So long, Stack Overflow

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49 points·sklivvz1971··10 comments

Oh, from the title I thought Stack Overflow was shutting down.

Of all the major operational risks our startup faces, that would basically be at the absolute top of the list. I suspect we'd have to double headcount if SO shut down! SO should be considered a national utility/treasure like DTCC, etc.

Interesting point

Not just your startup. A large part of the tech industry would collectively panic if Stack Overflow shut down and all those answers vanished from Google. Developer productivity would likely be cut in half (or more) that day!

Lull in productivity, bad developers would suddenly stick out and either learn to "learn" or be replaced and productivity/quality would improve. It's all prospective :)

I see places in some code bases where instead of a comprehensive comment there is just a SO link.

I guess that professional software companies may, as part of their QA processes look for such comments.

I thought it was an upcoming hip new alternative site here to replace the endless search results of "Closed. Off topic."

That's a nice story arc. Thanks for your help building Stack Overflow. It's helped me manymanymany times as a programmer :)

Best of luck on your future endeavors!

Good luck on your future endeavors.

But I can't shake off the feeling that the company hired too fast and decided to let go of a few folks to avoid raising more funding. Of course as you said, the whole thing was amicable.

Nah, don't overthink this.

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