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Stack Overflow is almost dead
Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.
Instead of asking colleagues, devs Googled and visited Stack Overflow for help June 2020: questions start to decline, faster than before. While Stack Overflow's days are likely numbered: I'm sure we'll see spaces where developers hang out and help each other continue to be popular – whether they are in the form of Discord servers, WhatsApp or Telegram groups, or something else. I really did love StackOverflow from when it launched, and it made a big and positive difference in my professional growth in those early years – I still remember the pride of getting my first upvote on first a question, and eventually on more and more answers as well.
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