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by tacostakohashi 50 days ago
Going along with the McDonald's metaphor, sure, there is a (big) place in the market for low-cost, high-volume slop. There's also room in the market for Michelin star chefs and restaurants, and a whole spectrum inbetween, these options aren't exclusive.

40-50 years ago, being a specialist secretary / typist was a thing, being able to quickly and proficiently write documents using a typewriter from notes or dictation. Then, with word processing, people could do it themselves to a large extent, but there's still typesetting as a skillset for books, newpapers, advertisements, etc. I think programming is like that, it used to be that anyone who wanted some software done would need to get a specialist to handle it, now, lots of them will be able to get pretty far themselves... but there will always be a small place for skilled people for highly critical stuff.