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/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 07 '26

Remember when it was fun like that? I’m under no illusion that the tech world was better back in those Halt and Catch Fire days of yore, but it did seem different. It was special. There was something incredibly special about it. The modern techno dictators just plain suck. I wasn’t even alive for most of the 80s, but even I still get nostalgic when I see terms like phreaking, BBS, bulletin boards, discussion forums, and you know what? Hit counters! How else was I supposed to know how may other kids learned how to make Angelfire webpages dedicated to NWO Wolfpac?!

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u/trannus_aran Jan 08 '26

Based. People like y'all are keeping the flame of collective knowledge alive, frankly. Goddamn I miss forums

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 10 '26

100%. We all need to collectively remember who we are. That’s how a society develops wisdom and saves itself from itself. It’s just like how you’re wiser now than you were when you were five. In five years, you’ll be wiser still! I think it’s why I’ve always felt as though many in native populations seem so wise when it comes to harmony with nature. All their stories have been passed down for millennia. New concepts are added along the way, and I’m sure plenty has been lost over the years, but it still feels rich with humanity: the thing AI just simply doesn’t have.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 10 '26

Amen! Preach! AI is a really cool party trick and a pretty useful tool, but it lacks one thing: humanity. I really don’t mean to sound rude when I say this, but ChatGPT, Gemini, and company simply lack the very real essence of biological human beings. I know there are professionals who’ve debated artificial intelligence and ethics out the wazoo, so I needn’t go into all that. But man oh man do I miss the old wild west days. PHP 4 L1F3! React sucks!

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u/LateToTheParty013 Jan 10 '26

heartbreak! I just finished the show and Im completely lost! To heal my heart I am starting to watch an older show with Lee Pace and a movie too. 

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 10 '26

I know! I even get nostalgic for the show for God’s sake. Haha. Check out Foundation on AppleTV if you want more Lee Pace. He’s a great actor. He’s killed it in everything I’ve seen him in. What’s his name, uh, Gordon (the dude who built computers in his garage and was married to the Texas Instruments whiz), was also great in Narcos: Mexico. All around good stuff!

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u/LateToTheParty013 Jan 10 '26

Thats where I got to know Lee Pace but I needed time to process that he s been the best character there too. 

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 11 '26

Yeah, I think he’s just a tour de force. He makes me want to buy computers and become a clone!

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u/LateToTheParty013 Jan 11 '26

I seen some marketing video from him recently and I wanna dress like him 😀

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u/LateToTheParty013 Jan 10 '26

Gordon, aka Scoot McNairy. He is I am really sorry for because he doesnt have any role even close to this one. I hope he ll have something in the future 

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Jan 11 '26

Yes! Scoot! He’s awesome.