# Why hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point

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> Published: 2026-08-12 14:35:00+00:00

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)

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