• ericjmorey@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t need to be good. Just good enough that people need SO less often. If GitHub Copilot gives a code suggestion, I don’t need to look up some syntax or some method I forgot. I’m reminded, and can see that it’s correct. No searching online required.

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      1 year ago

      is that what people used stackoverflow for? I google cheatsheets for simple syntax reminders.

      What I found stack overflow useful for was ‘I have this random bug in this random browser / os combo - here’s what hasn’t worked, has anyone dealt with it?’ - and then hopefully we can all share the misery of this bug until someone figures out the source.

      Not sure where to go for that type of thing anymore.

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        1 year ago

        Not exactly why people seek out SO, but it shows up in Google searches and people click. Now there are fewer google searches for that sort of thing.