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It is July 28, 2023, and you're watching the code report.
You might wanna be sitting down because I've got some big news for you.
Aliens are real according to government whistleblowers.
Do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft?
Uh, biologics came with some of these recoveries.
Yeah.
Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics?
Non human nonhuman alien.
What's even weirder though is that they recovered this strange code from their spacecraft.
It was so disturbing in fact that they posted it to Stack Overflow, but it was immediately closed as duplicate because it looks so similar to another language that I won't name.
If you're an elderly programmer born before 2022, you might remember a website called Stack Overflow.
When it launched in 2008, it revolutionized the programming world by allowing the average person to build complex software by simply googling and copying and pasting code from this website.
It accelerated Atwood's law stating that any application that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript, which is actually a law formed by Jeff Atwood, one of Stack Overflow's those cofounders, that's been proven true by science time and time again.
As programmers, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the Stack Overflow contributors.
Without their selfless contributions, it'd be nearly impossible for us to build our failed side projects.
Stack Overflow has been a huge success for one simple reason.
People will do anything for fake Internet points.
Having high Stack Overflow rep is like the ultimate clout for a programmer.
You walk into a c sharp conference with a 100,000 Stack Overflow rep, you'll be mobbed by cloud chasers who would literally do just to get into your LinkedIn network.
And when you surpass a million rep, people will start to name their kids after you like little baby Skeet here.
But the golden age of Stack Overflow has come to an end, and over the last 6 months, traffic to the site has tanked.
Before I explain why and what they're doing about it though, I wanna show you an awesome open source product from our sponsor, Graphbase.
The hardest thing about building a full stack application is not the front end or the back end, it's getting the 2 of them to talk to each other.
Graphbase can take multiple data sources and stitch them together into a unified GraphQL API, allowing you to access your data from any front end with type safety and IntelliSense.
What I especially like is that it uses TypeScript for configuration instead of error prone YAML and provides GraphQL directives to make it easy to build out your schema, and its open API connector can easily integrate any restful API.
Under the hood, it's built with Rust and can be run locally with a single command, and is one of the only solutions out there that can be deployed to the edge, allowing you to easily cache data and run resolvers globally.
If you're building a serious application that you'll definitely wanna have graph based on your radar.
Now back to Stack Overflow, traffic and overall engagement has declined nearly like 50% over the last year.
Based on data from the website itself, that was leaked by someone with over 25,000 rep.
But what's behind the shocking decline?
Well, I think we all know the In Japan, they call it a roku no haribato, also known as artificial intelligence.
ChatGPT basically took all of Stack Overflow's content and reflects it back to you in ways that are some tailored for your use case, it's pretty clear that the copy and paste engineer is being replaced by the prompt engineer.
If I were to guess, I'd say my Stack Overflow usage has declined about 60 to 70% with the rise of AI tooling over the last year.
For many though, this is poetic justice.
Stack Overflow is littered with bodies of wannabe programmers who quit learning to code after their first well thought out question was as down voted, insulted, and closed by the high value alpha coders.
Well, as of yesterday, Stack Overflow announced Overflow AI, a new generative AI a tool that can create answers based on the Stack Overflow dataset, but it begs the question, if I'm someone who answers programming questions all day, why would I continue doing that when AI is using my content and stealing all my cloud.
On top of that, all the other big LLMs like GPT 4 already drank the Stack Overflow milkshake and used all that data when training their models.
To understand To understand the situation more clearly, we can look to mother nature.
In the desert, when a snake becomes extremely hungry and stressed, it may begin to consume itself in desperation.
But obviously this can't go on forever and it's not just Stack Overflow.
AI is the final frontier for humanity and coincidentally you can't spell alien without AI.
Funny how they both appear at the same time after 1000000 of years.
This has been the code report.
Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.

Speaker 0: It is July 28, 2023, and you're watching the code report. You might wanna be sitting down because I've got some big news for you. Aliens are real according to government whistleblowers. Do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? Uh, biologics came with some of these recoveries.

Yeah. Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics? Non human nonhuman alien. What's even weirder though is that they recovered this strange code from their spacecraft. It was so disturbing in fact that they posted it to Stack Overflow, but it was immediately closed as duplicate because it looks so similar to another language that I won't name.

