Poll: What is the primary source of reliable information for #developers and #Linux / #Unix or IT-related topics when researching topics?
@nixCraft “reliable” being the key word in that question, I think
@witewulf yes, that is the main point. otherwise you know how it is. olo
@nixCraft there is the option:" look into the code" Missing xD
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RTFS - read the f...ine sourcecode
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@nixCraft everyone clicking "man pages" needs truth serum.
@nixCraft I said chatbot because I’m being honest, but I’ve only found GPT4 to be good enough to rely on (most of the time)
@nixCraft “AI” isn’t going to happen. They need to lay off that nonsense. Also I really wish people would stop calling it that.
@nixCraft How about querying all the other through AI chatbots and verify the cited sources?
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Wikipedia OR Books? What do THEY have in common? I never had the idea to look on wikipedia for technical information regarding development, but I have plenty of books about programming. I would have understood if you'd asked for general information about networking basics or similar.
@nixCraft definitely forums. Specific problems require specified solutions.
@nixCraft Trick question! The source code is the only source of reliable information
@nixCraft googling manpage.
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Good to see my efforts at documenting are worthwhile