Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around ~~50%~~ 35% of its traffic (Update: Around 15% of the observed loss seems to be related to the recategorization of the Google Analytics Cookie around May 2022. The chart was updated to only include data after that change). This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive. The charts below show the usage represented b

Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around 50% of its traffic. This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive.

The charts below show the usage represented by a moving average of 49 days.

What happened?

    • Greg Clarke@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      not for solving technical problems

      One example is writing complex regex. A simple well written prompt can get you 90% the way there. It’s a huge time saver.

      for generating prose

      It’s great a writing boilerplate code so I can spend more of my time architecturing solutions instead of typing.