I prefer the 'code is legos' metaphor. Well defined interfaces that hurt like hell if you step on them. You get a practically indestructible chunk that is simple by itself but can be composed to extreme complexity. Parts can be used in many different contexts and new parts are constructed when required. I think AI actually increases the need for this kind of construction.

I came to the exact conclusion anology myself. So there is something to it.

I’m working on many open-source SaaS and am working on making them malleable from the built in AI. Anyone else working on this?

I've always thought of it as a sand mandala.

Code might be clay, but we're not at the potter's wheel any more, the clankers are.

It's literally the Disney Fantasia scene of the Sorcerer's Apprentice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-W8vUXRfxU

Is it no longer gauche to refer to oneself as an artisan?

Code is more like a garden. You spend a lot of time just watching stuff grow, you don't know what you're going to get, sometimes you have to pull weeds, and you have to be mindful of the weather and soil conditions to ensure stuff grows optimally.

And it is still better to be a coder in a garden, than a gardener in CODE.

- i still write my code by hand and ll continue to do so

- only thing I use AI for is to review it

This is just current day LLM consumer conceit packaged as information.