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ryandrakelast Friday at 7:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

The actual act of typing code into a text editor and building it could be the least interesting and least valuable part of software development. A developer who sees their job as "writing code" or a company leader who sees engineers' jobs as "writing code" is totally missing where the value is created.

Yes, there is artistry, craftsmanship, and "beautiful code" which shouldn't be overlooked. But I believe that beautiful code comes from solid ideas, and that ugly code comes from flawed ideas. So, as long as the (human-constructed) idea is good, the code (whether it is human-typed or AI-generated) should end up beautiful.


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RunSetlast Friday at 9:27 PM

Raising the question: Where is the beautiful machine-generated code?

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glitchclast Friday at 11:18 PM

Excellent point. Why are folks downvoting this?

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