If you're an elderly programmer born before 2022, you might remember a website called Stack Overflow. When it launched in 2008, it revolutionized the programming world by allowing the average person to build complex software by simply googling and copying and pasting code from this website. It accelerated Atwood's law stating that any application that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript, which is actually a law formed by Jeff Atwood, one of Stack Overflow's those cofounders, that's been proven true by science time and time again. As programmers, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the Stack Overflow contributors. Without their selfless contributions, it'd be nearly impossible for us to build our failed side projects.

Stack Overflow has been a huge success for one simple reason. People will do anything for fake Internet points. Having high Stack Overflow rep is like the ultimate clout for a programmer. You walk into a c sharp conference with a 100,000 Stack Overflow rep, you'll be mobbed by cloud chasers who would literally do just to get into your LinkedIn network. And when you surpass a million rep, people will start to name their kids after you like little baby Skeet here.

But the golden age of Stack Overflow has come to an end, and over the last 6 months, traffic to the site has tanked. Before I explain why and what they're doing about it though, I wanna show you an awesome open source product from our sponsor, Graphbase. The hardest thing about building a full stack application is not the front end or the back end, it's getting the 2 of them to talk to each other. Graphbase can take multiple data sources and stitch them together into a unified GraphQL API, allowing you to access your data from any front end with type safety and IntelliSense. What I especially like is that it uses TypeScript for configuration instead of error prone YAML and provides GraphQL directives to make it easy to build out your schema, and its open API connector can easily integrate any restful API.

Under the hood, it's built with Rust and can be run locally with a single command, and is one of the only solutions out there that can be deployed to the edge, allowing you to easily cache data and run resolvers globally. If you're building a serious application that you'll definitely wanna have graph based on your radar. Now back to Stack Overflow, traffic and overall engagement has declined nearly like 50% over the last year. Based on data from the website itself, that was leaked by someone with over 25,000 rep. But what's behind the shocking decline?

Well, I think we all know the In Japan, they call it a roku no haribato, also known as artificial intelligence. ChatGPT basically took all of Stack Overflow's content and reflects it back to you in ways that are some tailored for your use case, it's pretty clear that the copy and paste engineer is being replaced by the prompt engineer. If I were to guess, I'd say my Stack Overflow usage has declined about 60 to 70% with the rise of AI tooling over the last year. For many though, this is poetic justice. Stack Overflow is littered with bodies of wannabe programmers who quit learning to code after their first well thought out question was as down voted, insulted, and closed by the high value alpha coders.

Well, as of yesterday, Stack Overflow announced Overflow AI, a new generative AI a tool that can create answers based on the Stack Overflow dataset, but it begs the question, if I'm someone who answers programming questions all day, why would I continue doing that when AI is using my content and stealing all my cloud. On top of that, all the other big LLMs like GPT 4 already drank the Stack Overflow milkshake and used all that data when training their models. To understand To understand the situation more clearly, we can look to mother nature. In the desert, when a snake becomes extremely hungry and stressed, it may begin to consume itself in desperation. But obviously this can't go on forever and it's not just Stack Overflow.

AI is the final frontier for humanity and coincidentally you can't spell alien without AI. Funny how they both appear at the same time after 1000000 of years. This has been the code report. Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.
It is July 28, 2023, and you're watching the code report. You might wanna be sitting down because I've got some big news for you. Aliens are real according to government whistleblowers. Do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? Uh, biologics came with some of these recoveries.
Yeah. Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics? Non human nonhuman alien. What's even weirder though is that they recovered this strange code from their spacecraft. It was so disturbing in fact that they posted it to Stack Overflow, but it was immediately closed as duplicate because it looks so similar to another language that I won't name.
dinosaurs
If you're an elderly programmer born before 2022, you might remember a website called Stack Overflow. When it launched in 2008, it revolutionized the programming world by allowing the average person to build complex software by simply googling and copying and pasting code from this website. It accelerated Atwood's law stating that any application that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript, which is actually a law formed by Jeff Atwood, one of Stack Overflow's those cofounders, that's been proven true by science time and time again. As programmers, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the Stack Overflow contributors. Without their selfless contributions, it'd be nearly impossible for us to build our failed side projects. Stack Overflow has been a huge success for one simple reason. People will do anything for fake Internet points. Having high Stack Overflow rep is like the ultimate clout for a programmer. You walk into a c sharp conference with a 100,000 Stack Overflow rep, you'll be mobbed by cloud chasers who would literally do just to get into your LinkedIn network. And when you surpass a million rep, people will start to name their kids after you like little baby Skeet here. But the golden age of Stack Overflow has come to an end, and over the last 6 months, traffic to the site has tanked.
