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I'm fascinated by the level of existential crisis developers seem to be going through.

The uncomfortable truth is nobody needs you to be an artisan coder.

Nobody cares about how you coded your app, or whether you feel an emotional attachment to your craft.

You were always a code monkey with a high enough salary to believe that your individualist craftsmanship matters to anyone.

It doesn't matter to anyone but you. Not your employer, not your customer. Nobody cares about how you made the product. Nobody cares about your attachment to your process.

You're experiencing the same as countless other artisans have experienced in the last century.

I'm happy for you. You were starting to believe that you're a demigod amongst mortals.

You're not. A machine is better than you.

Now you're free.

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It’s a strange position to be in. I still want to learn new things, but I am aware that the AI models often know more than I do. I try to use them as a learning tool and read their code instead of just pushing commits. I do notice it affecting my patience and softening ability for deep work. There...

code monkey · 24w

I always knew what I was 😋

Nowadays, most people need a programmer, but big companies, just as they get rid of doctors to make way for less competent and therefore more docile paramedics, are looking for code monkeys. In the same way, sysadmins have largely been phased out in an attempt to have people who are easier to boss a...

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Gary Woodfine · 24w

I'll go to my grave knowing I wrote more bugs than a machine ever will

moonsettler · 24w

"A machine is better than you. " i have yet to experience that when it comes to development. but pretty used to it when it comes to chess.

Markus Rother · 24w

Lot's of cope in this thread.

Matt - Not Your Entropy, Not Your Coins · 24w

I also think many people confuse art with ego and commerce. You get paid a high salary because you work on something that makes even more money. That's all that matters in that context and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Humans still play and enjoy chess even though a machine is better. But tha...

I think we all know these tools are fully capable of building small tools and codebases now. But you yourself said on a recent podcast that the mission critical (IE securing funds) parts of Cashu, or related projects, are still fully built by humans. It’s also pretty obvious that these tools, in...

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Gary Woodfine · 3w

The truth is this is not just targeted at developers, it’s literally entire software teams. Testers, BA’s, architects, project/product managers, etc . Can all be wiped out by 1 person , and idea with the patience to learn how to use AI

Welcome to Machine @ Pink Floyd

Bitcoin path · 3w

That's the brutal truth

It's definitely been hard for me. I didn't even realize I had kind of built part of my identity around being a coder. True this is freeing but it's also painful.

It's more the total picture. Authoritarianism/surveillance on the rise, costs are up, wages depressed, AI uncertainty, Bitcoin meh Can we catch a break?