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

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.

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 The 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 .