Before I explain why and what they're doing about it though, I wanna show you an awesome open source product from our sponsor, Graphbase. The hardest thing about building a full stack application is not the front end or the back end, it's getting the 2 of them to talk to each other. Graphbase can take multiple data sources and stitch them together into a unified GraphQL API, allowing you to access your data from any front end with type safety and IntelliSense. What I especially like is that it uses TypeScript for configuration instead of error prone YAML and provides GraphQL directives to make it easy to build out your schema, and its open API connector can easily integrate any restful API. Under the hood, it's built with Rust and can be run locally with a single command, and is one of the only solutions out there that can be deployed to the edge, allowing you to easily cache data and run resolvers globally. If you're building a serious application that you'll definitely wanna have graph based on your radar. Now back to Stack Overflow, traffic and overall engagement has declined nearly like 50% over the last year. Based on data from the website itself, that was leaked by someone with over 25,000 rep. But what's behind the shocking decline? Well, I think we all know the In Japan, they call it a roku no haribato, also known as artificial intelligence. ChatGPT basically took all of Stack Overflow's content and reflects it back to you in ways that are some tailored for your use case, it's pretty clear that the copy and paste engineer is being replaced by the prompt engineer.
databases
artificial intelligence
programming
networking
marketing
mining
advertising
If I were to guess, I'd say my Stack Overflow usage has declined about 60 to 70% with the rise of AI tooling over the last year.
For many though, this is poetic justice. Stack Overflow is littered with bodies of wannabe programmers who quit learning to code after their first well thought out question was as down voted, insulted, and closed by the high value alpha coders. Well, as of yesterday, Stack Overflow announced Overflow AI, a new generative AI a tool that can create answers based on the Stack Overflow dataset, but it begs the question, if I'm someone who answers programming questions all day, why would I continue doing that when AI is using my content and stealing all my cloud.
artificial intelligence
machine learning
On top of that, all the other big LLMs like GPT 4 already drank the Stack Overflow milkshake and used all that data when training their models.
To understand To understand the situation more clearly, we can look to mother nature. In the desert, when a snake becomes extremely hungry and stressed, it may begin to consume itself in desperation. But obviously this can't go on forever and it's not just Stack Overflow. AI is the final frontier for humanity and coincidentally you can't spell alien without AI. Funny how they both appear at the same time after 1000000 of years. This has been the code report. Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.
nature
evolution
artificial intelligence
It is July 28, 2023, and you're watching the code report. You might wanna be sitting down because I've got some big news for you. Aliens are real according to government whistleblowers. Do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? Uh, biologics came with some of these recoveries. Yeah. Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics? Non human nonhuman alien. What's even weirder though is that they recovered this strange code from their spacecraft. It was so disturbing in fact that they posted it to Stack Overflow, but it was immediately closed as duplicate because it looks so similar to another language that I won't name. If you're an elderly programmer born before 2022, you might remember a website called Stack Overflow. When it launched in 2008, it revolutionized the programming world by allowing the average person to build complex software by simply googling and copying and pasting code from this website. It accelerated Atwood's law stating that any application that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript, which is actually a law formed by Jeff Atwood, one of Stack Overflow's those cofounders, that's been proven true by science time and time again. As programmers, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the Stack Overflow contributors. Without their selfless contributions, it'd be nearly impossible for us to build our failed side projects. Stack Overflow has been a huge success for one simple reason. People will do anything for fake Internet points. Having high Stack Overflow rep is like the ultimate clout for a programmer. You walk into a c sharp conference with a 100,000 Stack Overflow rep, you'll be mobbed by cloud chasers who would literally do just to get into your LinkedIn network. And when you surpass a million rep, people will start to name their kids after you like little baby Skeet here. But the golden age of Stack