Downfall Of Stack Overflow

Remember when you'd post a genuine question on Stack Overflow and within minutes someone would mark it as duplicate, tell you to read the documentation, and close it before you could even respond? Good times.

Now with ChatGPT and AI assistants, Stack Overflow is basically that old man yelling at clouds while the kids have moved on to getting their answers instantly without the side of condescension. The platform that built its empire on gatekeeping knowledge is watching developers quietly slip away to tools that actually... help them.

The irony? Stack Overflow's toxic culture of "RTFM" and "marked as duplicate of a question from 2009 that doesn't answer your problem" basically trained us to desperately want ANY alternative. They had one job: be helpful. Instead, they became the programming equivalent of that DMV employee who enjoys telling you you're in the wrong line.