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jQuery vs Stack Overflow

jQuery started first, in 2006, 2 years before Stack Overflow.

jQuery 20y 22d since 2006 · Hollow started first Stack Overflow 18y 2d since 2008 · Wavering

Why jQuery lasted

  • It is still on a terrifying number of pages because WordPress plugins and old dashboards never die.
  • The $() brain is how a generation learned the DOM.

Why Stack Overflow lasted

  • A decade of ranked answers is still the corpus every model trains on and every search result cites.
  • Reputation as a game actually produced a library.

Questions

Which is older, jQuery or Stack Overflow?

jQuery started first, in 2006, 2 years before Stack Overflow.

How long has jQuery been running?

jQuery has been up 20 years 22 days, since 2006-08-26.

How long has Stack Overflow been running?

Stack Overflow has been up 18 years 2 days, since 2008-09-15.

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