GoKawiilGoRails creator says AI has cut new customer growth for programming tutorials
Chris Oliver, who runs the Rails education platform GoRails and the hosting product Hatchbox, said in September 2026 that AI has hurt his education business badly enough that GoRails will sign fewer new customers this year than in its very first year of operation. He said GoRails' revenue had long subsidized Hatchbox's development but that this arrangement is no longer sustainable, prompting a Hatchbox price increase. A separate developer-education seller writing about the announcement says his own gross revenue from traditional tutorials and books has also been declining.