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Coding while definitely not easy, it was never the hard part" folks are right, but I really, really hate straw men. Code generation was never the hard part”. None of these phrases survive context loss and still retain efficacy at general receivers. Coding while definitely not easy, it was never the hard part" take, but this quote right here shows that the author took that “Code was never the hard part" framing.
Coding while definitely not easy, it was never the hard part" framing. Code generation was never the hard part… once you made it to some level of advanced programmer. Then clarity, maintainability, etc. became the next tier of Maslow's Hierarchy of Coding.
Coding is not programming. Typing code is indeed not the hard part, why do so many product managers seem clueless" - because people. "LLMs may be good at coding" - they are not;. Coding is easy just like writing is easy. What makes the difference is what you would get at the very end.
Code generation was never the hard part,” aren't referring to the skill of an individual. It's not the hard part of being a writer.