Don't call yourself an artisanal programmer

The author argues that calling yourself an 'artisanal programmer' is a trap—it frames engineers who don't use LLMs as hobbyists. He cites Hillel Wayne's crossover study: traditional engineers actually call careful coders 'engineers' and prompt-driven coders 'craftsmen.' The author sees this term flip as anti-intellectualism in software—people refuse to learn low-level details and just want to copy-paste. His warning: don't give up the title 'programmer,' or you'll legitimize vibecoding as the default.