re: Has the Audience for Technical Articles Dropped?

1 · Just Some Code · July 13, 2026, 11:40 a.m.
Summary
Last week, I found this question on a dev.to post: “Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that articles on dev.to don’t get as many reads/views as they used to before?” Yes! On dev.to, Medium, and on the Internet overall. There’s no point in writing how-to tutorials anymore, unless you’re starting your coding or writing journey with TIL posts. For step-by-step guidance on coding tasks, there’s a magical text-area that seems to understands you and spits out answers fast. Less people are landing ...