• @BlueMonday1984
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    134 months ago

    An invaluable repository of programming knowledge ground into dust as the last tokens of good will are cashed in for stinky money. It was a unique place, where self-moderation by the community actually worked to a large extent.

    That’s the worst part about this situation - Joel’s burning the coder’s Library of Alexandria in pursuit of that cash. Whatever comes to replace StackOverflow is gonna be a pale imitation of what came before, and I suspect the entire field of programming’s gonna be feeling the setbacks for a long, long time.

    • @V0ldek
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      74 months ago

      Joel’s no longer associated with SO, though, right? He’s not even a chairman at this point.

      • @Soyweiser
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        54 months ago

        According to wikipedia he left, rejoined and left again in 2022.

        • @V0ldek
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          34 months ago

          Kinda checks out? 2022 is around the time it became clear the admin was clueless about what makes SO actually a valuable research, and then genAI was the perfect spark to go full rot.