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Stack Overflow vs tmux

tmux started first, in 2007, 1 year before Stack Overflow.

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.

Why tmux lasted

  • Terminal multiplexers are infrastructure for people who live on SSH.
  • It replaced GNU Screen for a lot of users without a marketing department.

Questions

Which is older, Stack Overflow or tmux?

tmux started first, in 2007, 1 year before Stack Overflow.

How long has tmux been running?

tmux has been up 18 years 301 days, since 2007-11-20.

How long has Stack Overflow been running?

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

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