This after I see a video about how online tutorials are losing popularity to AI LLMs.

As a Udemy course instructor, I am not sure what to think. I was not able to opt-out of the new AI features.

Less competition seems a bad thing.

I've been an instructor on Udemy for a decade. Lots of web devs tell me they got their career started on my courses there, which is something that is very dear to me. Udemy got me started in online dev education.

I'm very sorry to see it go.

Previously I asked how did MOOCs, which were such an early 2010s hyped tech trend, fall so far from its promise. Thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39612710

For JavaScript I’ve found Scrimba to be worlds better than anything on Udemy or Coursera

The best courses I wanted to take are split between Coursera, Udemy, and EdX. The first two can give certificates cheaply. A merger could be really helpful if they do it in a month or two. ;)

Tangent: Does anyone know what happened to EdX and MitX in particular? It seems they stopped adding content ~10 years ago. Those were [are still] a fantastic resource!

Trying the merger as a survival option, not a "let's take over world" option. MOOCs need to reinvent themselves again, for the hybrid workforce that is AI+human.

Good thing Youtube is free because this consolidation is only going to raise their prices. Thank you to all the hard working educational Youtubers out there.