[smartmic]

> For the first time in my life, I’m suddenly wary of meeting other "computer programmers" in the wild. I feel like there’s a decent chance we won’t actually have much in common, let alone values or morality.

Maybe the social group the author is referring to has split up (forked)? For example, I wouldn't call anyone producing vibe coded AI stuff a "programmer". That noun will be reserved for the original group.

[visarga]

> I wouldn't call anyone producing vibe coded AI stuff a "programmer"

How about "software developer"?

[kh_hk]

Prompting AI feels a bit like that feeling I had when I was copypasting random javascript and java applets for my first website. The website had MIDI, a scrolling status bar on the bottom, particles that followed the mouse, you name it. Never understood any of it, nor made me deep dive because it was too complicated. But then at some age I reached out for fundamentals and that's when I started building things.

All this to say, no, software developer probably not. Script kiddie?

[aleph_minus_one]

> > I wouldn't call anyone producing vibe coded AI stuff a "programmer"

> How about "software developer"?

Rather: AI prompter. :-)