The peril of laziness lost

This article delves into Larry Wall's classic three virtues of a programmer—laziness, impatience, and hubris—with a deep focus on laziness as the most profound. It discusses how laziness motivates developers to create powerful abstractions that simplify complex systems, a process requiring hard intellectual work. The article then examines how the broadening of software creation has led to a false industriousness, exemplified by the 'brogrammer' culture, and how LLMs have amplified this trend, citing Garry Tan's boastful use of LLMs for rapid code generation. It critiques the shift from thoughtful abstraction to hustle-driven coding.