The death of web development education

Generative AI has devastated the web development education industry, with independent educators and course creators reporting collapsed income streams as AI chatbots and crawlers replace demand for human-created training materials and online learning communities. Prominent figures like JavaScript educator Axel Rauschmayer have seen book sales plummet to zero while AI bots consume their free content, prompting some to take their work offline, while others cite how developers now rely on error-prone AI tools instead of intentional human instruction and collaboration.