stackoverflow.ai is an AI-powered search and discovery tool designed to modernize the Stack Overflow experience by helping developers get answers instantly, learn along the way and provide a path into the community.
Congratulations on the launch! stackoverflow was the go to resource for many developers before chatGPT and Claude came along. I tried the tool and it was a bit slow mostly because of the UX (lacks thinking/realtime streaming)?. May be streaming the top community answers can fix this? Loved the fact that the UGC was given more prominence with AI coming in as an explainer rather than starting from scratch. Also developer flow has changed with vibe coding. Earlier developers will get stuck in a problem and then go to stackoverflow. Wonder at what point a vibe coder will switch to stackoverflow for answers or answer questions in stack overflow? An MCP integration within the IDE will be great!
Thank you for the feedback! Once we have the experience where we want it (accuracy, speed), we plan to go where developers are in the IDE so that they don't have to leave their context.
@busmark_w_nika Power corrupts. I dont know why higher ups would allow some "mods" to retain their powers after countless abuse reports. It was all in the logs. I think that rep and the fact that stackoverflow wasnt needed anymore because AI's would just read official code docs and github repos to answer any code questions you had. I was a big user on stackoverflow. i visited it like 20-50 times a day. but that dropped to zero over night when gpt emerged. I dont see how stackoverflow can position them selfs now. I would leverage the brand, and do something new.
I can share some early observations (we only launched the beta in July): we're seeing a different cohort of users who prefer the AI experience, specifically by location and subject area. It's a balancing act trying to solve issues for users looking for answers while integrating contributor content without modifications and with attributions into a fast, accurate, and comprehensive AI answer.
Raycast
Looks like @Stack Overflow is making a push to curry favor with students who are on their way back to school, since those who have graduated are finding it challenging to find entry-level roles.
Hard to tell if Stackoverflow will go the way of Chegg now that @GPT-5 and @Codex by OpenAI has prioritized coding tasks.
Stack Overflow
Thank you! We're working on filling the gap that AI tools have today, including:
Answers rooted in trusted, verifiable content. Our latest Dev survey show that while AI usage is growing, user trust is not.
"Off-ramps" to community so that it's not a dead-end experience.
A method to bring convos from AI tools to AI Assist and the community
And a whole lot more! We only launched the first beta in July, the second in September.
Looking forward to the continued feedback.
Wow, just yesterday I was talking with a friend about Stack Overflow and nostalgia for college, and now this. Congratulations. 😍
Congratulation to the launch it's amazing tool. @stackoverflow.ai
Congratulations on the launch! stackoverflow was the go to resource for many developers before chatGPT and Claude came along. I tried the tool and it was a bit slow mostly because of the UX (lacks thinking/realtime streaming)?. May be streaming the top community answers can fix this? Loved the fact that the UGC was given more prominence with AI coming in as an explainer rather than starting from scratch. Also developer flow has changed with vibe coding. Earlier developers will get stuck in a problem and then go to stackoverflow. Wonder at what point a vibe coder will switch to stackoverflow for answers or answer questions in stack overflow? An MCP integration within the IDE will be great!
Stack Overflow
Thank you for the feedback! Once we have the experience where we want it (accuracy, speed), we plan to go where developers are in the IDE so that they don't have to leave their context.
minimalist phone: creating folders
I am curious what the environment will be like with AI. [I usually heard that it used to be a slightly toxic place.] :D
DiffSense
@busmark_w_nika Power corrupts. I dont know why higher ups would allow some "mods" to retain their powers after countless abuse reports. It was all in the logs. I think that rep and the fact that stackoverflow wasnt needed anymore because AI's would just read official code docs and github repos to answer any code questions you had. I was a big user on stackoverflow. i visited it like 20-50 times a day. but that dropped to zero over night when gpt emerged. I dont see how stackoverflow can position them selfs now. I would leverage the brand, and do something new.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@sentry_co Maybe they are completely doomed. 💀
Stack Overflow
I can share some early observations (we only launched the beta in July): we're seeing a different cohort of users who prefer the AI experience, specifically by location and subject area. It's a balancing act trying to solve issues for users looking for answers while integrating contributor content without modifications and with attributions into a fast, accurate, and comprehensive AI answer.
Flowtica Scribe
It's interesting that many people saw Stack Overflow as one of the platforms most impacted by AI coding. Let's see if Stack Overflow embracing AI itself can open up new possibilities.
SMASHSEND
love stackoverflow, kuddos to the team, but I tried with a few queries and it's so bad.
Stack Overflow
Thanks for sharing. It's our second beta and we're shipping iterations almost every week. I'd love if you give it a try again in the future.