That moment when you realise that stack overflow can't help you...

Anyone else used Stack Overflow for many years without ever asking or answering a single question?

Quite possibly the worst question I have ever seen on Stack Overflow

Found on 2019's Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey

I used CSS to vertical align some text..

without checking Stack Overflow

Finally closing dozens of stack overflow tabs upon completion of a project

I knew I was about to get laid off so I stopped caring and started answering questions on stack overflow all day every day instead of working.

10k rep later I got a new job via stack overflow careers that pays twice as much.

Moral of the story? Be efficient... even when you are not.

I coded a project today without touching stack overflow. Wow...

-During the brief moment stack overflow was down today-
Boss: “can you look up how to do this?
Me: “stack overflow is down”
Boss: “well shit I guess you can go home”

When your crush says I like stack overflow

Stack Overflow users in a nutshell:

*8 months ago*

Noob: "How can I do this with Javascript?"
SO User: "You should use jQuery. Here's how to do this in jQuery."

*Now*

Noob: "How can I do this with jQuery?"
SO User: "jQuery is redundant now. Here's how you can do it with Javascript."

When my question gets upvotes on Stack Overflow but none answers it

Stack overflow...

guess how many people get fired from their job? if stack is down..

I don't write code, I just parse stack overflow answers.

Well, I don't have much to say.... Just FUCK U Stack Overflow...

"Stack Overflow Mods are just ❤️"
~ Noone Ever

Stack overflow :D

That frustration when you find the exact issue on Stack overflow unanswered.

Thanks stack overflow

So I got an answer on Stack overflow

Answerer basically said "finding the error is tedious so I re-wrote your code"

They changed about 15 lines in their answer. I combed over it and found that I needed just one.

I put an answer myself, saying which line was missing (as the other answer didn't highlight the actual solution, and rather re-implemented my code)

My clear, concise answer was deleted by moderator for "Not adding anything new" (Except what the exact answer was to my problem, I guess)

Not my fucking problem. Make your own Q&A site harder to use, as if I give a fuck.

Stack Overflow is fun sometimes.

Stack overflow getting a taste of its own medicine

When the problem you're facing isn't on stack overflow

MRW one of my answers get accepted on Stack Overflow.

src: Twitter

The most badass dev you've met in real life? For me, it was meeting Joel Spolsky, founder of Stack Overflow and Trello!

Y do u do tis Stack Overflow ;-;

Why thank you, I'd love you private key random person on stack overflow

Stack overflow is really gold sometimes!

There is also the follow-up “Copying code directly from Stack Overflow”

College/university: gets a FAIL for plagiarising stack overflow. Serious offence
Working full time: gets PAID to plagiarise stack overflow. Everyday routine.

I've tried to double tap a Stack Overflow post...

Why are there so many rude cunts on stack overflow?

oh stack overflow trolls... please don't change

Stack Overflow is down, gotta use my brain now

I spent three hours coding some algorithm and then looked it up on Stack Overflow out of curiosity. Big surprise. Someone did the exact same thing but more effeciently, and had all the code in his answer on SO.

Ughhhhhhhh 😓

stack overflow is imminent

Stack overflow

Honesty

If only I could transfer my devRant upvotes to Stack Overflow...

Stack Overflow - Hot Network Questions

killing productivity since 2008

The best co-workers for me !?
1- devRant
2- Stack Overflow
3- google

Stack overflow is blocked

Stack Overflow: Search on Google before asking questions
Google: *Shows stack overflow in top results*

Just posted my first answer on stack overflow.

yep.

They didn't let me say thanks

If Stack Overflow really crashed it would never be fixed since the devs would be stuck refreshing Stack Overflow forever.

Thank you stack overflow

Stack overflow is a little too mean to new users :/

Just realized no one in my class knew that Stack Overflow was an actual thing, not just the website. Too much Java I guess :D

When you have a difficult problem, search on Google, land on Stack Overflow and there is the correct answer - written by yourself about a year ago...

