coding by itself is a tool-shaped object.
we once wrote far more low-level code to express basic logic before higher-level languages compressed the work
today’s swe discourse risks the same trap: celebrating PRs and commits while struggling to explain actual economic throughput
also the later mode can only take ur vague idea to v1 - after that without critically thinking about the design and clarity of what is actually required - the cc slot machine would create a load of unusable code
thinking is always gonna be the moat - its the core component of engineering
and if u find fun with the slot machine, u r not a real engineer - u r chasing dopamine