Dare ObasanjoMay 18, 2025

With the rise of AI making Stack Overflow obsolete, the company behind it is working on a rebranding effort as the brand is now limiting to its other efforts such as selling SAAS Q&A websites to tech companies.

Chegg & Stack Overflow have been the most visible losers from ChatGPT’s rise.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/08/a-new-look-for-whats-next/

A new look for what’s next - Stack Overflow

Show threadJeff Atwood
@carnage4life the boring repetitive questions are indeed obsolete, as they should be. That was always the goal of Stack Overflow: you type something into google and have an answer by typing in a question, pressing return, and visiting a link. Now you get it without visiting the link, which is true of MANY websites, not just "the only visible losers". There are a WHOLE LOT of losers here once you remove the click! However, there are always more, deeper, interesting questions to ask -- and new programming languages, new frameworks, new approaches, etc.
May 18, 2025 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMay 18, 2025
@codinghorror @carnage4life Right, instead we’ll be writing JavaScript with React for the next hundred years because SO disappearing (and nothing replacing it) will mean there’s nowhere to ask questions about newer languages/frameworks/concepts.
Show threadJeff AtwoodMay 18, 2025
@samir @carnage4life it's a classic example of taking a short term win (I guess, as long as ChatGPT didn't hallucinate, or give you subtly wrong information) over a massive long term loss.
Show threadsamir, an unknown quantityMay 18, 2025
@codinghorror @carnage4life That about sums up the current state of tech, doesn’t it?