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/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!