do ya still use python?

[dn]

On 20/04/2021 20.32, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote:
> On 20/04/2021 04:47, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> 
>> Actually, this list is less busy than it was a decade or two ago, but
>> that's probably because of things like stackoverflow, python-dev, pypy-dev,
>> cython-devel, python-ideas, distutils-sig, issue trackers, code-quality,
>> and probably others.
>>
>> There was a time when most python-related discussion happened here on
>> python-list/comp.lang.python.
>>
> 
> It's also a reflection of Python's maturity in the market. It is no
> longer a cute language that folks stumble across and need lots of
> support to get up and running. There are all sorts of formal and
> informal training routes available. People are far more likely
> to have a buddy at work using Python that they can ask stuff.
> 
> We see the same trend on the tutor list, traffic has dropped off
> by a factor of 3-5 times what it was at its peak. And the questions
> are changing too, fewer basic things about loops and writing
> functions, more about specific library modules and such. (That's
> why I now have time to regularly read this list instead of
> dipping in once or twice a month! :-)


+1

As @Dan says, there are now many other avenues of enquiry.

Per @Alan's own, there are also many sources of training and reference
resources. Accordingly, and particularly at the beginner end of the
trail, it is much easier to find an answer oneself (than it once was).

The Python community itself has offered those more-specialised
fora/forums partly in a bid to syphon-off such topics and thus reduce
traffic on the more general list.


Similarly, when was the last time you went to a well-attended PUG
meeting? (cf a PyCon)


Is it a 'failure', or a 'success'?

Are there reasons why someone might prefer StackOverflow to this list?
Are they more to do with the person, or something the Python Community
should address?
-- 
Regards,
=dn