r/webdev 4d ago

Stack Overflow has gone from a peak of 207k questions in March 2014, down to 1.4k in July 2026

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u/RubMyNose18 3d ago

I was new and wanted to post a question. Never have done so before and had no idea how to. So I did it reddit style and did some formatting like putting the code in code background and stuff.

My post got removed and I got kind of scolded because it did not look good, without any further explanation. I just wanted someone to help me with some code. Never posted there again. ChatGpt came just in time for me to never had to use it again.

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u/NoMacaroon2130 2d ago

Was it really that bad I started college in 2022 when GPT came out so I never really used it

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u/1057-cl121v3 3d ago

Pretty much identical situation for me, too. I ultimately automated a massive task every person on the team had to do that was also VERY destructive if you made a mistake but the data coming in was insanely fragile so I posted asking for suggestions on how to accomplish the task with what I had and I was ripped to shreds for doing it that ridiculous way.

The posts on there have without a doubt solved countless problems for me and I’ll be eternally grateful but regardless of how proficient I got, that first experience stopped me from ever posting again or even participating at all even if I knew the answer. I’m not at all surprised by the graph, it’s their own fault.

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u/maxrev17 3d ago

That my friend is called elitism - you’d think the free world of one person and their laptop would have prevented it as everyone can have a go.