That’s a good observation: I think you’ve observed not a change in programming itself, but a shift in the kinds of things large numbers of programmers are build

That’s a good observation: I think you’ve observed not a change in programming itself, but a shift in the kinds of things large numbers of programmers are building that get talked about on sites like this. Other forums that I track still talk about the deeper aspects of programming, which reflects more on the community and it’s interests than it does any fundamental change in how hard programming is.