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by vadimberman 3017 days ago
I wonder how many people can pinpoint where the boundary between the two communities lies.

What does this division help to achieve? The two communities are in exactly the same format.

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The distinction between the two is described in the help/on-topic page ( https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic - be sure to follow the links) and various faq tagged pages on the meta - https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6483

The division is there so that questions about design and architecture have a place to get asked that don't get closed as off topic (lacking code) on Stack Overflow. Consider a question like In an agile process, how much work should be done by the PO on a project or feature before presenting it to the team? - https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3676...

The format doesn't dictate topicality... there are many sites that use the same format. https://cooking.stackexchange.com for example.