When stuck 9 sites

Q&A archives and communities that still answer.

Stack Overflow

Traffic declined post-ChatGPT but the answer archive remains authoritative for JS/Python/Rust/TS. No card ever. Signup only needed to ask/answer.

stackoverflow.com

DEV Community

3.97M members, lighter-weight than SO for tutorials and opinion pieces. Fully free, no card.

dev.to

Reddit r/experienceddevs

Highest-signal senior-dev sub. r/programming and r/learnprogramming also worth following. Free.

reddit.com/r/experienceddevs

Exercism

100% free forever, nonprofit. 8,521+ exercises, human mentor review. Matches our donations-only rule perfectly.

exercism.org

Stack Exchange Network

Superuser, ServerFault, Unix.SE, DBA.SE, Code Review. Free.

stackexchange.com

Software Engineering SE

Conceptual Q&A companion to Stack Overflow's implementation focus.

softwareengineering.stackexchange.com

devRant

Alive despite the rumors. Low volume vs 2020 peak. Free.

devrant.com

Coderanch

Formerly JavaRanch. Java/OCP-cert focused. Free.

coderanch.com

Discord dev communities

Not a stuck-help site itself but hosts thousands of dev communities. Best for real-time help. Free.

discord.com