Don't underestimate that programming is fun — it built the IT industry, says AI skeptic
sqcai · x · 2026-10-01
sqcai argues that when pondering AI's impact on software engineering, we shouldn't underestimate how much of today's IT industry success came from programming and building simply being fun.
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