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We didn't come up with a new word for programming when we transitioned from hand-writing assembly to instructing a compiler on how to produce said assembly. We
by nikanj 1y ago
We didn't come up with a new word for programming when we transitioned from hand-writing assembly to instructing a compiler on how to produce said assembly. We didn't need it later either, when we got automatic parallelization and other meta-code-generation. Why would we need a term now?
Our job remains the same: take ambiguous customer statements, transform them into well-defined instructions that lead the computer to do what the customer was trying to ask for
- kgwxd 1y agoexactly. where's "vibe searching", "vibe writing", "vibe drawing", etc?
- JoeyJoJoJr 1y agoThe implicit assumption about drawing and writing is that it is vibe based. That’s why we do have terms like “technical drawing” and “technical writing”?
- kgwxd 1y agoYeah, when they're done by humans. And, when I code, it's generally more vibe based, unless I'm getting ready to publish. AI assisted writing and drawing should have a prefix too.