Public story · 2026-03-12 · source-backed
Les Orchard: "Grief and the AI Split."
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The sharpest taxonomy of developer identity crisis: "craft-lovers" vs. "make-it-go people." Before AI, the motivation behind the work was invisible because the process was identical. Now the split is visible and painful. blog.lmorchard.com
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