@lmorchard wrote a great post, I relate to a lot of what he’s saying in there. It’s hard to pick one part to quote in particular, so I would encourage you to go read the whole thing!

I think recognizing which kind of grief you’re feeling is the actually useful thing here. If you’re mourning the loss of the craft itself—the texture of writing code, the satisfaction of an elegant solution—that’s real, and no amount of “just adapt” addresses it. You might need to find that satisfaction somewhere else, or accept that work is going to feel different. Frankly, we’ve been lucky there’s been a livelihood in craft up to now.

If you’re mourning the context—the changing web, the shifting career landscape, the uncertainty—that’s real too, but it’s more actionable. You can learn new tools. You can push for the web you want, even if it’s a small web. You can grieve and adapt at the same time.