Overflow has come to an end, and over the last 6 months, traffic to the site has tanked. Before I explain why and what they're doing about it though, I wanna show you an awesome open source product from our sponsor, Graphbase. The hardest thing about building a full stack application is not the front end or the back end, it's getting the 2 of them to talk to each other. Graphbase can take multiple data sources and stitch them together into a unified GraphQL API, allowing you to access your data from any front end with type safety and IntelliSense. What I especially like is that it uses TypeScript for configuration instead of error prone YAML and provides GraphQL directives to make it easy to build out your schema, and its open API connector can easily integrate any restful API. Under the hood, it's built with Rust and can be run locally with a single command, and is one of the only solutions out there that can be deployed to the edge, allowing you to easily cache data and run resolvers globally. If you're building a serious application that you'll definitely wanna have graph based on your radar. Now back to Stack Overflow, traffic and overall engagement has declined nearly like 50% over the last year. Based on data from the website itself, that was leaked by someone with over 25,000 rep. But what's behind the shocking decline? Well, I think we all know the In Japan, they call it a roku no haribato, also known as artificial intelligence. ChatGPT basically took all of Stack Overflow's content and reflects it back to you in ways that are some tailored for your use case, it's pretty clear that the copy and paste engineer is being replaced by the prompt engineer. If I were to guess, I'd say my Stack Overflow usage has declined about 60 to 70% with the rise of AI tooling over the last year. For many though, this is poetic justice. Stack Overflow is littered with bodies of wannabe programmers who quit learning to code after their first well thought out question was as down voted, insulted, and closed by the high value alpha coders. Well, as of yesterday, Stack Overflow announced Overflow AI, a new generative AI a tool that can create answers based on the Stack Overflow dataset, but it begs the question, if I'm someone who answers programming questions all day, why would I continue doing that when AI is using my content and stealing all my cloud. On top of that, all the other big LLMs like GPT 4 already drank the Stack Overflow milkshake and used all that data when training their models. To understand To understand the situation more clearly, we can look to mother nature. In the desert, when a snake becomes extremely hungry and stressed, it may begin to consume itself in desperation. But obviously this can't go on forever and it's not just Stack Overflow. AI is the final frontier for humanity and coincidentally you can't spell alien without AI. Funny how they both appear at the same time after 1000000 of years. This has been the code report. Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.
It
it
is
is
July
july
28,
28
2023,
2023
and
and
you're
you're
watching
watching
the
the
code
code
report.
report
You
you
might
might
wanna
wanna
be
be
sitting
sitting
down
down
because
because
I've
i've
got
got
some
some
big
big
news
news
for
for
you.
you
Aliens
aliens
are
are
real
real
according
according
to
to
government
government
whistleblowers.
whistleblowers
Do
do
we
we
have
have
the
the
bodies
bodies
of
of
the
the
pilots
pilots
who
who
piloted
piloted
this
this
craft?
craft
Uh,
uh
biologics
biologics
came
came
with
with
some
some
of
of
these
these
recoveries.
recoveries
Yeah.
yeah
Were
were
they,
they
I
i
guess,
guess
human
human
or
or
nonhuman
nonhuman
biologics?
biologics
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non
human
human
nonhuman
nonhuman
alien.
alien
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what's
even
even
weirder
weirder
though
though
is
is
that
that
they
they
recovered
recovered
this
this
strange
strange
code
code
from
from
their
their
spacecraft.
spacecraft
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it
was
was
so
so
disturbing
disturbing
in
in
fact
fact
that
that
they
they
posted
posted
it
it
to
to
Stack
stack
Overflow,
overflow
but
but
it
it
was
was
immediately
immediately
closed
closed
as
as
duplicate
duplicate
because
because
it
it
looks
looks
so
so
similar
similar
to
to
another
another
language
language
that
that
I
i
won't
won't
name.
name
If
if
you're
you're
an
an
elderly
elderly
programmer
programmer
born
born
before
before
2022,
2022
you
you
might
might
remember
remember
a
a
website
website
called
called
Stack
stack
Overflow.
overflow
When
when
it
it
launched
launched
in
in
2008,
2008
it
it
revolutionized
revolutionized
the
the
programming
programming
world
world
by
by
allowing
allowing
the
the
average
average
person
person
to
to
build
build
complex
complex
software
software
by
by
simply
simply
googling
googling
and
and
copying
copying
and
and
pasting
pasting
code
code
from
from
this
this
website.
