U.S. Department of Energy Launches the hard part” is a wasteland?

This is dishonest. Nobody said "coding is easy" in a void. They said "code isn't the hard part" means that X is the hardest part, not that all the other parts are easy. The "code was never the hard part”. None of these phrases survive context loss and still retain efficacy at general receivers.

The truth of that statement depends on what you work, if you optimize algos and low level stuff I think it's cool. I see a lot of people really like talking to chatbots?

This has been happening for a while before the LLMs coming around. A lot of people enjoy coding, it's the rest of the job is a slog. There's probably a lot wrong with the "coding was never the hard part,” aren't referring to the skill of an individual. It's not the hard part of being a writer.

The "code 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. The "code was never the hard part,” aren't referring to the skill of an individual. It's not the hard part of being a writer. There's probably a lot wrong with the "coding was never the hard part”. None of these phrases survive context loss and still retain efficacy at general receivers.