[sdiy] AI code generation

[Aaron B.]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:14:49 -0400
Brother Theo via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> It is a brave new world. Should we feel sorry for the coders?

I guess it depends on what the goal is.

I learned how to program because it was fascinating. The mental
challenge of figuring things out, the journey of managing a code
base as it evolves and grows, the reward of watching it do it's job and
work are all things I find valuable.

You could ask one of these things to do it for you and get to that end
state faster, sure. But to me at least, it feels like asking your older
brother to beat the final boss on that video game: feels empty and
hollow. I didn't get any better. The result isn't "mine."

-- 
Aaron B. <aaron at zadzmo.org>