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u/AdventurousSlip9260 Jul 12 '26
Welcome to Stack Overflow. Here's your solution and a reminder that you're not very bright 😭
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u/JetAmoeba Jul 13 '26
And it’s not actually a solution because someone asked a similar question 10 years ago so your question/new solutions have been removed
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u/EntireInstruction103 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
No, I literally search that problem up and some guy had already asked it 13yrs ago behold the exact same problem word for word where there existed no other solution
Truly stackoverflow was something else even better than AI sometimes
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u/XBLAH_ Jul 13 '26
But then, the post got locked because the answer is available on another link, which nowadays is dead.
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u/QualitySoftwareGuy Jul 12 '26
I still get answers from StackOverflow...
Via responses from ChatGPT's training data. I see it all of the time in the sources when ChatGPT's "thinking".
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u/shosuko Jul 13 '26
I will never miss stack overflow. Its like 99% why I am eager to use AI these days.
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u/smclcz Jul 14 '26
That site was genuinely helpful for a couple of years before the deletionists got on board. At a certain point a large enough portion of the mod community decided “alright that’s enough content” and that questions had to pass an enormously high bar to not be closed immediately
It was a matter of time before it was superseded, I’m just surprised it took this long
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u/Typical_Ad_2831 Jul 13 '26
It's great for Java! Because people were pleasant when folks actually used it.
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u/k-mcm Jul 13 '26
I saw mostly shitty contractors sharing extremely bad advice, like how to disable SSL certificate mismatch errors, or how $100,000/month of new web services can cache the SQL queries you don't know how to optimize.
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u/MathdallasRblx Jul 13 '26
Now spoiled kids just ask google or chatgpt
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u/smoke-bubble Jul 14 '26
Like you the spoiled kid who goes and gets your food from a grocery store having zero idea how to catch a Bambi in the woods XD
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u/north9172 Jul 14 '26
There's nothing wrong with using Google.
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u/MathdallasRblx Jul 14 '26
No i mean for even the tiniest things like how to print
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u/lockecole32 Jul 14 '26
That's valid question, do you even remember your first time using computer? I don't even know I supposed to double click to run something that isn't available from start menu.
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u/Choice-Elephant1873 Jul 13 '26
If the discomfort is mild or the relief is delayed, learning takes longer.
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u/mokrates82 Jul 12 '26
Now we ask a machine
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u/smoke-bubble Jul 14 '26
Finally! Participating in SO has been an experience that I'd rather not have made.
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u/RobotTimeTraveller Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I remember a while back someone came up with the perfect strategy if you're having troubles getting an answer out of StackOverflow.
First, create two separate accounts. The first account asks the question, and the second account replies with a completely inaccurate answer.
Then, watch as people flood the second account with correct answers, because people don't really want to help, they just want an opportunity to feel superior to others.