Generative AI Is Killing Web Development Education
The death of web development education
Generative AI has devastated web development education, wiping out income for independent educators, authors, and course creators. JavaScript expert Axel Rauschmayer saw book sales drop from a living wage to zero, while Josh Comeau reports revenue down over 50%. AI crawlers consume free content without compensation, and LLMs replace human collaboration. Educators like Salma Alam-Naylor and Kyle Cook have left or scaled back. The post calls for collective action and valuing human teaching over AI commodification.
I don’t enjoy my field any more because the field is gone. Assuming that there’s still something there is a mistake. That feeling you have isn’t a frustration with changes to your chosen field. It’s nostalgia for a field that disappeared overnight.