Programming is not the same as hanging out some hoity-toity art gallery. If someone critiqued my software dev by saying I had "no taste", I'd cringe so hard I'd turn into a black hole.
I know this is hackernews, but this reeks of self-importance.
Unfortunately this particular art form requires fluency in mathematics and the sciences/computers, so it’s very inaccessible.
No. Get over yourself.
In all seriousness: why do you insist on an intellectual totem pole with art being more “hoity toity” as you say, and more worthy? And if so, why is engineering below painting?
In mathematics and some hard sciences, and in absolutely elementary aspects of other fields like programming, things can be proven to be right or wrong. In every other endeavour, we need to repeatedly apply fuzzy judgements.
Some do this poorly, some do it well.
Just in case you actually are interested in nuance, here’s some more on the topic:
https://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/idea-having-is-not-art
More worthy? Where are you getting that?
Am i responding to a bot?
Imagine if a carpenter or house builder was shitting out slop that had no taste. And then laughed at people who pointed it out. Would you hire them to build something for you?
This is a problem with SE culture.
What are you even talking about? How does this even remotely relate to software development? Are you telling me a function that adds 2 numbers has "taste"?