Craftsmanship coding and the five stages of grief

If you’ve been reading recent Hacker News threads, you’ve probably noticed a recurring tone: a recurring mourning for “craftsmanship” in software, for the clay-in-hands feeling of shaping code line by line. Here’s some evidence: “We mourn our craft” “I miss thinking hard” “I started programming when I was 7… the thing I loved has changed” And, of course, existential dread about “slop” eating the…