Stack Overflow's forum is dead thanks to AI
Stack Overflow's forum has seen a significant decline in activity, largely attributed to the rise of AI technologies. While the platform remains a valuable resource for complex programming questions, many users have shifted to alternative platforms like GitHub. The decline in questions and answers has been evident since the launch of ChatGPT in 2024, marking a notable change in user engagement.
- ▪Stack Overflow's forum has experienced a decline in user activity due to the rise of AI tools.
- ▪Many fundamental programming questions have already been answered, reducing the need for new inquiries.
- ▪The launch of ChatGPT in 2024 coincided with a significant drop in the number of questions asked on the platform.
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| Original publisher | The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff |
| Canonical URL | https://wiert.me/2026/05/26/stack-overflows-forum-is-dead-thanks-to-ai-but-the-companys-still-kicking-thanks-to-ai-sherwood-news/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 17:17:12 +0000 |
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Interesting article: [Wayback/Archive] Stack Overflow’s forum is dead thanks to AI, but the company’s still kicking… thanks to AI – Sherwood News. with this important quote: The complex questions still get asked on Stack because there’s no other place. If the LLMs are only as good as the data, which is typically human curated, we’re one of the best places for that, if not the best for technology. I wonder about how far it has declined now, and also think these are reasons for the decline as well: a lot of fundamental questions for each topic have already been asked few new programming languages gained popularity over the last decade (I think golang was the last major one) discussions on GitHub and to a lesser extent GitLab have taken over a lot of traffic toxic behaviours on mainly the…
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