75% of Tailwind's engineering team was laid off yesterday.

Despite record growth, their docs traffic is down 40% since early 2023 because of LLMs. No doc visits = no exposure to commercial products = 80% revenue drop.

We are watching a fundamental shift in how dev tools survive (or don't) in the age of AI. A must-read for anyone in the industry.

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957

#Tailwind #WebDevelopment #AI #LLM #SoftwareEngineering #TechLayoffs #CSS #FOSS #Web #Software #Dev

75% of Tailwind's engineering team was laid off yesterday.

Despite record growth, their docs traffic is down 40% since early 2023 because of LLMs. No doc visits = no exposure to commercial products = 80% revenue drop.

We are watching a fundamental shift in how dev tools survive (or don't) in the age of AI. A must-read for anyone in the industry.

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957

#Tailwind #WebDevelopment #AI #LLM #SoftwareEngineering #TechLayoffs #CSS #FOSS #Web #Software #Dev

U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October

https://thefivepost.com/u-s-tech-layoffs-hit-two-decade-high-in-october/

#HackerNews #TechLayoffs #October2023 #USTech #IndustryNews #EmploymentTrends #JobMarket

Tech companies are firing everyone to "fund AI", spending money on each other

https://old.reddit.com/r/ArtificialInteligence/comments/1oj52xx/tech_companies_are_firing_everyone_to_fund_ai_but/

#HackerNews #TechLayoffs #AIFunding #CorporateSpending #InnovationChallenges #IndustryTrends