Well, it might be a rational view for the author, but for me that's like saying "I no longer like cooking, because there are companies providing the recipes I like as ready-made meals", or "I no longer play my instruments and make music, because there are machines which can create the music I like"; both topic apply to me personally, and I wouldn't agree to the statements. I still like to design and implement systems, make clever architectures and solve tricky problems. Why should I care if other people use LLMs to do so?

For most of us, as much as we enjoy making clever things, without the context of a job there aren't that many fun problems we have time to engage with.

It matters because doing so used to be worthwhile economically. Now it is exclusively a part-time for people who have time to do it for fun.

>Why should I care if other people use LLMs to do so?

No man is an island. I've been watching my love for programming die as I've seen so many of my peers and engineering heroes turn into vibe coders.

Community is a powerful thing.