I had forgotten about prog21, and I'm impressed how he wrapped up his blog:
> I don't think of myself as a programmer. I write code, and I often enjoy it when I do, but that term programmer is both limiting and distracting. I don't want to program for its own sake, not being interested in the overall experience of what I'm creating. If I start thinking too much about programming as a distinct entity then I lose sight of that.
Programming is a useful skill, even in the age of large language models, but it should always be used to achieve some greater goal than just writing programs.
> I don't think of myself as a programmer. I write code, and I often enjoy it when I do, but that term programmer is both limiting and distracting. I don't want to program for its own sake, not being interested in the overall experience of what I'm creating. If I start thinking too much about programming as a distinct entity then I lose sight of that.
Programming is a useful skill, even in the age of large language models, but it should always be used to achieve some greater goal than just writing programs.