The last graph of stack overflow seems more like just wanting to paste in a good graph, rather than a useful one for the topic. The downfall of SO is well earned and meaningful as a topic (in a different article).
They acknowledge “grad unemployment is on the rise” and their explanation is we are “in an economic downturn”. Meanwhile stock market is at all-time highs.
Whoever wrote this article is likely also high, or at least delusional.
The common viewpoint is that we are practically in an economic downturn, but the overall stock market is being propped up by circular spending within the AI bubble.