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		thunky 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude Cookbook Sure but lets not pretend this is engineering.
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dymk 4 days ago [–]

Then let's not pretend what software engineers have been doing for the last 50 years is engineering, either. But what else would you call it?

thunky 4 days ago | [–]

I agree, which is why I prefer to say software developer rather than engineer.

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