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poisonborz • today at 3:54 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Apples and oranges. Hot take: fine details in an artwork are extremely important. "Fine details" in a codebase are either some pattern you can easily instruct an agent to follow, or deliver zero value.


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theptip • today at 4:48 PM

Missing the point. Which is, some people like the details, code as craft; others like the high level, product/business impact, systems, etc, code as a means to an end.

The profession used to have a need for both, now the “coding machine” and artisanal code crafter are trending obsolete in most companies.

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