Be Wary of Digital Deskilling

by L0inon 1/13/2026, 3:27 PMwith 5 comments

by throwawaysleepon 1/13/2026, 4:09 PM

Is there a way to meaningfully be wary of it?

The value of skill changes over time. There was a point when being a dev required things like download size optimization and performance profiling.

How many devs today even conceptually know of those, yet alone do them?

by Havocon 1/13/2026, 4:36 PM

Not sure this marxist deskilling lens really adds much to the prevailing question around replacing skilled labour.

It amounts to machine does the work either way