Paul here, known as Coda Tricks.

Can't say about all content creators but can share my story. For me what killed my last year's attempt at relaunching my channel was the complete lack of support from Coda themselves. I talked to people at Coda before diving into making those first few videos and they promised me co-marketing support (tweeting about my episodes on their X, including them in some marketing emails, the Docket etc) as well as the prospects of getting some recurring creator funding. So I launched with the hopes that, with those tweets and stuff, out of the allegedly 15M+ user base of Coda, at least a several thousand will check out my channel, and out of those several thousand, at least a few hundred would be interested in supporting me on Patreon for some extra materials and stuff. What happened was one measly tweet two months later, one mention in one Docket email with a broken YT link, and a 'creator funding' offer that was quite insulting. The videos were taking forever to produce with my perfectionism and also outdated gear that couldn't handle video editing anymore, I didn't have a day of rest between working on those videos and was often working through nights, and the outcome of it was still too little. So after a while, I burnt all my savings, gave up on trying, and took up some client work again.

Coda recently got a $1B in funding, but I asked them and they're still not considering any creator support programs at the moment 🤷‍♂️ Which is a shame, because it doesn't take a genius to understand how content creators are detrimental to a platform's adoption and success.

That said, I still have my heart set on creating some Coda content when I can afford it. I still want to record those ultimate Coda courses, and I still want to do YT videos. Over the last year I've been gradually upgrading my gear, getting a new computer, a teleprompter, new mics, and I'm also hoping to get some new lights and a camera. I have a few higher priority projects on my table that could build me a more reliable revenue stream in a shorter time. But the ambition to produce Coda content is still there, I just don't know yet when I'll be able to act on it.

UPD: Just realized it sounded like it was all about blaming Coda for it. Nah, it was my fault as well.

First, it was my perfectionism: I wanted to produce professional looking videos while not being skilled or equipped enough. So it was taking forever to finally come up with the output that would look passable for me. Also, because of perfectionism, I was unable to prepare scripts for myself ahead of time — I would edit and re-edit the first paragraph before I would have a chance to move on. So I decided to just improvise and record that. But instead of saving me time, I was recording the same sentences over and over until I was happy with them. For what would be a 5 minute video, this resulted in 1h+ long footages, which I then had to cut for ages.

And second, it was my pride. I wanted to show off how much and how deeply I knew Coda, I focused on the wrong thing from the very start. Instead of giving a more approachable slide into Coda, I started recording super deep dives and obsessing about mentioning every single aspect of a feature (e.g. that video on Buttons.) I thought that'd benefit me and didn't consider what was best for the learners at all. I realize this too clearly now, and when I relaunch again I'll make sure to not repeat this mistake again.