A programmer's loss of identity
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A veteran programmer reflects on losing their social identity as the programming culture shifts from valuing craft and learning to viewing code as merely a means to dystopian ends. They describe feeling alienated from modern programming communities that embrace AI-generated code and surveillance technology, mourning the loss of a culture focused on mastering computation fundamentals and elegant abstractions.
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