From Stack Overflow to GPT: How Developers' Debugging Habits Have Shifted

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A developer reflects on how debugging has changed, moving from searching Stack Overflow and scanning voted answers to describing problems to GPT for tailored fixes. The older workflow offered peer-validated answers and community discussion that helped people learn, though it required knowing the right search terms. GPT is faster and adapts to specific code, but it can confidently produce incorrect answers, such as nonexistent methods. The author argues that the key skill now is verifying AI-generated solutions by running them and understanding why they work. The author says they use both tools, choosing Stack Overflow for proven answers and GPT for speed.

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