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But the proof is in the pudding: the Java factions and the C# factions live side-by-side, right now, today, in Stack Overflow tags and learn a ton from each other. And so can the Developer Testing folks.",[],{"_key":459,"_type":62,"children":460,"markDefs":472,"style":88},"99549b11e07c",[461,465,469],{"_key":462,"_type":66,"marks":463,"text":464},"99549b11e07c0",[],"So my advice to you is this: ",{"_key":466,"_type":66,"marks":467,"text":468},"99549b11e07c1",[72],"join or die",{"_key":470,"_type":66,"marks":471,"text":216},"99549b11e07c2",[],[],true,"2010\u002F09\u002F28",{"_type":53,"asset":476},{"_ref":181,"_type":182},{"code":478,"language":479},"\u003Cp>Let's say I told you we were going to create a programming website that \u003Cstrong>merged all the C#, Java, Ruby, Python, and PHP programmers\u003C\u002Fstrong>, so they could all ask their questions together -- and simply \u003Cem>tag\u003C\u002Fem> those questions with the appropriate language. 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Yes, I'm talking specifically about myself, but also know about several others I know in the community who can speak for themselves if they wish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By not merging it, we are giving a good one place to find answers only about [Java], with the ability to have a very engaged and focused expert crowd ready to answer, and benefiting from specialized \"rank\" in this specific field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might sound superficial, but I think we're more likely to see the likes of [Java Expert #1] and [Java Expert #2] in a separate, unmerged [Java] site than in a broader developer site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>By this logic, \u003Cem>Stack Overflow itself should not exist!\u003C\u002Fem> We should have created a separate site just for the Java faction, and yet another for the PHP faction, and yet another for the C# faction ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just replace the word \u003Cstrong>Java\u003C\u002Fstrong>, above, with \u003Cstrong>Developer Testing\u003C\u002Fstrong>, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmeta.stackoverflow.com\u002Fquestions\u002F65439\u002Fshould-developer-testing-be-folded-into-a-more-general-programmers-site\">this is \u003Cem>exactly\u003C\u002Fem> the situation we're facing right now.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joel and I are deeply opposed to letting the community split itself into factions in this way. We would rather have \u003Cstrong>a few large sites on \u003Cem>reasonably\u003C\u002Fem> broad topics that use tags to differentiate subtopics\u003C\u002Fstrong>, instead of two dozen tiny ultra-niche subsites that only a fraction of people interested in that broader topic will ever see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.blog\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fjoin-or-die.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Stack Overflow community has historically come down quite hard -- \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblog.stackoverflow.com\u002F2008\u002F10\u002Fa-question-about-questions\u002F\">honestly a lot harder than either Joel or I originally intended\u003C\u002Fa> -- on the side of the non-subjective question, we believe that \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fprogrammers.stackexchange.com\">programmers.stackexchange.com\u003C\u002Fa> site is the place where \u003Cstrong>the more subjective \"there's no right answer, but let me share my professional experiences with you\" questions can live and prosper\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's consider the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Farea51.stackexchange.com\u002Fproposals\u002F8494\u002Fdeveloper-testing-unit-testing-and-more\">sample questions from the Developer Testing site proposal\u003C\u002Fa>, and where those questions might live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How do I unit test threaded code?\u003C\u002Fem> Non-subjective; \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.com\u002Fquestions\u002F12159\u002Fhow-should-i-unit-test-threaded-code\">already exists and has 70 upvotes\u003C\u002Fa> under the [multithreading] and [unit-testing] tags\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How do I mock a database?\u003C\u002Fem> Non-subjective; \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.com\u002Fquestions\u002F310307\u002Fmocking-vs-test-db\">already exists and has 7 upvotes\u003C\u002Fa> under the [unit-testing] and [mocking] tags\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>How do I test private methods?\u003C\u002Fem> Non-subjective; \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.com\u002Fquestions\u002F250692\u002Fhow-do-you-unit-test-private-methods\">already exists and has 60 upvotes\u003C\u002Fa> under the [unit-testing] tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>is it OK to have multiple asserts in a single unit test?\u003C\u002Fem> Subjective; fits on programmers.stackexchange.com under the [unit-testing] tag\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cem>How to start unit testing for a large scale application with no unit testing support at all?\u003C\u002Fem> Subjective; fits on programmers.stackexchange.com under the [unit-testing] tag\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\u003Cp>Immediately we have a huge problem: every question in this proposal is a \u003Cem>good fit on an existing site!\u003C\u002Fem> Now compare that with, say, questions about gmail on Super User, or questions about search engine optimization on Stack Overflow -- neither of which had a good home until webapps and webmasters were launched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the whole point of launching new sites is to give interesting questions that \u003Cem>currently have no place to go\u003C\u002Fem> a decent home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm sensitive to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblog.stackoverflow.com\u002F2010\u002F09\u002Fgood-subjective-bad-subjective\u002F\">subjective versus non-subjective divide\u003C\u002Fa>. There are \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblog.stackoverflow.com\u002F2008\u002F10\u002Fa-question-about-questions\u002F\">entire classes of questions\u003C\u002Fa> that are totally valid concerns for professional programmers which can no longer survive on Stack Overflow in practice. That's why I supported the programmers.stackexchange.com proposal in the first place; good-but-subjective questions were being closed because they had no home. They needed a home. Now that \u003Ca href=\"programmers.stackexchange.com\">programmers.stackexchange.com\u003C\u002Fa> has been created ... they \u003Cem>have\u003C\u002Fem> a home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the example questions in the Developer Testing proposal lacks a home. Therefore, acquiescing to the factionalism demanded by some elements of the community and creating this site would \u003Cem>by definition\u003C\u002Fem> create a \"duplicate\" as defined by \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Farea51.stackexchange.com\">Area 51\u003C\u002Fa>:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>duplicate\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This proposal would tend to drain audience from another Stack Exchange site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>If you asked the Java factions and the C# factions if they needed separate sites, of course they would tell you that they absolutely must have their own sites. But the proof is in the pudding: the Java factions and the C# factions live side-by-side, right now, today, in Stack Overflow tags and learn a ton from each other. 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