I get what you're saying and the programmer community can be a mean and snarky place, but I'm not sure there is too much ill-will in the article. Thinking that

I get what you're saying and the programmer community can be a mean and snarky place, but I'm not sure there is too much ill-will in the article. Thinking that you are better than another person just because they haven't focused on your own domain of knowledge is arrogant and delusional, and in my experience many of the truly great are humble in the extreme (think Dunning–Kruger effect). That said, a bad programmer can be a big problem if you are victim to their work. The same could be said for a bad taxi-driver or chef. I think the article is more in the spirit of making fun of bad practices than character assassination, and that's something I can support :)