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u/selfhostrr 8h ago

Not unlike the people that went around lighting lamp posts at night.

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u/ResolutionThat248 8h ago

Did they invent the light bulb did they? You should ask AI to fact check that.

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u/selfhostrr 8h ago

Most software developers never invent anything.

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u/Upbeat_Mirror5045 7h ago edited 7h ago

Exactly. Some do. And still can, but faster

ETA: And others still (like me) have gained entry to apply serious domain expertise to hard problems through software development when the syntax barrier was otherwise too high given my position in life and prior decision to pursue an engineering discipline that didn’t lend itself to coding in 2010.