In a personal blog post, Baldur Bjarnason describes how he worked in various fields and positions: as an author, publisher, consultant, developer, educator, as well as radio and TV producer. None of these jobs were economically viable in the long term. Adding insult to injury, the respective communities alienate interdisciplinary people who do not fit into their narrow conception of the field.
Bjarnason describes the impact of generative AI on web development education: "[All] my training and education projects had dropped off one by one. Most of my peers who had been selling courses and training were shutting down their businesses. The demand for web dev ebooks had cratered."
Axel Rauschmayer is one of the world’s most prolific writers on JavaScript and TypeScript. He writes: "The income from my book sales went from being enough for me to live off (2024) to zero (2026)." Salma Alam-Naylor writes that AI is killing developer education: "Developers aren’t gathering together in online spaces to learn and teach and share exciting projects anymore." Josh W. Comeau notes: "Revenue down 50%+. Fewer people engaging with our content."
Source: Hacker News · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing