from MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to programming@programming.dev on 28 Feb 20:24
https://piefed.zip/c/programming/p/1162755/looking-for-a-q-a-community-that-isn-t-as-restrictive-as-stackoverflow
I’m trying to find a place where you can ask broader development questions, not just specific error messages.
StackOverflow and Codidact are way too restrictive, if your question isn’t a precise technical issue with a reproducible example, it gets shut down immediately. Reddit and Lemmy seem more focused on news and link sharing; actual questions and discussions tend to just sink without engagement. And honestly, the kind of specific error-driven questions StackOverflow excels at are things AI can solve instantly now.
What I’m really looking for is a community (forum, Discord, whatever) where you can get help on broader topics related to software engineering.
Does anything like this still exist? Somewhere with actual humans willing to discuss the process of building software, not just fix syntax?
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Don’t most languages or frameworks have community boards? Maybe not the mailing lists more like old school forums
The Software Engineering Stackexchange has a broader remit than Stackovrrflow, but still has the requirement that questions are not purely opinion based
Maybe here on the fediverse? Community possibilities are pretty broad, and you could even create your own.
I have found a few communities on Matrix that fit that bill to some extent. For some reason they don’t devolve to “general chat” as quickly as most software related Discord servers do, in my experience.
There’s a lot of people who come to fedi looking for this spot — maybe it makes sense to see if programming.dev is willing to host such a community?