How LLM Coding Assistants Reveal the Hidden Division Between Craft-Loving and Pragmatic Developers
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Summary
The article explores how LLM coding assistants have revealed a pre-existing division in the developer community between 'craft-lovers' who value the process and artistry of coding, and 'make-it-go' pragmatists focused on results. The author reflects on Les Orchard's observation that this split was invisible before AI tools, as both types of developers produced similar outcomes through identical processes. The piece examines how technology tools don't create divisions but expose underlying philosophical differences in approach to programming work.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledBefore LLM coding assistants arrived, the split between developers was invisible: Craft-lovers and make-it-go people sat next to each other, shipped the same products, looked indistinguishable.
The tools didn't create a division; they simply revealed an existing one.
The motivation behind the work was invisible because the process was identical.
He learned BASIC at age seven not because BASIC was beautiful but because...
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