I think SO does more harm than good now. A lot of answers are just people parroting documentation without any additional information.

Back in the day you would search for a problem and find a nice juicy blog post written by someone who has experienced and solved your problem. They would also add a ton of ancillary context around the problem which makes it interesting to read and a "better" answer than just a dry code snippet.

You can still find those blog posts today but since SO is so popular, you often get multiple SO results engulfing the front page of search results.