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Nitpick, blacksmiths typically did forging, which is hammering heated metal into shape with benefits for the strength of the hammered material. CNC is machining, cutting things into the shape you want at room temperature.

Forging is machine assisted now with tons of tools but its still somewhat of a craft, you can't just send a CAD file to a machine.

I think we're still figuring out where on that spectrum LLM coding will settle.

Blacksmiths also spent a lot of their time repairing things, whereas modern replacements primarily produce more things. Kind of an interesting shift. Economies and jobs change in so many ways.

I recommend dialing in a mill before claiming there’s no craft in CNC.

It's a different craft. The whole thread is about the loss of the craft of coding, to be replaced with something else different.

The craft of blacksmithing is certainly different to that of dialing in a CNC, even if the outcome is both nails.