AI is everywhere. That much is obvious.

But recently I realized something more uncomfortable: as an individual professional web designer, web developer, or web hoster, it has become nearly impossible to turn a passion for the web into a sustainable financial success story.

The End of the “Good Old Days”

If you’re thinking about starting a hosting business, building a career as a developer, or launching a web design or marketing consultancy agency, I honestly think you should pause and think twice. The golden era is over. Not fading - gone.

Look around:

• Need a server?
  For less than €10 per month, you can deploy powerful VPS solutions across the globe.
• Have an idea for an app or web application?
  AI can now generate working code faster than a 200-person development team could 15 years ago.
• Need a web designer?
  WordPress alone ships with thousands of themes. In reality, you only need one solid Gutenberg-based theme to build almost any layout or design — often in minutes.

What used to require specialized knowledge, experience, and time has been productized, automated, and commoditized.

This Isn’t Theory — It’s My Reality

Just a few hours ago, I lived this firsthand.

• I spun up a Linux VPS and let Gemini guide me through the entire setup.
• I created complex automation scripts to resize and optimize images used on over 300 websites.
• I extended CKEditor templates with custom blocks for use in QuickerSite.

All of it was done in minutes - not hours.

These are tasks that once defined “expertise.” Tasks people used to bill for. Tasks that justified entire careers.

Now they’re table stakes.

So… Is the Web Dead?

Not quite.

The old web is dead:
the web where technical ability alone was enough, where knowing how to do something was the value.

But a new web is very much alive.

A web where:

• Execution is cheap
• Knowledge is abundant
• Tools are insanely powerful
• And differentiation no longer comes from building, but from thinking

Long Live the WWWeb

The web isn’t disappearing — it’s mutating.

The winners won’t be the ones who know how to spin up servers, write CRUD apps, or design yet another landing page. Those skills are becoming commodities.

The winners will be the ones who:

• Ask better questions
• Understand users deeply
• Combine creativity, strategy, and judgment
• Use AI as leverage, not competition

The WWWeb is dead.

Long live the WWWeb.