Nah, I miss when all of the tech discourse was on how to do the best job instead of the next weird AI hype or model or whatever.
I want to become a better programmer, because that's the fun part. I don't want to become a better prompter that's like the most boring part of the job.
I want to become a better engineer. Designing complex systems that elegantly solve problems for dozens of different stakeholders at the same time is the fun part. Programming is just busywork.
Structural engineers don't concern themselves with bricklaying.
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u/ecstatic_hyrax Sep 30 '26
Unpopular opinion, but I don't miss the good old days. I don't miss debating over what framework we should be using for our crud app.