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my take on the is-programming-art debate? mel’s blackjack program is undeniably art. it also failed to fulfill business requirements (ex: being maintainable) and now sits at the bottom of a landfill. on the flipside, i’ve suffered with the ugliest programs in the most important roles.

something being labor-intensive does not necessarily make it a great work of art, and something being a great work of art does not make it an useful, reliable, and maintainable business product. the best programs are pleasant to work on because they fulfill both axes.

Some programmers view AI-generated code as equivalent to digi-painted animation replacing individual brush strokes. There’s a lot lost when you don’t have your playful comments and little idiosyncrasies peppering the codebase, but they argue it lets you focus on the bigger picture. …you are, yes?