This isn’t coming out of nowhere: These are all folks I deeply admire and I’d be lying if I said I disagreed with any of that. The fact is, demand for front-end technical writing has significantly dropped, and has been for some time . Just look at our stats for yourself: I’m not embarrassed to share this because it’s happening across the board. I mean, it’s the same thing over at Stack Overflow as we’ve already discussed in depth . I work with other content creators and publications and it’s also the same story. Naturally, I tend to take personal responsibility for this sort of thing, but it’s hard not to see that the root cause might be out of my hands: Source: 2025 AI Index , Stanford HAI And yes, I’m pointing squarely at AI. It’s a little unfair to say there aren’t other factors out there impacting our work and this site specifically, but let’s call a spade a spade and identify the biggest headwind. This isn’t totally about AI. It’s about technical writing in the age of AI.…