> This is exactly the fallacy, and it's very hard to see why it's a fallacy if you've never professionally written code (and even then).

This was not necessary or appropriate, and completely discredits your reply.

Sorry, I didn't mean the "you" to be personal. It's a general "you".

But if you meant it's inappropriate even as a general statement then I disagree. Some concepts are just difficult to convey or unintuitive if one hasn't actually done the thing. It's more of a disclaimer that what's to follow is unintuitive.