There are lots of good alternatives, just nothing that mirrors Stack Overflow's goal exactly. Lemmy instances, subreddits, forums like code ranch, platforms like dev.to, etc.

[–] jcolag@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It needs more traffic (and that'll require better servers and more moderation with training to make sure that it doesn't follow the same arc) to become a standard place to go, but I've become fond of Codidact. If I remember correctly, the founder left Stack during one of their bigger moderation blow-ups.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say "left"; she was fired for requesting clarification. I also recommend Codidact for asking new questions!

[–] jcolag@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the reminder! I probably knew that at one point, but with so many Free Software/Culture organizations lighting themselves on fire over the past year or so, they start to all blur together...

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Indeed, they were the OG powertrippingbastards

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago

Going to have to go much further back than that to find the OGs. Bastards have been power-tripping since long before the internet even existed.