Author | Tu Min
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According to the latest sets of data disclosed by observablehq, Stack Overflow, a world-renowned programmer question-and-answer community, is stepping down from the altar.
Traffic to Stack Overflow has dropped by about 35% in just the past year and a half.
Source: https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow
On site usage, the number of questions and answers decreased by about 50%, and the number of votes received by these posts also decreased by about 50%.
It is undeniable that the arrival of the new AIGC era has had an impact on some established websites far beyond our imagination. In order to reduce this negative impact and keep up with the trend, Stack Overflow initiated "self-help", and recently announced a generative AI product called OverflowAI .
"Today marks a new and exciting era for Stack Overflow. We announce our roadmap for integrating generative artificial intelligence into our public platform, Stack Overflow for Teams, as well as a new product area," Stack Overflow wrote in the announcement. , such as bringing the rich knowledge of our community’s 58 million questions and answers into IDE integrations where developers focus and get work done.”
According to the official introduction, OverflowAI will be mainly applied in the following dimensions.
01
search
Like many big vendors, Stack Overflow also targets the search field for its first application scenario.
It is reported that in the past, Stack Overflow has relied on lexical search, trying to match it with questions and answers based on keywords provided by users. Now, with the addition of semantic search in its private OverflowAI Alpha, Stack Overflow aims to provide even more intelligent responses to user queries by harnessing the potential of vector databases, aligning the responses generated by search queries with the topics users are researching.
For Stack Overflow, the goal was to create a conversational, human-centric search experience. They hope to enable users of the public platform to quickly obtain trusted and accurate solutions to problems through conversational search powered by GenAI.
From there, it leverages its strengths by citing the highly-trusted knowledge of the Stack Overflow community's over 58 million questions and answers, and the ability to query that knowledge base for more personalized results.
This is an advantage that many other companies do not have.
02
Enhanced Search for Stack Overflow for Teams
In an announcement, Stack Overflow revealed that the same search enhancements will also be coming to Stack Overflow for Teams.
This means customers will be able to quickly find the most relevant answers and discover relevant knowledge, leveraging trusted sources such as Stack Overflow for Teams, Stack Overflow's public platform, and other places where knowledge is stored such as Confluence and GitHub. In response, Stack Overflow says more sources will be added in the future.
At the same time, OverflowAI also brings a new feature to Stack Overflow for Teams: enterprise knowledge ingestion . This capability enables users to curate and build a comprehensive knowledge base in minutes, drawing on existing, accurate and trusted content. Using AI/ML algorithms, the system will create a first draft of the label structure and recommend relevant questions and answers based on the team's most common query areas.
This AI-powered process efficiently kickstarts the Stack Overflow community, allowing developers to focus on curating and polishing content to ensure accuracy and relevance. Through quality and accuracy metrics such as votes, edits, comments, and views, all knowledge can be discovered and reused within the internal community, creating a vibrant hub of valuable information.
03
Slack integration
To make this information easily accessible, Stack Overflow is also integrating the Stack Overflow for Teams knowledge base with its new StackPlusOne chatbot, and integration with Slack.
Based on this, users can get instant solutions to the toughest technical problems from the data of the Teams instance and the community-proven resources on the public platform of Stack Overflow.
At the same time, GenAI provides responses in a conversational format, ensuring that even less-skilled members of the organization can easily understand the information.
04
Visual Studio Code extensions
In addition to this, Stack Overflow is also developing a Visual Studio Code IDE extension powered by OverflowAI.
This extension will provide effective content from public platforms and Stack Overflow for Teams, providing developers with personalized solutions to help them solve problems efficiently and effectively. The extension also allows users to document new learnings and solutions, contributing to the collective knowledge.
For more details, please refer to the official announcement: https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/07/27/announcing-overflowai/
You can also apply for a preview quota for OverflowAI through the official website: https://stackoverflow.co/labs/
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