AI Fatigue? Yes, I Feel It Too

I’m not sure how to begin this one, but let’s be honest: everyone is talking about AI. Developers are building projects with it, news outlets cover it daily, and dev.to is full of articles about it.

The more I read, the less interesting it all feels. There is so much AI content now that I find myself craving something different.

Remember when the variety was the point?

I often think back to the conversations I used to have on dev.to, when the feed was full of CSS tips, lists of resources every developer should know, and all sorts of practical reads. You can see the difference for yourself: browse articles published before 2022 and notice how many different topics you find. Readers had real choice.

Today, a quick look at the front page mostly shows the same few themes:

• MCP

• Apps someone built with AI

• Tokens

• Models

• Machine learning

Don’t misunderstand me. MCP matters, and there is value in watching someone build an app with AI and explain their process. The problem is volume. When nearly everyone writes about the same things, it becomes hard for any single article to stand out.

The accessibility problem

There is another issue. Articles about AI tend to be complex, which makes it hard for people like me to find something simple and easy to follow. When every other post is a deep technical dive, beginners and casual readers are left behind.

I’m part of it, too

I write about AI myself, so I won’t pretend otherwise. But I try not to make it the main subject. My most recent article, on why a portfolio still matters in the age of AI, focused on how to structure a portfolio and how to use AI as a tool. The point was that portfolios remain relevant in today’s market.

Even so, I felt fatigue just reading my own article. That is probably to be expected.

AI is unavoidable

If you are lucky, you can still find an article with no connection to AI. But some mention of it will almost always appear, whether on dev.to or anywhere else on social media.

That is because AI now plays a central role in how we build apps and how companies operate. It is moving so fast that developers and the general public alike struggle to keep up. Debates continue about AI art and its legality, especially as it becomes harder to tell what is human-made.

It is everywhere, and I’m not sure we can escape it, or even this fatigue. What worries me is a simple question: if we took AI out of the picture, what would we really know?

Perhaps the question is not how to separate AI topics from non-AI ones. The better question is: what should we expect from content beyond AI?

Share your experience

Are you feeling the same? I’d love to hear about it in the comments. If you have found a way to deal with it, please share that too.