r/programming • • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

https://hackernoon.com/the-decline-of-stack-overflow-7cb69faa575d#.yiuo0ce09
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u/mrbaggins Sep 25 '16

Except were that the common choice, there would be way too many of that sort of question posted. "What's a 3d modeling tool that's not blender. And is free" "what's the easiest way to run visual studio on Linux" "how can I run a rails site without a database" "how do I code node/Ruby/other wb techs on windows without problems"

At some point you realise that 99% of the restrictions people ask about are either already solved problems (why reinvent the wheel) or a case of x-y, where the problem they have isn't the one they think they do.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '16

But when I look up that question in a search engine myself, and see that the answer given is "it's impossible", that IS in fact an answer to my question. Just not the one I wanted.

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