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by yunohn 1002 days ago
> because it makes it easier for the not so great programmers to write code

A truly elite HN take.

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That's an uncharitable reading. Genius doesn't scale, so you need processes and technologies that average people (or maybe above average, but definitely not top 0.1%) can use efficiently. Take literate programming, for example: it may be working great for Knuth but most programmers are not Knuth, and I don't even mean it as "not as smart", just "have different mentality and composition of mind".