I use StackOverflow regularly to find answers, although I' afraid that despite their overzealous reputation system, there is still a lot of wrong advice to be found on the site. Some things simply get outdated, while others have not been helpful in the first place: some advice is not technically wrong, but still pointing in the wrong direction, away from a better approach.
Apart from googling and copy-pasting, I even try to participate in StackOverflow, but less so, as it seems pointless somehow. Either something is easy to answer and has been answered already, or it would take time to elaborate so before I finish my research or codepen, someone else already came in before me, or the question has been voted down for deletion for some obscure reason. Even worse, when asking a question myself, someone will surely find a reason why the question is either off-topic (not related to "programming", whatever that is) or prone to attract "opinionated answers".
StackOverflow denies the concept of best practice, but only in theory. In reality, accepting and voting on answers tends to promote popular trends (which might not even be the actual best practices).
To me, StackOverflow feels like a digital version of McDonald's, Costa's or Weatherspoons - it's hard not to bump into one, and if you're hungry you won't go an extra mile to find something decent.
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I use StackOverflow regularly to find answers, although I' afraid that despite their overzealous reputation system, there is still a lot of wrong advice to be found on the site. Some things simply get outdated, while others have not been helpful in the first place: some advice is not technically wrong, but still pointing in the wrong direction, away from a better approach.
Apart from googling and copy-pasting, I even try to participate in StackOverflow, but less so, as it seems pointless somehow. Either something is easy to answer and has been answered already, or it would take time to elaborate so before I finish my research or codepen, someone else already came in before me, or the question has been voted down for deletion for some obscure reason. Even worse, when asking a question myself, someone will surely find a reason why the question is either off-topic (not related to "programming", whatever that is) or prone to attract "opinionated answers".
StackOverflow denies the concept of best practice, but only in theory. In reality, accepting and voting on answers tends to promote popular trends (which might not even be the actual best practices).
To me, StackOverflow feels like a digital version of McDonald's, Costa's or Weatherspoons - it's hard not to bump into one, and if you're hungry you won't go an extra mile to find something decent.
The analogy of McDonald's to StackOverflow - beautiful!