Stack overflow is almost dead

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Stack overflow is almost dead

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Programming@programming.dev · 3 days ago

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Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.

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I’d wager that most new questions are in cutting-edge tech. Older tech will be saturated.

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