Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage
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Hobby programming communities resist LLMs because they value the process of learning, not just working code.
The author observes hostility toward LLMs in niche communities like chess engine development, OSDev, and the demoscene. These groups value hard-won domain knowledge and the craft of mastering a difficult field. Using LLMs is seen as missing the point: the exercise is the learning, not the output. LLMs may work as a force multiplier for experts, but they rob novices of the craft.
What commenters are saying
Two camps emerge: those who enjoy the process of coding (like gardening) and those who enjoy the end result (like a clean home). One commenter notes LLMs generate harder-to-review code with subtler bugs. Another frames the conflict as "ADHD vs. autism hyperwar," where generalists using LLMs outpace specialists focused on details. A third counters that autistic precision works well with LLMs, but prefers direct code iteration.