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nowadays, with LLMs, everybody is calling themselves a developer doing any kind of project. Welcome to the future!

by fl4tul4 14d ago

buster 14d ago
As a developer myself i hear this so often. Yes, it's (probably) your job on the line as well, BUT everybody nowadays can be a developer. Maybe, don't call it developer. Everybody nowadays can built some software that fulfills some need (or just for fun). It's actually something good, isn't it? Would you mind, if you could suddenly, over night, be a carpenter, a watch maker or glassblower?
- keybored 14d ago
  I care a lot more about my gainful employment compared to the everyman being able to create their own... something.[1] That’s very selfish of me, AI Industry, and I’m sorry. > Would you mind, if you could suddenly, over night, be a carpenter, a watch maker or glassblower? Yes. If that came with the little-bitty stipulation of being tied to the “compute” property of these AI behemoths. Of course going beyond that it gets less problematic. Some carpenter-skilled exoskeleton is a lot less problematic than disembodied intelligences spamming our minds and each other. [1] What exactly? My mind is so saturated with AI tools being literally devtools. On top of devtools on top of devtools. Well we can finally get back to a semblance of the status quo ante Internetum with something like businesses being able to list all of their contact information on their own websites instead of “see our FB page”.
- mattbrewsbytes 14d ago
  My view is if you joined two boards together: congrats, you're now a woodworker! Gating things by the level or complexity of what is accomplished isn't super helpful. I saw a lot of that with things like people that wrote HTML weren't "real coders". Glassblowing and watch making require specialized equipment I suppose so if you can get your hands on the gear and try it out, I feel like you can call yourself that. Maybe throw a "hobbyist" tag on it if you feel inclined.
  - newAccount2025 13d ago
    I like this mindset and I’m going to steal this quote. Everyone is figuring things on their own skill journey with their hobbies and careers. Wherever you are, you can learn more and help people to come with you.

nowadays, with LLMs, everybody is calling themselves a developer doing any kind of project. Welcome to the future!

by fl4tul4 14d ago

nowadays, with LLMs, everybody is calling themselves a developer doing any kind of project. Welcome to the future!

As a developer myself i hear this so often. Yes, it's (probably) your job on the line as well, BUT everybody nowadays can be a developer. Maybe, don't call it developer. Everybody nowadays can built some software that fulfills some need (or just for fun). It's actually something good, isn't it? Would you mind, if you could suddenly, over night, be a carpenter, a watch maker or glassblower?

keybored 14d ago
I care a lot more about my gainful employment compared to the everyman being able to create their own... something.[1] That’s very selfish of me, AI Industry, and I’m sorry. > Would you mind, if you could suddenly, over night, be a carpenter, a watch maker or glassblower? Yes. If that came with the little-bitty stipulation of being tied to the “compute” property of these AI behemoths. Of course going beyond that it gets less problematic. Some carpenter-skilled exoskeleton is a lot less problematic than disembodied intelligences spamming our minds and each other. [1] What exactly? My mind is so saturated with AI tools being literally devtools. On top of devtools on top of devtools. Well we can finally get back to a semblance of the status quo ante Internetum with something like businesses being able to list all of their contact information on their own websites instead of “see our FB page”.
mattbrewsbytes 14d ago
My view is if you joined two boards together: congrats, you're now a woodworker! Gating things by the level or complexity of what is accomplished isn't super helpful. I saw a lot of that with things like people that wrote HTML weren't "real coders". Glassblowing and watch making require specialized equipment I suppose so if you can get your hands on the gear and try it out, I feel like you can call yourself that. Maybe throw a "hobbyist" tag on it if you feel inclined.
- newAccount2025 13d ago
  I like this mindset and I’m going to steal this quote. Everyone is figuring things on their own skill journey with their hobbies and careers. Wherever you are, you can learn more and help people to come with you.