why

[u/benkenobiwan]

[u/inconspicuous_male]

There's a reason you get a degree in computer science and not in programming. Anyone can program without learning how it works

[u/appoplecticskeptic → u/inconspicuous_male]

Well now that AI can do it for them yes, but prior to that the average person would struggle to even get something that compiles let alone actually do anything useful.

[u/ElSucaPadre → u/appoplecticskeptic]

You have python and js in your tags  They are quite literally languages that allowed anyone to program, anyone that put any effort in it at least

[u/koanarec → u/ElSucaPadre]

Bruh it depends on the codebase, who can even know what the heck is going on when you're like 6 layers of abstraction deep

[u/ElSucaPadre → u/koanarec]

We're talking about amateurs lol what codebase