[dvh]

I stopped using stack overflow altogether. It require to write very careful question not to get removed, with LLM I write 1 sentence, then few to narrow it down as needed. It could easily be 1 minute llm vs. writing SO post for 20 minutes and waiting 30 minutes for response. It also saves googling time because googling query often must be more generic to be effective so I then have to spend more time adjusting found solution, llm often gives specific answer.

The moment I realized llm are better was when I needed to do something with screen coordinates of point clouds in three.js and my searches lead nowhere, doing it myself would take me 1 or 2 hours, the llm got correct working code on first try.

[rectang]

I have not stopped referencing Stack Overflow (though I have almost never asked questions there). I still find it more helpful for exploring approaches and ideas than an LLM. An LLM is most helpful when I definitely know what I want, I just don't know the specific incantation.