Stack Overflow Questions Collapse

The day a blind man sees. The first thing he throws away is the stick that has helped him all his life Number Of Questions Asked [Monthly, including deleted questions] 300K 250K 200K 150K 100K 50K 0K 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 COVID-19 ChatGPT launched stackoverflow Source: Stack Overflow via StackExchange

A chart shows Stack Overflow question activity rising for years before collapsing sharply after ChatGPT launched. The caption compares Stack Overflow users abandoning the site to a blind man throwing away the stick that helped him after gaining sight, joking that ChatGPT made asking programming questions there unnecessary. EN: A chart shows Stack Overflow question activity rising for years before collapsing sharply after ChatGPT launched. The caption compares Stack Overflow users abandoning the site to a blind man throwing away the stick that helped him after gaining sight, joking that ChatGPT made asking programming questions there unnecessary.

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