Archive for the 'stackoverflow' Category

Back on Stack

07Jan10

I am back using Stackoverflow after falling out of love with it. I went back for a specific reason, which was entirely the right reason, namely that I had a difficult technical problem that I could not find any solution for. You can see the post which took me back here. I got some great [...]


Ho hum.  I have lost my initial enthusiasm for Stackoverflow.  I think there are several reasons why: I am just tired of it I am sick of reading the same questions posted over and over again The preponderance of C# programmers asking basic questions is at once demoralisaing and uninteresting The broader programming population is [...]


Thou preparest a forum before me in the presence of mine nerdy peers: thou anointest my questions with answers; my stack floweth over. I *really* like Stackoverflow.  I think it is partly the innate nerd in me and partly the socialist programmer.  I regularly contribute to several technical forums and I try and balance what [...]