Sorry for the title, I preferred keeping the original one. Mike's blog has quite interesting stuff!
As for your other point, yes, with all the negativity that StackOverflow sometimes exhibits, I really feel that the pressure/urge for users to create a "Minimal, Complete, Verifiable" example [0] is part of the site's appeal, and part of the reason of the high quality of responses you sometimes find there.
As for your other point, yes, with all the negativity that StackOverflow sometimes exhibits, I really feel that the pressure/urge for users to create a "Minimal, Complete, Verifiable" example [0] is part of the site's appeal, and part of the reason of the high quality of responses you sometimes find there.
[0] https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve