I’m thinking about our feelings about code in the era of LLMs.

For a long time, the task of coding—the mental process, the interiority of comprehension—was one of the only islands where one’s individual, unique experience was worth protecting and valuing in the money-making machines we call companies.

There’s a lot about the edification of this task above all else we could really stand to do away with. BUT if you were one of the lucky ones, I also understand the loss aversion.