I wouldn’t have my career in UX if it hadn’t been for generous writers and educators at places like SAMS, Sitepoint, and NN/G. Teaching folks how to develop code for the web has been an important (and, sometimes, lucrative) pillar for both software and publishing.

After two years of mainstream AI adoption, that niche is vaporizing.

Molily gathered stories that document how some prominent authors’ and creators’ income has dropped to basically zero.