[neilk]

I kind of want to punch the guy who said "no programmer would do this" in the nose. I'm glad you didn't let that person tell you who you were, or what you could be.

You wanted to do a thing. You made the computer do that thing. Programmer.

It's not about proving you're the smartest person before you even touch a keyboard. It's about being persistent, doing experiments, and always learning.

And I expect that your friend has forgotten the sort of things he did when he started.

[mistermann]

Personally I interpreted it without any ill intent, more in the sense that no programmer would do it this way because programmers are lazy, they'd recognize "there's got to be a better way".

[mikestop]

Confirms my suspicion that code is the most direct extension of biological evolution we've seen thus far.

[irahul]

> I kind of want to punch the guy who said "no programmer would do this" in the nose.

From my reading, it appeared as a complement as in "no beginner programmer would actually go through the pains of finishing it, and finishing it on your own is a feat."