points by rowanG077 20 hours ago | 0 comments
I agree that people can write code for whatever they want, and that is valid.
Code can be art, making food can also be art. So I'm don't agree with your distinction that code is materially different from baking in that aspect.
The terminology "from scratch" and "by hand" are really not interchangeable in my opinion. "By hand" implies something about the process. "From scratch" implies something about the state before you started, not anything about the process.
It's fine to disagree, I don't think you're "wrong", and I don't think I'm "right" either. We just have different perspectives and definitions of words, and that's ok.
I think the more important thing is understanding the intent of the person speaking, instead of just trying to win an argument, as that's derailing the conversation/topic anyways. And in this context, all I was trying to convey by using "by hand" and "from scratch" was the notion of coding without using an LLM.