website
It
it
accelerated
accelerated
Atwood's
atwood's
law
law
stating
stating
that
that
any
any
application
application
that
that
can
can
be
be
written
written
in
in
JavaScript
javascript
will
will
eventually
eventually
be
be
written
written
in
in
JavaScript,
javascript
which
which
is
is
actually
actually
a
a
law
law
formed
formed
by
by
Jeff
jeff
Atwood,
atwood
one
one
of
of
Stack
stack
Overflow's
overflow's
those
those
cofounders,
cofounders
that's
that's
been
been
proven
proven
true
true
by
by
science
science
time
time
and
and
time
time
again.
again
As
as
programmers,
programmers
we
we
all
all
owe
owe
a
a
huge
huge
debt
debt
of
of
gratitude
gratitude
to
to
all
all
the
the
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
contributors.
contributors
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without
their
their
selfless
selfless
contributions,
contributions
it'd
it'd
be
be
nearly
nearly
impossible
impossible
for
for
us
us
to
to
build
build
our
our
failed
failed
side
side
projects.
projects
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
has
has
been
been
a
a
huge
huge
success
success
for
for
one
one
simple
simple
reason.
reason
People
people
will
will
do
do
anything
anything
for
for
fake
fake
Internet
internet
points.
points
Having
having
high
high
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
rep
rep
is
is
like
like
the
the
ultimate
ultimate
clout
clout
for
for
a
a
programmer.
programmer
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you
walk
walk
into
into
a
a
c
c
sharp
sharp
conference
conference
with
with
a
a
100,000
100,000
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
rep,
rep
you'll
you'll
be
be
mobbed
mobbed
by
by
cloud
cloud
chasers
chasers
who
who
would
would
literally
literally
do
do
just
just
to
to
get
get
into
into
your
your
LinkedIn
linkedin
network.
network
And
and
when
when
you
you
surpass
surpass
a
a
million
million
rep,
rep
people
people
will
will
start
start
to
to
name
name
their
their
kids
kids
after
after
you
you
like
like
little
little
baby
baby
Skeet
skeet
here.
here
But
but
the
the
golden
golden
age
age
of
of
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
has
has
come
come
to
to
an
an
end,
end
and
and
over
over
the
the
last
last
6
6
months,
months
traffic
traffic
to
to
the
the
site
site
has
has
tanked.
tanked
Before
before
I
i
explain
explain
why
why
and
and
what
what
they're
they're
doing
doing
about
about
it
it
though,
though
I
i
wanna
wanna
show
show
you
you
an
an
awesome
awesome
open
open
source
source
product
product
from
from
our
our
sponsor,
sponsor
Graphbase.
graphbase
The
the
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hardest
thing
thing
about
about
building
building
a
a
full
full
stack
stack
application
application
is
is
not
not
the
the
front
front
end
end
or
or
the
the
back
back
end,
end
it's
it's
getting
getting
the
the
2
2
of
of
them
them
to
to
talk
talk
to
to
each
each
other.
other
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graphbase
can
can
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take
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multiple
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data
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sources
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a
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unified
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graphql
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access
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your
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data
from
from
any
any
front
front
end
end
with
with
type
type
safety
safety
and
and
IntelliSense.
intellisense
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what
I
i
especially
especially
like
like
is
is
that
that
it
it
uses
uses
TypeScript
typescript
for
for
configuration
configuration
instead
instead
of
of
error
error
prone
prone
YAML
yaml
and
and
provides
provides
GraphQL
graphql
directives
directives
to
to
make
make
it
it
easy
easy
to
to
build
build
out
out
your
your
schema,
schema
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and
its
its
open
open
API
api
connector
connector
can
can
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easily
integrate
integrate
any
any
restful
restful
API.
api
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under
the
the
hood,
hood
it's
it's
built
built
with
with
Rust
rust
and
and
can
can
be
be
run
run
locally
locally
with
with
a
a
single
single
command,
command
and
and
is
is
one
one
of
of
the
the
only
only
solutions
solutions
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out
there
there
that
that
can
can
be
be
deployed
deployed
to
to
the
the
edge,
edge
allowing
allowing
you
you
to
to
easily
easily
cache
cache
data
data
and
and
run
run
resolvers
resolvers
globally.
