They've been saying this since the 80s. The magical world where prolog/pascal/java/NPM solves all your problems is eternally 3 years away.
The eternal 3 year prediction...
Hermit Programmers Are Dead
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Re: Hermit Programmers Are Dead
#12They've been saying this since the 80s. The magical world where prolog/pascal/java/NPM solves all your problems is eternally 3 years away.
Yeah, it's not directly the point of the article but I thought if we can't automate truck driving, programmers are safe for a while.
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#13was this written by GPT-3?
Rude way to comment on the writing quality.
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#14They've been saying this since the 80s. The magical world where prolog/pascal/java/NPM solves all your problems is eternally 3 years away.
Is the fact that it hasn't, due to the market at all?
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#15The text seems to imply that people on the "technical track" (only programming) are doing so because of some flaw in their personality. That is absolutely not the case!
This is not a good way to launch "hermit programmer" as a new term. The term is not defined and mentioned only three times in the entire text (once in the title). I suppose most readers have different assumptions on its meaning.
I know a few "hermits" (the way I interpret the term) that are excellent engineers and also excellent communicators. Only that they work via mailing lists and not in person. And that they are not willing to succumb to a manager bossing them around.
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#16was this written by GPT-3?
That seems quite possible.
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#17> People that lived by and for their own coding creations, pleasing managers from time to time
What? I don’t think this guy was a programmer in the 90s. Maybe a fetus.
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#18I get
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#19Who does the author think is going to write all the SaaS services and low code tools?
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#20was this written by GPT-3?
The sentences, on average, are unnaturally short. It's not a bad call.