Abstract: Traditional code search engines often do not perform well with natural language queries since they mostly apply keyword matching. These engines thus need carefully designed queries ...

Since 2008, Stack Overflow has been an immensely helpful resource for developers, allowing them to crowdsource answers to their coding questions — and resulting in a vast online repository of coding ...

Abstract: Developers often look for solutions to programming problems in community Q&A sites like Stack Overflow. Due to the crowdsourcing nature of these Q&A sites, many user-provided answers are ...

Last month, Stack Overflow recorded just 3,862 questions. To put that in perspective, that is roughly the same volume the site saw during its launch month in 2008. At its peak around 2014, the ...

Stack Overflow prohibits human users from using AI to answer questions, but introduced an AI tool to present answers to users in September 2025. One user criticized, 'I had great respect for Stack ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Peter O’Connor, Senior ...

Stack Exchange Inc., the company behind the leading developer resource Stack Overflow, today announced the public launch of its new AI Assist feature. The company says it provides users with access to ...

As part of Microsoft’s Ignite conference, Stack Overflow on Tuesday revealed a new set of products that aims to position it as a valuable part of the enterprise AI stack. This new version of the ...

More developers than ever before are using AI tools to both assist and generate code. While enterprise AI adoption accelerates, new data from Stack Overflow's 2025 Developer Survey exposes a critical ...

The chart reveals that rankings have stayed relatively stable over the years—aside from noticeable gains for TypeScript and Python, and a gradual slide for Ruby. JavaScript has held the top position ...

It would be easy to say that artificial intelligence killed off Stack Overflow, but it would be truer to say that AI delivered the final blow. What really happened is a parable of human community and ...