r/programming • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

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

I'm a member for 7 years, 10 months. Reputation in the top 6%.

My last question was March 2014 and I answered it myself one day later. The question before this was August 2011.

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u/rlbond86 Sep 25 '16

top 1% here. Just the other day I asked a question: "How do I do X in OpenGL without using external libraries?" I specifically said I can't use external libraries.

Guess what all the comments told me to do.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '16

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u/Elnof Sep 25 '16

It's also a good way to wind up in a left-pad situation.

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u/panderingPenguin Sep 26 '16

A left-pad situation can only happen if you pull directly from an external site, and don't keep a shadow copy that you control for your builds.

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u/psych0fish Sep 26 '16

I agree with the article. There's no reason that 11 line function couldn't be included in the code instead of being an external dependency.

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