I see what you're saying and I agree for the most part, but all that code is written by someone, reviewed (maybe), and put to some form of a production environment. The code in StackOverflow is usually just typed right into the answer box and submitted. I know I've edited answers where there were compilation errors in the accepted solutions! Not strictly relevant to JS of course.
This is unintentionally fucking hilarious. You already concede that review is a “maybe”... so we have to assume it won’t happen. So basically your argument boils down to web code meeting the high standards of being “written by someone” and put in “some form” of a production environment. Any http server on a routable ip address qualifies as “some form” of production environment.
You don't think there's the slightest bit of difference between production code written at even very dysfunctional organizations with mediocre developers, and random answers on StackOverflow?
And you've only been here for a few weeks so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but calling something "unintentionally...hilarious" is usually taken as just another way of calling someone an idiot. I'd suggest you try to find ways to make your point without deriding those who don't share your view, especially on something so inconsequential.
> You don't think there's the slightest bit of difference between production code written at even very dysfunctional organizations with mediocre developers, and random answers on StackOverflow?
I do; a random SO answer will be miles better than anything coming out of an average organisation.
To write an SO answer, you need to actually care about answering SO questions. To write code in an average company, you need to... have a pulse, it seems.
