{"slug": "i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers", "title": "\"I'm convinced that a large % of programmers don't like computers\"", "summary": "A programmer argues that many developers dislike computers and are too willing to rely on AI models instead of understanding the underlying technology. The author expresses frustration that hand-programming, which they find enjoyable, is being abandoned.", "body_md": "I’m convinced that a large % of programmers don’t actually like computers.\nAs a side effect, are also perfectly happy to throw away their reasoning to a model as soon as they can.\nI don’t get it, at ALL. Don’t you *LIKE* understanding the magic of the machine?\nYou do realize hand-programming (I hate that I even have to specify hand now) is fun…right?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers", "canonical_source": "https://twitter.com/lauriewired/status/2076718031305384161", "published_at": "2026-07-13 20:09:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 20:35:40.472679+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "developer-tools"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-m-convinced-that-a-large-of-programmers-don-t-like-computers.jsonld"}}