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It's making programming more boring and more of an admin task- which is sure to attract different types of people to the field.
by cynicalpeace 2y ago
It's making programming more boring and more of an admin task- which is sure to attract different types of people to the field.
- woah 2y agoSeems like the exact opposite. The very example you are replying to is the mechanistic translation of one low level language to another, maybe one of the most boring tasks imaginable.
- cynicalpeace 2y agoIt goes both ways- manually manipulating bits is boring. But so is reviewing and rubber stamping code. It's like the transition from hand-crafted furniture to assembly line mass produced furniture. The assembly line brought its own excitement, but that excitement was not to be found on the actual assembly line.
- mythrwy 2y agoYou are getting downvoted but I agree. For whatever reason a good part of the joy of day to day coding for me was solving many trivial problems I knew how to solve. Sort of like putting a puzzle together. Now I think higher level and am more productive but it's not as much fun because the little easy problems aren't worth my time anymore.