When you finally reach 20 on Stack Overflow reputation.

delete accounts of asshole moderators on Stack Overflow.

How did the Stack Overflow developers debug their code?!? :O

Stack Overflow : None of us is as dumb as all of us

These 2 found stack overflow ↓ #respect

Help on stack overflow in a nutshell.

Notepad: Check
Tea: Check
Stack Overflow: Check
Devrant Stressbal: Check

Let's get productive!

Stack Overflow documentation is gonna be awesome in a few years...

Was more excited posting my first Stack Overflow question than I was losing my virginity.

If stack overflow goes down, I will be fired from the very day !!

A: man Stack Overflow is a paradise on earth, anything I need is on there, it never lets me down.

"Stack Overflow is currently offline for maintenance"

A: ......PANIC

You don't have a problem if you go to stack overflow to find a solution to something. You have a problem if you go to stack overflow and CANT FIND the solution.

Stack overflow

>Answered my first question on SO
>Comment: "It's a wrong answer"
>Me: "Do you mind telling me why, so i can fix it? It could still help the op"
>
>
>

I see. You were quick to tell me I was wrong, but don't tell me why. Alright then.

Is it just me or is stack overflow full of dicks?

Stack Overflow. Everyone uses it but everyone seems to hate the community. I very often read about someone getting down voted and they all say the same thing - "I have no idea why".

I have spent a lot of time moderating SO posts, which gave me a lot of reputation and medals. I find it fun to help people and it feels good to give back to the community.

I have asked a bunch of questions and I've never gotten a single down vote, which leads me to believe everyone of you that is constantly getting down voted are doing something wrong. Because the posts I see getting down voted are fucking stupid questions that either lack information or contain too much information.

Example 1:
Server java error

Why is my server not working? I am using Tomcat, port 8080 and I'm getting IOException.

Example 2:
Webpack configuration not working

My webpack is not a working, why?
[entire webpack config]

End examples.

What the fuck are you expecting asking questions like these?? No one gets paid for answering your questions, so the least you can do is write a CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE question. I'm not gonna tell you how to do it because there's A LOT of information on how to do it.

People devote hours and hours to helping others on SO, and of course they get fed up with the stupid and lazy questions. That community is not about being nice, it's not about making people feel welcomed, it's about QUALITY OF CONTENT. No one is crying when they find a superb question + answer, right? That's the result of a community not accepting low quality content.

So please, the next time you get a down vote on SO - do not come here whining about it but instead take a look at what you have posted there and ask yourself if it could have held a higher quality.

Thanks!

Stack Overflow Driven Development

Am I the only one who looks at the answers first on stack overflow then the question when the answer does not relate to my problem?

When you finally get the courage to write your first question on Stack overflow and you totally try to work it out well for 30 minutes and it gets a down vote within 5 minutes.

Finally reached 1000+ rep on Stack Overflow!

When you have more '+1' on devRant than Stack Overflow :|

Never make a question in stack overflow without having a LOT of points

Don't want devRant to become stack overflow but...

Feature request: mark as duplicate

that feeling when you get 3 downvotes in under a minute on stack overflow.

Good morning fromy office ranters ;) very productive day starts right now

On a three hour plane ride, and the wifi is down 😨. Three hours of programming without stack overflow... 😤

*wants to do some coding for once*
Stack Overflow: sorry, we're offline 😶

Classic 😑

Also it's Monday. Coincidence? Most certainly not!!

People on stack overflow can be pretty rude at times 😶

"stack overflow is full of pricks who think they're the best"

Stack Overflow is down. Can't write code at all.

Good guy me. Had an issue and no helpful answers were provided on Stack Overflow. Found a solution, and posted my answer, even the question is 6 months old.

When I try to follow a stack overflow example...

You know the world is about to end when STACK OVERFLOW is down

I feel bad for the stack overflow developers, because when it goes down, who can they turn to for help?

When Stack Overflow's developers are stuck do they search stack overflow for answer?

So Jon Skeet asked a question on Stack Overflow and accepted someone's answer .

