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Web Developers Lament Decline of Helpful Online Forums

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The author laments the decline of helpful online forums for web development, noting that while open-source communities like those for PHP were once invaluable, they have largely disappeared. They observe that current resources like Laravel documentation lack community interaction, Stack Overflow is outdated, and express a negative sentiment towards AI as a source of answers. This leaves developers questioning where to find reliable information and support in the current digital landscape. AI

IMPACT Developers are struggling to find reliable online resources for help, with AI being viewed negatively as a potential solution.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal opinion piece about the state of online developer communities.

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Web Developers Lament Decline of Helpful Online Forums

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    When I started webdev I chose to use open source because the php forums were to much more helpful than the VBscript forums But now all the forums seem to have d

    When I started webdev I chose to use open source because the php forums were to much more helpful than the VBscript forums But now all the forums seem to have died and the Laravel docs don't even have comments Stackoverflow is too old, AI is stupid and evil ... Where do you go to…

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