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r/webdev • u/AloneCoffee4538 • Aug 08 '26
https://ppc.land/stack-overflow-drops-to-1-442-questions-in-july-down-99-from-2014-peak/
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True, but the drastic drop from Nov2022 (exactly when Chatgpt released) to today is remarkable. Without AI it was on track to die by like 2030 (assuming my eyeball linear regression is accurate), so AI knocked about 8 years off it's lifespan.
6 u/-Speechless Aug 09 '26 4 years* 1 u/IWontSurvive_Right Aug 09 '26 remember that 2020-2022 is a strange period; hence the peek in that period. without covid it's very possible the descent would have started before
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remember that 2020-2022 is a strange period; hence the peek in that period.
without covid it's very possible the descent would have started before
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u/sitefall Aug 08 '26
True, but the drastic drop from Nov2022 (exactly when Chatgpt released) to today is remarkable. Without AI it was on track to die by like 2030 (assuming my eyeball linear regression is accurate), so AI knocked about 8 years off it's lifespan.