The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are switching en masse to AI tools in
When it was just SO I think… if my memory serves. When it was small enough that only a (relative) few programmers were using it and generally behaving well.
How early though? I stopped using them about 12 years ago due to the toxic environment.
When it was just SO I think… if my memory serves. When it was small enough that only a (relative) few programmers were using it and generally behaving well.