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> Sure - If you just can't resist Stack Overflow's dubious charms

I rarely find useful material on StackOverflow when the problem isn't learn to do X with technology Y quickly (although there are a few very nice canonical-answers which I have book-marked for reference). I don't think a lot engineering time is spent in that though..

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I generally use StackOverflow to fix "stupid quirk #X" in technology Y. If those quirks didn't exist I would barely even use google.

For me the most useful part of StackOverflow is exactly the cut and dry answers for quickly doing X with technology Y.

When designing and implementing complex systems, this allows me to cut down the time it takes to remember certain things (like how do I left pad a string with enough spaces to make it align nicely) and keep my focus on the greater whole.

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