I wrote and contributed to a few tech books between 2004 and 2009. One of them was obsolete before it hit the shelves, thanks to changing versions and APIs. In another case, I joined the company I'd written about and personally outmoded whole chapters. Great for my career, terrible for book sales! This experience comes back to me as I read pieces like Dusty Phillips' My AI-Driven Identity Crisis: So what am I good for anymore? Writing code? Vibe coding hasn’t successfully commodified softwa...
