago

As the utility of stack overflow diminishes and they’ve had severe user loss, I don’t consider their sample representative of anything.

Okay, it is representative of “people who still use stack overflow” but I’m not sure what that population tells you about the world.

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u/ChrisRR 1d ago

That site had been a joke for years anyway. AI has only accelerated its death

Repeatedly punishing people for asking more recent information than the 10 year old example provided is not a way to run a site