Bloggers document wave of professionals quitting social media and AI tools
A personal blog post recounts several public figures who recently announced stepping back from online life: Salma left DevRel and social media entirely for an individual-contributor role, Chad Whitacre retired to rural Pennsylvania to make a zine about religion, and Brett Codes publicly declared he is done using AI tools and video. The author frames these as a pattern of people opting out of digital-industry pressures.