Noticed a similar thing with calmcode.io, the numbers don't lie. At the same time though, the setup of that site is so light/cheap that it remains zero effort to just keep the tutorials up.
In hindsight, I am _very_ happy that I never made that project into a main source of income.
Multiple people have offered but decided against it for a few reasons.
- Proper reviews actually feel like they would take me as much time as doing it myself.
- One benefit of doing it all myself is that all the content has a familiar style.
- The downside of contributions is that a lot of the stuff that I see on YT just simply doesn't fit the style that I intend to have on calmcode. So before accepting contributions it also feels like I would have to vet the person who makes the contrib.
A lot of the aforementioned is more complex now as well due to the fact that folks can pay for the platform. It was a 100% free platform before, and right now it's a 99% free platform and some people pay a stipend to keep the site running. If contributions come in, I would also need to figure out a way to keep the incentives aligned, which also complicates things.
I've had a collaborator in the past and a bunch of things worked out there. But he's gone off to do other things, all of which is fair enough.
In hindsight, I am _very_ happy that I never made that project into a main source of income.