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furyofantarestoday at 7:19 PM1 replyview on HN

It's true that there are new skills to acquire (and that those with talents for the old skills may be less talented with the new skills).

It's absolutely not true that it "just" moved the difficulty around. If that were true then I'd be just as well off continuing to use my decades of programming expertise just as I always have; but the reality is I can get more done, and get better work done (depending on level of vibing), than ever before.

Thing is, though, making programming easier doesn't mean programmers will work less hard. That's how competitive markets work. LLMs made programming easier. Capitalism prevents workers from capturing that value.


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lelanthrantoday at 7:49 PM

> It's true that there are new skills to acquire

What new skills?

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