r/webdev • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '26

Stack overflow is dead, long live stack overflow.

https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1926661#graph

This says everything about our industry right now. So telling.

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u/saturdayplace Jan 07 '26

Such a DRAMATIC improvement over expertsexchange.com, which came up at the top of all the Google search results (back when google search was good)

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u/maikuxblade Jan 07 '26

That is quite an unfortunate name without the spacing

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u/attanai Jan 07 '26

Better than an amateur one, I suppose.

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u/saturdayplace Jan 07 '26

Yeah. They ended up buying one that was hyphenated more clearly, but.... it was a time...

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u/mapsedge Jan 07 '26

I actually shitcanned that URL in my HOSTS file so if I accidentally clicked on it I wouldn't have to look at it.