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Stack Overflow is dead, and its toxic community helped kill it

For over a decade, Stack Overflow was the place where programmers went to find answers. If you Googled a coding error, you'd ...
Techzine Europe

Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions

The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are ...
Techzine Europe

What does the drought at Stack Overflow teach us?

Software application developer code advice portal Stack Overflow has reportedly experienced a significant downturn in usage. The December 2025 “questions The rise of developer code-bots & chatbots ...
New York Magazine

The Hidden Power of Stack Overflow: How a Website You’ve Never Heard of Is Holding the Web Together

Let’s say you’re relatively new to coding. Maybe you’re studying it in college, or you’ve just started at an entry-level position after attending a five-week ...
TechCrunch

Facebook Turns To Stack Overflow To Power Developer Forums

If you’ve ever roved around Facebook’s developer forums, you may have noticed that — aside from being loaded with complaints and bug reports — they’re pretty basic. There’s nothing wrong with them per ...
Business Insider

Layoffs hit coding community Stack Overflow as software engineers increasingly shift to AI for help

Coding community Stack Overflow announced on Monday that it's laying off 28% of its staff. Its traffic fell earlier this year as coders shift to AI for answers, Insider previously reported. Many ...