Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

ploum @ploum@mamot.fr

1/6/2026, 8:59:42 AM

Public

This is the evolution of the number of new questions per month on Stack Overflow.

Which is one of the main source of data for ChatGPT&co.

People using ChatGPT to program will be stuck between 2012 and 2022.

A graph starting in 2008, quickly growing to 200,000 posts/month in 2014, keeping steady until 2020 then declining, very sharply after 2023 to almost 0.

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