matt_f

Lately I've noticed a spam site showing up in the top 10 of most of my coding / tech issues Google searches.

It returns a "headline soup" of other sites which have been obviously scraped from other blogs and help sites.

It's annoyingly-convincing clickbait that's hooked me about 10-15 times now.

There are no ads, nor links to any of the articles nor external sites. Just a wall of text.

Example: https://www.xspdf.com/resolution/50948681.html

The question:

What possible financial or other benefits could you theorize that the creators/maintainers of this site gain from running a useless spam site with no ads to capture tech searches?

I'm a junior developer working for a tiny < 10 people company. We provide something good, but it's not really changing the world for a lot of people.

I frequently revisit it a personal question of how (if it is even really possible) to do some real-world good by writing software.

As programmers, we have the power to organize and shape information and make it publicly available; to streamline inefficient processes; to build platforms for communication and collaboration; to create tools for others to build things with, or with which to run their businesses.

It seems like we have, relatively speaking, a lot of power at our fingertips, which could be harnessed for good.

Yet I don't know exactly what I can do that would be really useful in the re world for people's actual needs.

I would like to ask the more experienced developers and entrepreneurs out there: What have you done with writing software that, in your estimation, has truly impacted the world in a positive way?

What advice would you give for someone seeking to do the same, and looking for a clear direction to advance that goal?

What do you think is a worthy and useful use of your time, such that you could sit on your deathbed and think "I did something good with my time"?

I'm a junior developer working for a tiny company. We run a platform for people to run online courses.

I frequently return to the question of how, if it is really possible, to do some real-world good by writing software.

As programmers, we have the power to organize and shape information and make it publicly available; to streamline inefficient processes; to build platforms for communication and collaboration; to create tools for others to build things with.

It seems like we have, relatively speaking, a lot of power at our fingertips, which could be harnessed for good.

Yet I don't know exactly what I can do that would be really useful in the rest world to people's