I DONT GATEKEEP SHIT. I TEACH ANYONE WHO COMES INTO CONTACT WITH ME ANYTHING THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT COMPUTERS. I HAVE BROUGHT UP NEW PROGRAMMERS IN EVERY CONTEXT I HAVE WORKED IN SINCE I WAS A PROGRAMMER. I SPEND LARGE QUANTITIES OF MY TIME VOLUNTEERING WITH GROUPS TO TEACH PROGRAMMING AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF AND ACCESS TO FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. EVERYTHING I WRITE IS FREE AND I BEND OVER BACKWARDS AND CODESIGN WITH NONEXPERTS SO THAT IT CAN BE USED BY NONEXPERTS. I HAVE READ WORSE CODE THAN MOST PEOPLE HAVE EVER WRITTEN AND HELPED THE AUTHOR FIX IT WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AMATEURS USING LLMS TO LEARN OR MAKE THINGS FOR THEMSELVES, EVEN IF IT MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE IT'S AT BEST A DEAD END WHERE THEY WILL LOSE ACCESS TO THE EMPOWERING NATURE OF CODE WHEN THE VC MONEY DRIES UP, RATHER THAN GAINING LIFELONG SKILLS. IN FACT I LOVE TO SEE NEW PROGRAMMERS EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS SOMETHING THEY PREVIOUSLY COULDN'T. THAT ROCKS AND THE EXCLUSIONARY DESIGN OF MOST FOSS, EVEN IF UNINTENTIONAL, FUCKING SUCKS. BAD CODE IS NOT THE PROBLEM. AMATEURS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST EXPERTISE AND THE MOST MONEY IN THE WORLD ARE PROMULGATING A CULT OF MAKING EVERYTHING FUCKING SUCK MORE SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY THAN GOD. THINGS FUCKING SUCKING HAS CONSEQUENCES AND ISNT JUST ANNOYING. THE SAME CULT THAT MANAGED TO SOMEHOW MAKE OUTLOOK EVEN WORSE IS TAKING OVER THE CODE THAT ADMINISTERS PUBLIC BENEFITS, MEDICINE AND INSURANCE. THAT PEOPLE SAY OPPOSING VIBE CODING IS GATEKEEPING IS MADDENING WHEN THE POWER STRUCTURE THAT DRIVES VIBE CODING IS TRYING TO BECOME THE GATEKEEPER OF LIFE ITSELF