Just thinking about the world without stack overflow. 🤔

found this on the internet, thought I would drop it here, ahah

Here we go again StACk ovErFLoW iS DoWN weRE aLl gOnNA dIe!

The greatest exception handler ever.

> stack overflow goes down
> almost every Dev loses their shit

throwback to when the stack overflow devs got a taste of stack overflow

After hours of debugging and trying to find a solution online I got frustrated and started working on a different module, thinking will come back to it later. Next day when I Google the errors I find a similar question in stack overflow which might have a solution. Feeling delighted I check the question but no answers. So I see the date and the user who posted it, found out it was my colleague who was also debugging the same problem.

two times in a row on stack overflow

Stack Overflow is down

Hi guys, how can I make stack overflow my default search engine?

Anxiety is waiting for an answer on stack overflow.

Somewhere in a lonely break room
There's a guy starting to realize that eternal hell has been unleashed unto him.
It's two a.m.

It's two a.m.
The boss has gone
I'm sitting here waitin'
This desktop's slow
I am getting tired of fixin' all my coworkers' problems
Yeah there's a bug on the loose
Errors in the code
This is unreadable
Rubber ducky can't help
I cannot debug, my whole life spins into a frenzy

Help I'm slippin' into the programming zone
Git push to the prod
Set up a repo
My hard drive just crashed
All my code is gone
Where am I to go
Now that I've broke my distro
Soon you will come to know
When you need Stack Overflow
Soon you will come to know
When you need Stack Overflow

I'm falling down a spiral
Solution unkown
Disgusting legacy, ugly code
Can't get no connection
Can't get through to commit

Well the night weights heavy
On my confused mind
Where's the error on this line
When the CEO comes
He knows damn well
To keep his distance
And he says

Help I'm slippin' into the programming zone
Git push to the prod
Set up a repo
My hard drive just crashed
All my code is gone
Where am I to go
Now that I've broke my distro
Soon you will come to know
When you need Stack Overflow
Soon you will come to know
When you need Stack Overflow
When you need Stack Overflow

When you need Stack Overflow, a ha
When you need Stack Overflow
When you need Stack Overflow, a ha
When you need Stack Overflow

When you need Stack Overflow, a ha
When you need Stack Overflow
When you need Stack Overflow, a ha
When you need Stack Overflow

Showing off the code i clearly took from Stack Overflow

What do you think about the new UI of Stack Overflow?
I personally was expecting something better...

Why the hell not ? :p

karens on stack overflow...

Fucking fuckers on Stack Overflow...

I kind a use SO every fucking day, helping people with horrible formatted (don't even start about content) questions, and then when I got a single fucking question once all three years, no fucking cunt out there is willing to help.

Some dumbass even downvoted my (in my eyes) total reasonable, perfectly formatted, good written question.

I fucking hate it, that I spend so much time on that fucking platform, whilst nobody is giving me some help.

Fucking fucker cunts....!!!!

I've fucking got about 2,5k rep, I fucking know, in what fucking dimensions I can ask a fucking question.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

When I question 'the purpose of my life' on stack overflow.

Lots of oof in one image.

I like how they had the audacity to say (and I fucking quote): "this is good news!"

I don't like to complain about sites generating revenue. I understand it is important and I even feel morally obligated not to use an adblocker. But all I will say is that the site has sustained itself for a very long time without the use of poor-quality and unrelated ads, and this feels like a lot more of a money grab than something the site actually requires.

Anyways, happy to see a -400 score on it. And I guess I can't wait to get Amazon ads on SO.

Just noticed my nice Stack Overflow reputation number 😂😂 total random 👌

placeholder fail xD

is this what copying code from stack overflow looks like?

Achievement Unlocked: "Peer Pressure" on Stack overflow.
Should I feed good?

Stack Overflow ..Are you kidding ? . <3 people who code . We have a 10+ developers in team still not able to build stable product.

Overflow! .... Mr. Stack Overflow! Genius buddy!