globally
If
if
you're
you're
building
building
a
a
serious
serious
application
application
that
that
you'll
you'll
definitely
definitely
wanna
wanna
have
have
graph
graph
based
based
on
on
your
your
radar.
radar
Now
now
back
back
to
to
Stack
stack
Overflow,
overflow
traffic
traffic
and
and
overall
overall
engagement
engagement
has
has
declined
declined
nearly
nearly
like
like
50%
50%
over
over
the
the
last
last
year.
year
Based
based
on
on
data
data
from
from
the
the
website
website
itself,
itself
that
that
was
was
leaked
leaked
by
by
someone
someone
with
with
over
over
25,000
25,000
rep.
rep
But
but
what's
what's
behind
behind
the
the
shocking
shocking
decline?
decline
Well,
well
I
i
think
think
we
we
all
all
know
know
the
the
In
in
Japan,
japan
they
they
call
call
it
it
a
a
roku
roku
no
no
haribato,
haribato
also
also
known
known
as
as
artificial
artificial
intelligence.
intelligence
ChatGPT
chatgpt
basically
basically
took
took
all
all
of
of
Stack
stack
Overflow's
overflow's
content
content
and
and
reflects
reflects
it
it
back
back
to
to
you
you
in
in
ways
ways
that
that
are
are
some
some
tailored
tailored
for
for
your
your
use
use
case,
case
it's
it's
pretty
pretty
clear
clear
that
that
the
the
copy
copy
and
and
paste
paste
engineer
engineer
is
is
being
being
replaced
replaced
by
by
the
the
prompt
prompt
engineer.
engineer
If
if
I
i
were
were
to
to
guess,
guess
I'd
i'd
say
say
my
my
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
usage
usage
has
has
declined
declined
about
about
60
60
to
to
70%
70%
with
with
the
the
rise
rise
of
of
AI
ai
tooling
tooling
over
over
the
the
last
last
year.
year
For
for
many
many
though,
though
this
this
is
is
poetic
poetic
justice.
justice
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
is
is
littered
littered
with
with
bodies
bodies
of
of
wannabe
wannabe
programmers
programmers
who
who
quit
quit
learning
learning
to
to
code
code
after
after
their
their
first
first
well
well
thought
thought
out
out
question
question
was
was
as
as
down
down
voted,
voted
insulted,
insulted
and
and
closed
closed
by
by
the
the
high
high
value
value
alpha
alpha
coders.
coders
Well,
well
as
as
of
of
yesterday,
yesterday
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
announced
announced
Overflow
overflow
AI,
ai
a
a
new
new
generative
generative
AI
ai
a
a
tool
tool
that
that
can
can
create
create
answers
answers
based
based
on
on
the
the
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
dataset,
dataset
but
but
it
it
begs
begs
the
the
question,
question
if
if
I'm
i'm
someone
someone
who
who
answers
answers
programming
programming
questions
questions
all
all
day,
day
why
why
would
would
I
i
continue
continue
doing
doing
that
that
when
when
AI
ai
is
is
using
using
my
my
content
content
and
and
stealing
stealing
all
all
my
my
cloud.
cloud
On
on
top
top
of
of
that,
that
all
all
the
the
other
other
big
big
LLMs
llms
like
like
GPT
gpt
4
4
already
already
drank
drank
the
the
Stack
stack
Overflow
overflow
milkshake
milkshake
and
and
used
used
all
all
that
that
data
data
when
when
training
training
their
their
models.
models
To
to
understand
understand
To
to
understand
understand
the
the
situation
situation
more
more
clearly,
clearly
we
we
can
can
look
look
to
to
mother
mother
nature.
nature
In
in
the
the
desert,
desert
when
when
a
a
snake
snake
becomes
becomes
extremely
extremely
hungry
hungry
and
and
stressed,
stressed
it
it
may
may
begin
begin
to
to
consume
consume
itself
itself
in
in
desperation.
desperation
But
but
obviously
obviously
this
this
can't
can't
go
go
on
on
forever
forever
and
and
it's
it's
not
not
just
just
Stack
stack
Overflow.
overflow
AI
ai
is
is
the
the
final
final
frontier
frontier
for
for
humanity
humanity
and
and
coincidentally
coincidentally
you
you
can't
can't
spell
spell
alien
alien
without
without
AI.
ai
Funny
funny
how
how
they
they
both
both
appear
appear
at
at
the
the
same
same
time
time
after
after
1000000
1000000
of
of
years.
