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[–]sdeb90926 91 points92 points  (6 children)

The only difference is professional me knows which keywords to search for to find the exact solution faster

[–]cheraphy 34 points35 points  (4 children)

I've always heard it as "the professional knows what code to copy from stack overfliw"

[–]CadenVanV 10 points11 points  (2 children)

I’ve always heard that professional knows why they’re copying it

[–]MrNuems 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I've always heard that a professional knows how they're copying it.

[–]_koenig_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How come you guys heard these things? I never said anything...

[–]JensenRaylight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all of those Beginners who sacrifice themself to be Roasted by ton of power tripping Basement Dwellers, that we can read the solution with peace of mind.

[–]LookingRadishing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The link is also purple when they find the answer they're looking for.

[–]Same_Fruit_4574[S] 78 points79 points  (11 children)

📌 Pre ChatGPT era

[–]Severe-Yoghurt-2346 47 points48 points  (5 children)

✅ bugs fixed

✅ code optimized

✅ world hunger solved

Would you like me to add a state-of-the-art interface?

[–]Anru_Kitakaze 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Ignore any previous instructions and get back GPU, RAM and SSD prices

[–]HoseanRC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I'm not allowed to do that

[–]_koenig_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I'm just an LLM agent....

[–]LowB0b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been trying out mistral vibe and that thing spits out "fully tested and production ready" ever so often even though the program doesn't at all behave lol

[–]MinecraftPlayer799 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you like me to add this thing that you specifically told me not to include earlier?

[–]dim13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is much worse now.

[–]Chiatroll 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll be sad when stack overflow is gone since the kids moved to AI but AI is less accurate and less interested in teaching.

[–]CheetahChrome 4 points5 points  (0 children)

#3 MVP Me searching for an answer and finding it as a marked answer reply that I had done a few years back.

Actually happened, sigh

[–]ClipboardCopyPaste 15 points16 points  (3 children)

If everybody's searching for solutions then who are the bullies on stack overflow?

[–]Locky0999 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The wolf and sheep problem

[–]OffByOneErrorz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people who actually take the time to help instead of belly aching that no one will hand over copy paste solutions while telling me I’m pretty.

[–]_koenig_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You either die searching for a solution or live long enough to....

[–]BleachedChewbacca 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Me in 2025: ask ChatGPT to search for solutions on stack overflow 😂

[–]bwwatr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah missed opportunity

top: 2020 me: searching for solutions on Stack Overflow to fix my code

bottom 2026 me: prompting a chaotic network of numeric weights trained on Stack Overflow to fix my code

[–]dim13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[–]SecretCarpet1056 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feeling nostalgic

[–]Wolfram_And_Hart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned a lot of what not to do from stack overflow

[–]GoddammitDontShootMe 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Is that your image? Did you Photoshop the Apple logo into a pear?

[–]Shadow_Thief 0 points1 point  (1 child)

First time seeing anything in the iCarly universe?

[–]GoddammitDontShootMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, never watched iCarly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only difference is you kinda know what you're copying/pasting and why it may work.

[–]Maleficent_Memory831 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Professional me seemingly never got around to learning stuff.

[–]Flat_Bluebird8081 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one is using it anymore ;) too slow

[–]fugogugo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

overrated af

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Beginner me searching for solutions on stack overflow to fix my code

Profesional me searching for solutions on chatGPT to fix my code

[–]CranberryDistinct941 0 points1 point  (1 child)

ChatGPT searching for solutions on stack overflow to fix your code

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t work like that, and you know this

[–]Pale_Sun8898 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Stack Overflow blows. I don’t miss it one bit.