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Art is a system. And programming is a system too. They are different systems. > If I learned PHP, I could build back-end applications. If I learned HTML and CS

Art is a system. And programming is a system too. They are different systems. > If I learned PHP, I could build back-end applications. If I learned HTML and CSS, I could build websites. So, what have you been doing for the last 10 years and why i see only 2026 in your github?

OtherShrezzing 29d ago
I read your comment first, and thought it was a bit uncharitable to the author. But then looking through their social media presence. No sign of commentary before late 2025. Looking at the wayback machine, the site was first published in January 2026 with no blog. Then in Feb, the site was updated with a blog archive, including posts from 2025, before the site's blog functionality was active. The blog post ends: >I don’t use AI when writing. It produces soulless, bland text. AI slop that no one wants to read But if you look back through earlier essays you see stuff like this: >Technology evolves. Complacency endures. Building something means taking responsibility for its survival. It’s respect for time that can never be regained Which has all of the hallmarks of a Claude generated essay (or just a human failing the Turing test).
- dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
  This author made this post to counter his other point of view on "Why do developers write continuation code by hand?" I've been suspicious of this for about a year now.
- theorchid 29d ago
  > No sign of commentary before late 2025. This blog is written under a pseudonym. Therefore, there is no history for this blog before 2025. Social media accounts and GitHub are also set up under this brand. > Which has all of the hallmarks of a Claude generated essay (or just a human failing the Turing test). This was my first blog post, and I used AI to edit it. I wrote 10 drafts before I ended up with the version I published on my blog. And I don't like this post. I wrote it myself. AI only suggested phrasing that I thought sounded good. In the next post, I also used AI to edit the text, but to a lesser extent. Since then, I haven't used AI at all when writing or editing texts.
whilenot-dev 29d ago
> Art is a system. And programming is a system too. They are different systems. From a system-centric POV the art world could be considered a system, and the programming world could be considered a system. Programming is a craft and can therefor be part of an artistic practice as well as many other practices. What's Art and what isn't is up to each individual and remains generally undefined. > So, what have you been doing for the last 10 years and why i see only 2026 in your github? Self-hosted git services are a thing, ya know?
theorchid 29d ago
> So, what have you been doing for the last 10 years and why i see only 2026 in your github? I spent 10 years making money. I didn't see the point in spending time on open source. I never committed any code to open source until 2026. Because, for me, programming isn't art or a hobby.
- dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
  And this answer of yours seems even more suspicious to me. I don't quite understand you, sometimes you contradict one of your points of view, sometimes another.
  - theorchid 29d ago
    So where's the contradiction? For many people, programming is art. They enjoy writing code. I'm just not one of those people. For me, programming is a way to make money and build projects.
    - dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
      Topic title: Programming is Art > for me, programming isn't art or a hobby > make money Do you mean their seal?
      - theorchid 29d ago
        But the article isn't titled "Programming is art for me", is it? And the article clearly stated that I belong to the type of people for whom programming is a way to make money. It went on to say that there is another type of person for whom programming is an art.
        dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
        Yes, but you have sentences started with "I ..." about 47 times. So i decided that you wrote about yourself. I don't understand the take about "programming is a way to make money". Programs cannot pay to you. I think you should clarify what you're talking about: art, programming, or money. Because these are three different systems. If you talk about money show me the numbers. If talk about code show me the code. If you talk about art show me the art.

OtherShrezzing 29d ago

I read your comment first, and thought it was a bit uncharitable to the author. But then looking through their social media presence. No sign of commentary before late 2025. Looking at the wayback machine, the site was first published in January 2026 with no blog. Then in Feb, the site was updated with a blog archive, including posts from 2025, before the site's blog functionality was active. The blog post ends: >I don’t use AI when writing. It produces soulless, bland text. AI slop that no one wants to read But if you look back through earlier essays you see stuff like this: >Technology evolves. Complacency endures. Building something means taking responsibility for its survival. It’s respect for time that can never be regained Which has all of the hallmarks of a Claude generated essay (or just a human failing the Turing test).

dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
This author made this post to counter his other point of view on "Why do developers write continuation code by hand?" I've been suspicious of this for about a year now.
theorchid 29d ago
> No sign of commentary before late 2025. This blog is written under a pseudonym. Therefore, there is no history for this blog before 2025. Social media accounts and GitHub are also set up under this brand. > Which has all of the hallmarks of a Claude generated essay (or just a human failing the Turing test). This was my first blog post, and I used AI to edit it. I wrote 10 drafts before I ended up with the version I published on my blog. And I don't like this post. I wrote it myself. AI only suggested phrasing that I thought sounded good. In the next post, I also used AI to edit the text, but to a lesser extent. Since then, I haven't used AI at all when writing or editing texts.

whilenot-dev 29d ago

> Art is a system. And programming is a system too. They are different systems. From a system-centric POV the art world could be considered a system, and the programming world could be considered a system. Programming is a craft and can therefor be part of an artistic practice as well as many other practices. What's Art and what isn't is up to each individual and remains generally undefined. > So, what have you been doing for the last 10 years and why i see only 2026 in your github? Self-hosted git services are a thing, ya know?

theorchid 29d ago

> So, what have you been doing for the last 10 years and why i see only 2026 in your github? I spent 10 years making money. I didn't see the point in spending time on open source. I never committed any code to open source until 2026. Because, for me, programming isn't art or a hobby.

dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
And this answer of yours seems even more suspicious to me. I don't quite understand you, sometimes you contradict one of your points of view, sometimes another.
- theorchid 29d ago
  So where's the contradiction? For many people, programming is art. They enjoy writing code. I'm just not one of those people. For me, programming is a way to make money and build projects.
  - dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
    Topic title: Programming is Art > for me, programming isn't art or a hobby > make money Do you mean their seal?
    - theorchid 29d ago
      But the article isn't titled "Programming is art for me", is it? And the article clearly stated that I belong to the type of people for whom programming is a way to make money. It went on to say that there is another type of person for whom programming is an art.
      - dmitrijbelikov 29d ago
        Yes, but you have sentences started with "I ..." about 47 times. So i decided that you wrote about yourself. I don't understand the take about "programming is a way to make money". Programs cannot pay to you. I think you should clarify what you're talking about: art, programming, or money. Because these are three different systems. If you talk about money show me the numbers. If talk about code show me the code. If you talk about art show me the art.