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Before: millions of web programmers and only an elite few that dug all the way down to metal After: millions of vibe coders and only an elite few that dig all
by stillpointlab 2mo ago
Before: millions of web programmers and only an elite few that dug all the way down to metal
After: millions of vibe coders and only an elite few that dig all the way down to metal
I'm not sure the world will be all that different. The people who want to dig will still exist, they'll just be using excavators instead of shovels.
Source: https://x.com/mark_k/status/2090842540870074806 https://x.com/mark_k/status/2090842540870074806
- qsera 2mo agoNo one wants to dig for diggings sake. bad example.
- stillpointlab 2mo agoI disagree, some people lie in wait, hoping for a really good problem to tackle because they just want the excuse to dig. Do you think Linus needs to write any code anymore? What kind of problems do you think a guy like Linus chooses to work on, the easy ones or the hard ones? Tools change, people stay the same. Some people have never felt the rush of solving a really hard problem that no one else was able to solve. Such people can't understand that the fun is in the work not just the outcome. They can't understand that some people love to work. And for a person who loves to work, new tools are a joy.
- evilduck 2mo agoThis sounds like you don't like to dig for digging's sake and are projecting.
- sitzkrieg 2mo agowe are on "hacker news" in a long forgotten past, this used to be the crowd that digged.