{"slug": "why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point", "title": "Why hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point", "summary": "Programmer Fogus, in a blog post, explains why hobby coding communities are hostile toward large language models, arguing that for hobbyists, working code is not the goal; they value the process of building operating systems, programming languages, and console emulators, or fitting programs into minimal characters. The post, highlighted by Boing Boing, underscores a cultural clash between AI-generated code and the intrinsic rewards of manual coding.", "body_md": "A programmer named Fogus came across a GitHub argument about chess engine development and wrote about why hobby coding communities are hostile toward large language models. [Hobbyists say](https://blog.fogus.me/llm/born-against.html) is working code isn't the goal. They like to build operating systems, programming languages, and console emulators, or try to fit a working program into as few characters as possible. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/12/hobby-coders-against-llms.html)\n\nThe post [Why hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/12/hobby-coders-against-llms.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/08/12/hobby-coders-against-llms.html", "published_at": "2026-08-12 14:35:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 15:40:16.161901+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Fogus", "Boing Boing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-hobby-coders-treat-ai-written-code-as-missing-the-point.jsonld"}}