years
This
this
has
has
been
been
the
the
code
code
report.
report
Thanks
thanks
for
for
watching
watching
and
and
I
i
will
will
see
see
you
you
in
in
the
the
next
next
one.
one
success
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The shocking decline of Stack Overflow
It is July 28, 2023, and you're watching the code report. You might wanna be sitting down because I've got some big news for you. Aliens are real according to government whistleblowers. Do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft? Uh, biologics came with some of these recoveries. Yeah. Were they, I guess, human or nonhuman biologics? Non human nonhuman alien. What's even weirder though is that they recovered this strange code from their spacecraft. It was so disturbing in fact that they posted it to Stack Overflow, but it was immediately closed as duplicate because it looks so similar to another language that I won't name. If you're an elderly programmer born before 2022, you might remember a website called Stack Overflow. When it launched in 2008, it revolutionized the programming world by allowing the average person to build complex software by simply googling and copying and pasting code from this website. It accelerated Atwood's law stating that any application that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript, which is actually a law formed by Jeff Atwood, one of Stack Overflow's those cofounders, that's been proven true by science time and time again. As programmers, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the Stack Overflow contributors. Without their selfless contributions, it'd be nearly impossible for us to build our failed side projects. Stack Overflow has been a huge success for one simple reason. People will do anything for fake Internet points. Having high Stack Overflow rep is like the ultimate clout for a programmer. You walk into a c sharp conference with a 100,000 Stack Overflow rep, you'll be mobbed by cloud chasers who would literally do just to get into your LinkedIn network. And when you surpass a million rep, people will start to name their kids after you like little baby Skeet here. But the golden age of Stack Overflow has come to an end, and over the last 6 months, traffic to the site has tanked. Before I explain why and what they're doing about it though, I wanna show you an awesome open source product from our sponsor, Graphbase. The hardest thing about building a full stack application is not the front end or the back end, it's getting the 2 of them to talk to each other. Graphbase can take multiple data sources and stitch them together into a unified GraphQL API, allowing you to access your data from any front end with type safety and IntelliSense. What I especially like is that it uses TypeScript for configuration instead of error prone YAML and provides GraphQL directives to make it easy to build out your schema, and its open API connector can easily integrate any restful API. Under the hood, it's built with Rust and can be run locally with a single command, and is one of the only solutions out there that can be deployed to the edge, allowing you to easily cache data and run resolvers globally. If you're building a serious application that you'll definitely wanna have graph based on your radar. Now back to Stack Overflow, traffic and overall engagement has declined nearly like 50% over the last year. Based on data from the website itself, that was leaked by someone with over 25,000 rep. But what's behind the shocking decline? Well, I think we all know the In Japan, they call it a roku no haribato, also known as artificial intelligence. ChatGPT basically took all of Stack Overflow's content and reflects it back to you in ways that are some tailored for your use case, it's pretty clear that the copy and paste engineer is being replaced by the prompt engineer. If I were to guess, I'd say my Stack Overflow usage has declined about 60 to 70% with the rise of AI tooling over the last year. For many though, this is poetic justice. Stack Overflow is littered with bodies of wannabe programmers who quit learning to code after their first well thought out question was as down voted, insulted, and closed by the high value alpha coders. Well, as of yesterday, Stack Overflow announced Overflow AI, a new generative AI a tool that can create answers based on the Stack Overflow dataset, but it begs the question, if I'm someone who answers programming questions all day, why would I continue doing that when AI is using my content and stealing all my cloud. On top of that, all the other big LLMs like GPT 4 already drank the Stack Overflow milkshake and used all that data when training their models. To understand To understand the situation more clearly, we can look to mother nature. In the desert, when a snake becomes extremely hungry and stressed, it may begin to consume itself in desperation. But obviously this can't go on forever and it's not just Stack Overflow. AI is the final frontier for humanity and coincidentally you can't spell alien without AI. Funny how they both appear at the same time after 1000000 of years. This has been the code report. Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.
The speaker discusses the success of codes report and how it has revolutionized the programming world. They then discuss a sponsor, Graphbase, which uses a single data source and allows users to access their data from any front-end. The speaker also talks about the decline of crowd-to- molecular conversion and how it has affected the use of AI tools.