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I like the core description of programming, but the framing - that programming is tougher than manual labor - is childish. Life is not a competition for whose job is hardest, and if it were, no one on Hacker News would win it.

> Life is not a competition for whose job is hardest

I think the author agrees, and wrote the article mostly as a response to people who think it is.

> no one on Hacker News would win it.

That might be true, but it doesn’t seem like a thing you could know.

"Programming Sucks" is genuinely one of my favorite pieces of writing. If y'all haven't it's very much worth a read.

Absolutely my favorite (funny) thing about programming ever written.