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It's interesting how the words can be ambiguous like that. If I think of the distinction in the context of e.g. clothes, there's likely more engineering in fast fashion and more crafting in bespoke clothing. With food, more engineering in the food items you'd find at a gas station and more crafting at a restaurant. >> “artisanal” coders who value the experience of coding over the final product I don't see "artisanal"…
I think this dissonance is because people currently equate the engineering with profit optimization, as were already pretty deep into the capitalism "endgame". But in the first phase of industrialization, the quality went up - exactly because we suddenly had specific measurements and tolerances. The markets however did what they do best: optimize for profit. And the public markets preferred cheap over quality... At l…
Re: Don't call yourself an artisanal programmer
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