All we need is a stack overflow DARK theme

from nokogiri github page:

PLEASE DON'T USE STACK OVERFLOW

Solve it using stack overflow

Worst part of being a dev? Ever got an error message without a corresponding stack overflow question/awnser?

I have a bad memory, but I have stack overflow

Are youba full stack developer?

Why yes, I am a full stack (overflow) developer

The ability to find the right answer on Stack Overflow with one click.

Copying code from stack overflow doesn't make you a developer. Knowing where to paste that code makes you a developer.

Waiting for that stack overflow bounty

Google, Stack Overflow and GitHub.

Copy and pasting code from stack overflow.

How normal people stalk others -
Follow them on Instagram , facebook
How programmers stalk others-
Follow them on stack overflow , github, twitter, codeforces , bitbucket.

Got two updoots on stack overflow

Stack Overflow in veins..😂😂

When the company you work for decides to install a new firewall and the firewall service recognizes stack overflow as a forum site and blocks it.... :/

Stack Overflow taught me to place all my respect for fellow users in a near arbitrary score.

As a new user here I feel trapped...

My supervisor tells me to prefer the official documentation over stack overflow for reference. Fuck him

Every IDE should have an option to open Stack Overflow directly after an Exception is thrown.

Stack overflow was down..
I don't know why, but it developed some kind of respect for senior developers who don't had access to stack overflow in their time.

Last week's Android development time breakdown:

21.9% Managing state
17.7% Referring to lifecycle diagrams
15.1% Waiting for Gradle
8.5% Reading the official docs on how to use component x
8.4% Reordering auto-generated ConstraintLayout XML
7.5% Swearing
4.2% Googling “Stack overflow component x is deprecated”
3.9% Googling “Stack overflow implement component x on API 24 or lower”
3.7% Googling “Stack overflow implement component x on API 21 or lower”
3.2% Googling “Stack overflow implement component x on API 19 or lower”
2.9% Googling “Stack overflow callback y called twice”, realising its a feature and not a bug, swearing a lot
2.0% Checking if Flutter is mature yet
1.0% Implementing business logic

1337 reputation on stack overflow

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Every time I search something on Stack Overflow, I get excited when it's word for word the issue I'm having. Giddy with excitement, I click the question and scroll down.

Every damn time "Question was closed due to being off-topic".

Even when it's totally on topic!

Anyone get this or do I have the worst luck on the planet?

-music
-caffeine
-dark theme
-stack overflow

When your fear becomes reality😰

If you're ever feeling unskilled at development, just remember:

One of the most famous questions on Stack Overflow is "how to exit vim?"

Jk, Vim's a bitch.

Damn, I get more upvotes here than my stack overflow.

fml :/

Well, I think IDE doesn't needed... But what about Stack Overflow? :D

I just asked my frist question on stack overflow and I'm nervous af about the reactions I'm gonna get 😂

Let's see if it even gets any answers, wish me luck

Should programmers use google and Stack Overflow all the time?

me: *goes to stack overflow to get some points*
*searches for questions I only know*
*scrolls down to find unanswered questions*
*keeps scrolling*
*finds a question I can answer*
*types in my answer*
*finds out that someone has answered
the question with better explanation*
*decides not to submit my answer*
*looks for other questions to answer*
*keeps scrolling*
*scrolls some more*
*scrolls for the last time*
*realizes I'm Jon Snow*
*exits stack overflow*

Who else hates tutorials.
They are made with so much text and outdated code that it’s better to write the thing needed by yourself and stack overflow.🤔

Stack Overflow is offline

Why should i hire a programmer when I have stack overflow????😂

Stack Overflow is overrated

stack overflow's version of a ++ bomb

Devrant: it's like stack overflow but better

classmate: *asks something about our topic*

teacher: "uhm hold on" *goes to stackoverflow on screen where everyone can see* "there's your answer"

classmate: "thanks..... i could have done it by myself but ok"

>> let stack overflow be our teacher

Trust me, I never got an answer on Stack OverFlow.

