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Every programmer really is just mediocre. There is no perfect software yet. Hence people who built it are mediocre.
by zwnow 1y ago
Every programmer really is just mediocre. There is no perfect software yet. Hence people who built it are mediocre.
- amelius 1y agoWell, in any case, llms are certainly not perfect.
- sampullman 1y agoI've met one or two great programmers. But perfect software that solves a significant problem can't usually be built by one person, so it's rare.
- yubblegum 1y agoLike any skillset, programming skills likely form a distribution pattern. There are exceptional programmers out there, I've worked with a few. "Every programmer really is just mediocre" merely indicates you have only worked with mediocre colleagues and are one yourself. > There is no perfect software yet. "Software" you refer to is actually 'software product', not merely 'code'. So the reality is that even with exceptional programming talent, the art of making great software products is out of reach of most teams and companies. Vision, management, product development, accurate grasp of the user needs, ..., none of these are "programming" skills.
- zwnow 1y agoI even consider well respected devs mediocre. Obviously there is a distribution, like with everything. But even the best of the best produce garbage