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DevOps integrates and automates the work of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) as a means for improving and shortening the systems development life cycle.

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Stack Overflow in freefall: 78 percent drop in number of questions (www.techzine.eu)

submitted 10 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/devops@programming.dev

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The number of questions on Stack Overflow fell by 78 percent in December 2025 compared to a year earlier. Developers are switching en masse to AI tools in their IDEs, making the popular developer forum increasingly irrelevant.

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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Meanwhile, Discourse forum software continues to grow in popularity an doesn’t have the reputation for toxic communities.

Jeff Atwood co-founded both StackOverflow and Discourse.

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[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You can see the similarities. I really like the trust levels both systems use instead of the classic system of fixed user tiers.

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