PL veteran: 'Being a PL guy used to be gated by IQ — now any delusional idiot can do it'
zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-08
Developer zetalyrae criticizes the wave of AI-assisted programming languages, arguing the problem isn't that AIs build them, but that unskilled designers now bypass the expertise barrier that used to gate the field — producing languages that 'don't even make sense.' A pointed take on how AI is lowering the bar for specialized crafts like programming language design.
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