What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph(data.stackexchange.com)
386 points by secretslol | 479 comments
A Stack Exchange Data Explorer query graphing Stack Overflow activity over time, but the capture shows only a Cloudflare bot verification page.
#stack-overflow on Hacker News
9 stories tagged stack-overflow, newest first.
Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time(data.stackexchange.com)
1397 points by maartin0 | 827 comments
A Stack Exchange Data Explorer query graphing the total monthly number of Stack Overflow questions over time; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
Luigi Mangione's account has been renamed on Stack Overflow(substack.evancarroll.com)
745 points by OsrsNeedsf2P | 542 comments
Substack post by Evan Carroll about Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange renaming or erasing Luigi Mangione's account, framed as tech serving the ruling class.
Large language models reduce public knowledge sharing on online Q&A platforms(academic.oup.com)
398 points by croes | 309 comments
Open-access PNAS Nexus journal article by del Rio-Chanona, Laurentsyeva, and Wachs on how large language models reduce activity on online Q&A platforms.
The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flawed (2019)(programming.guide)
319 points by Decabytes | 199 comments
Blog post by Andreas Lundblad explaining a bug in his decade-old Stack Overflow answer, identified by a study as the most copied snippet into GitHub projects.
The Fall of Stack Overflow(observablehq.com)
620 points by ayhanfuat | 703 comments
An Observable notebook charting Stack Overflow's roughly 50% decline in traffic, questions, answers, and votes over the past year and a half.
June 2023 Data Dump is missing(meta.stackexchange.com)
463 points by JasonPunyon | 232 comments
A Meta Stack Exchange answer about the missing June 2023 Stack Exchange data dump; the page did not render when captured.
Moderation strike(meta.stackexchange.com)
320 points by mwint | 226 comments
A Meta Stack Exchange post announcing a moderation strike by volunteers protesting Stack Overflow, Inc.'s treatment of its community moderators.
Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it(stackoverflow.blog)
388 points by djha-skin | 150 comments
Stack Overflow blog post arguing that focused attention is essential for modern knowledge work and that constant alerts and interruptions undermine it.