Tonight my 4-week free trial of Google’s Gemini Pro 2.5 ends. And nope, I’m not renewing. For now, no paid GenAI subscription for me.

The past weeks have been a wild ride. In just a short time I built my very first Flask (Python) web apps, my first React apps with NodeJS, and even a full PHP application — something I’d been wanting to do for ages.

But that was only the start. I also discovered how insanely good GenAI is at JavaScript. Think crazy Canvas animations, websites loaded with bells and whistles… you name it, I built it.

And then there’s the writing… wow. GenAI is unbelievably good at interpreting and creating text. Over the past few days I had it generate more than 50 pages of teaching material — complete with assignments, tips, and solid didactic structure. Like having a turbo-professor and bestselling author rolled into one.

And yet… I’m not signing up. GenAI feels like it belongs to the younger generation, let’s say under 30. They’re the ones who will build things that completely reshape publishing, design, and development. Just like I once stormed the web as an eager thirty-something, it’s their turn now.

Our generation (50+) is used to stable, complex systems with big ecosystems and real human developers and communities. That’s going to fade. Websites, apps, content in general: it’ll all become disposable. I still have clients who’ve been running the same site for over 10 years and they’re perfectly happy with it. But with GenAI’s speed, that kind of longevity won’t last. Everything will pop up faster, disappear faster… rinse and repeat.

One example. Generative AI really struggles with coding for WordPress. Whether it's themes, plugins, or custom blocks, GenAI makes a ton of mistakes. The WordPress ecosystem is just too big and complex for it to handle, and honestly, it probably never will be able to. It's way easier for it to whip up a slick little JavaScript or React app than to create a secure, functioning WordPress theme or plugin that has to pass all those tests.

And honestly? I don’t need to keep up anymore. My time has been. Now it’s time to be a rockstar again. Or as Cody Johnson sings: “If you got a dream, chase it, because a dream won’t chase you back.” And he’s absolutely right.