I dip into my RSS feeds several times a day. It is my main immediate source of information.

Still seems to be widely supported, and it’s the basis of podcasting (I believe), so I don’t see it going anywhere.

Supply and demand: In a free market, there is no such thing as a "shortage". A company willing to pay enough can hire as many programmers of whatever quality they wish. You only get a "shortage" if you try to hold something different to the market-clearing level. In this case, it seems that companies want to get programmers for below-market-clearing wages. What a shock.