tanteMay 7

"There are no more juniors. There was a funeral for their passing in 2024. Nobody came. The machine does what they do now, but cheaper. Of course, juniors weren't valuable for what they produced, they were valuable for who they would become: the senior engineer who knows where the bodies are buried. We optimized for output, and abolished apprenticeship. A few years from now, we'll wonder where all the seniors are. We shot them. Nobody will remember."

https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp

Programming Still Sucks. — Writing

Sorry Peter. — I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

Show threadSteven 🏳️‍🌈May 7
@tante oh hey I wrote this! Thanks for sharing!
Show threadArmin HanischMay 7
@stevendotjs @tante Thanks for writing this and congratulations on your craftsmanship with words! Hits the perfect tone and while English is not my first language, reading this was pure bliss.
Made it out of programming (it’s just a hobby now) and glad about that. 😎
Show threadSteven 🏳️‍🌈May 7
@Linkshaender @tante ahw thank you! Happy for you you made it out! If you wanna tell me about it, I'm all ears.
Show threadArmin HanischMay 10

@stevendotjs @tante Wrote a blog post about the reason programming is still fun, but just a hobby for me now. Let's call it a shift in seeing purpose. It's all about people.
As English ist not my native language I tried my best and then used Deepl and Kagi Translate to make it into something readable (both of them had astonishingly few corrections 🤗). Let me hear what you think of this, please.

https://www.arminhanisch.de/2026/05/programming-is-now-only-a-hobby/

Why Programming Is Still Fun, but It’s Just a Hobby Now

Why Programming Is Still Fun, But It’s Just a Hobby Now I used to be a software developer. I even trained other software developers and gave talks at conferences. For a few years now, I’ve only been programming as a hobby. This wasn’t an active “escape” from software development, but rather a realization and a desire to learn something new again. Keep reading if you want to know what I actually find interesting about programming and why coding ("vibe" or not) is only a small part of it.

Show threadSteven 🏳️‍🌈
@Linkshaender @tante ok I made a start and it's excellent so far! I'll read more tonight when my little one is in bed.
May 11 at 12:20pmWeb
Show threadArmin HanischMay 11
@stevendotjs @tante Take your time, our „little one“ turns 21 this summer and if I think back it can only be weeks ago she learned to walk. 😆😂