I can get by some of this article's sentiment, but I can't help but feel that it somewhat devalues programming into this dumb task of copying and pasting. In fact, I've been seeing this meme propagate quite a lot, as of recent. "Programming isn't hard. It's just being able to copy and paste the right answers from Stack Overflow."
This is a horrible idea to instill, particularly onto beginners. That and I can't help but feel that all these sort of articles and thoughts come from people with web developer background. The "hipster" motif being used kind of implies it. My personal background is more in system programming, so I'm not a hipster, but a greybeard, dammit.
In the end, I can't relate to this as much. In fact, I'd say copying and pasting is more harmful today than it ever has been before, due to how complex and multifaceted computing in general is. There's too many things to know.
I'm definitely not trying to suggest that programming is easy. I've seen a lot of code ruined by cut/paste, but it's also true that beginners have to start somewhere!
My main point is that having a better way to look up programming information is something that can benefit everyone.
This is a horrible idea to instill, particularly onto beginners. That and I can't help but feel that all these sort of articles and thoughts come from people with web developer background. The "hipster" motif being used kind of implies it. My personal background is more in system programming, so I'm not a hipster, but a greybeard, dammit.
In the end, I can't relate to this as much. In fact, I'd say copying and pasting is more harmful today than it ever has been before, due to how complex and multifaceted computing in general is. There's too many things to know.