# Are Written Coding Tutorials Dead?

DevFeed: [Are Written Coding Tutorials Dead?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/are-written-coding-tutorials-dead-51132.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://wsvincent.com/future-written-tutorials/>)

Author: Will Vincent

Published: 2026-05-04T06:56:06Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Will Vincent](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/will-vincent.md>)

Topics: [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Google Search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-search.md>), [ChatGPT](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chatgpt.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [Stack Overflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stackoverflow.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon.md>)

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## AI overview

An essay argues that written coding tutorials face a diminished audience and distribution model as Google search increasingly surfaces AI-generated answers and developers turn to ChatGPT or Claude. It compares this shift with the decline of Stack Overflow and describes the author's earlier tutorial traffic and book-sales strategy.

## Source excerpt

Have LLMs truly killed the point of human-written coding tutorials?