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The Death of Code as Craft

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Do you need a clickbait title in a paid publication? I read the title, got mad, and skipped to the end that states: “JK craft is more important and valuable then ever.”

Jon Christensen about 1 year ago

@leul I dunno. If you get a chance to read the article at some point, you'll see that I really do argue that many of the things that are held pretty sacred like DRY and convention over configuration might go extinct. The ending idea that craft will remain is less about the craftsmanship of code than the idea the broader idea of craftsmanship (soon to be applied mainly at higher levels of abstraction).

@Jon Christensen I went back and read the article, and learned from it.

Craft is an ideology: taking great care to do something well. Your title made me think AI would make it obsolete, which it obviously won’t. Which is why I had that reaction.

Jon Christensen about 1 year ago

@leul Thank you!!!

Really nice article. When I was coding I was absolutely about the craft. I wonder if there is an argument to be made with millenials vs gen-z's here as well.

Diego.Contemplative 11 months ago

Since this article came out I’ve thought about the general idea of craft changing in different sectors in general because of LLMs. Now that I’m learning software development I think about this article even more. Having talked to several developers I sense many are clinging to a definition of craft that is changing. Being new in the field makes me flexible and I see how LLMs make entering the field easier while still acknowledging that there is an element of craft that doesn’t take away software development being hard. Great article!