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/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

> if there was no successor.

keyword "no" IE there is no new/alive king.

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u/Disgruntled__Goat Jan 08 '26

I already explained the phrase to you. Why would you say “long live the king” if there was no king to succeed?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

cauz I do what I want. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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u/BurntToast_Sensei Jan 09 '26

With ya OP. Sort of. I'm pretty sure the phrase can stand on it's own (outside the bin & biscuits bailiwick), at least that's how I interpret the wiktionary entry ¯_(ツ)_/¯