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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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candycanearter07 wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote at 02:32 this Sunday (GMT):
>
> <brevsnip>
>
> A lot of times, programming involves connecting "trivial problems in an
> advanced way". Sorting a list of names would be needed for a dropdown,
> letter or word counts are usually used to limit how much text a user can
> input, and averages are useful for any kind of data summary. While
> they're not /everything/ in programming, knowing the basics (or being
> able to figure it out easily) can definitely help you out. They're also
> fun to figure out in my opinion.
>
> [snip]
>> In the real world, very few problems have "already been coded". Which is why
>> people who proclaim that "AI" is going to make programmers "obsolete" have no
>> GD clue what they are talking about.
>
> Yeah, AI is very very annoying and not a good replacement for coders.

But here is another take:

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/a-coder-considers-the-waning-days-of-the-craft

There will also be a need for coders, though. Cannot completely trust what AI
mines from the internet.

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