Friendly reminder to close those 27 Stack Overflow tabs you don't use anymore :)

Making a loop is like taking a dump:

If you dont manage all the shit, you'll end up with an overflow.

How do you guys have such time to answer questions in stack overflow? 🤔
Just realize as a developer I never contribute on stack overflow.

Hmm, no notifications on Stack Overflow today.

…everyone must be on devRant now. ;)

When there are more than one answers on Stack Overflow.

Stack Overflow is down. This is not a drill!

Old forums with posts from a decade ago are more helpful (and friendly) than StackOverflow. Fact.

Happens every time.

Hey DevRant Fam ❤️ hope everyone is well as always! It’s Sunday here in dull weather Sydney!, i was thinking bout this for awhile now, now surely most of us time to time use Stack Overflow for help and it works!.

Though, thats not the issue :-), my first time using it as a newbie wasn’t so great so to say, I’ve noticed that the people over at S/O can be quite rude such as they would downVote my question and also not comment why they have downvoted it :-(.

I’d love to know what you guys think, funnily enough I’m using DevRant much more than FB itself 😅, anyways guys hope you’re all having a great one!

Best wishes ❤️
Milo

Has anyone checked out stack overflow today? 😂 You should

I wonder how was life before stack overflow....

Lets not go to Stack Overflow..tis a silly place!

Well, why can't I sync my stack overflow points to devrant. :P

Open up Stack Overflow to pretend I'm being busy. 😅

I really love Stack overflow... 😒

When you try to help on Stack Overflow but every fracking question that you have the answer to gets at answer 8.7 milliseconds by Jon Skeets everywhere that monitor the new questions page!

I've rarely encountered an error that someone on Stack Overflow hasn't also encountered

Thank fuck for Stack Overflow

When you suddenly forget how to code because… Stack Overflow is down.

Just got this very interesting email...

When a repos issue tracker looks more like Stack Overflow in it's content...

SOOP - Stack Overflow Oriented Programming

Stack overflow gives php as "techs you dislike" sugestion.

Am I the only one who always ask on stack overflow but never answer? #theworstdeveloper

Devrant is not stack overflow, thank you for coming to my ted talk

Stack overflow in a nutshell

Stack Overflow is the need for a developer.

stack overflow roasts..
mannn they are brutal !!!

Why is stack overflow so savage?!

my googling Stack has overflown out of stack overflow and I feel like fucked up and create a New stack that doesn't overflow

*Stack Overflow* : Only 1 question to unlock the Curious badge.
*Also StackOverflow*

Some peoples questions on Stack Overflow are so fucking cryptic, it's as though the question is written in the language in question.

Stack Overflow is a great resource for all sorts of programming hints and tips, information and...sadly, desinformation. But if you want to comment on something someone's said you need 50 reputation points. How to achieve that when you need rep points to do anything that could earn you rep points? It's a catch 22 for newcomers that are like totally excluded from any discussions at SO which is more sort of a read-only community to me. This is where devRant shines. Anyone can rant about anything and comment on anyone's rant. Some rants and comments are stupid, and some are great. In the end of the day, freedom of speech is a great thing.

*gets banned from asking questions on stack overflow*

Yup. Seems about right.

Tbh it was time 😭

Rant

Arg! Stack overflow why are you so full of argumentative dumb wits. I post serious question for a serious answer and what do I get? People who apparently know my situation better than me and have decided what I want to be done shouldn't be done. They don't even know what I am making. Either answer the question or move on!!!

ChatGPT is Stack Overflow, but faster and without all the toxicity.

stack overflow !!

Most of your time is going to be spent on Stack Overflow.

You know you're a developer when the only secret society you want to join are those who don't get auto down-voted for a Stack Overflow question.

!rant
Stack Overflow Offline

Dev struggle; you can never read so as something other than stack overflow

I accidentally visited the stack overflow homepage today. It actually looks good. Nice

Sometimes I think I should give half of my salary to Google and stack overflow.

Stack Overflow devs need to search Stack Overflow for how to make html comments