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The Programmer Identity Crisis

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270 points imasl42 | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 16:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.28s | source
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pteetor ◴[21 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45658530[source]▶
When COBOL was born, some people said, "It's English! We won't need programmers anymore!"

When SQL was born, some people said, "It's English! We won't need programmers anymore!"

Now we have AI prompting, and some people are saying, "It's English! We won't need programmers anymore!"

Really?

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1. jimbokun ◴[21 Oct 25 20:22 UTC] No.45661185[source]▶
Every time they have been closer to being right.