In response to “The death of web development education”

I read Mat​hia⁠s S​chäf⁠er’s excellent post, titled The death of web development education. I was thinking about how I can contribute to the conversation and really struggled to articulate the problem.

The most effective way I can contribute, in my opinion, is a crude sketch I just did of Piccalilli‘s Stripe chart for all time sales:

A line chart showing sporadic peaks, but healthy sales with a sudden drop-off to an almost flat-line situation. The drop-off is labelled 2026

That’s a whopping 67.5% reduction since 2025…

Pretty bleak, huh? Something really does have to change or you’ll miss publishers when they’re gone.


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