Art is "expression of an idea". Programming ISN'T art; the program/game/website could be, but programming is a CRAFT. The people he mentions are not artists, they are craftsmen.
While some artists turn the labor-intensive aspects of crafting into a part of their expression (including any angles on tradition and social-economic factors), like Ai Weiweis[0] installation Sunflower Seeds[1] in the Tate Modern in London, others might focus on the community aspect of crafting as part of their media, like how Thomas Hirschhorns[2] installation Musée précaire Albinet[3][4][5] close to Paris takes crafting as a means to "be present and produce something together on location", as "agreement", as part of a community in a public space, and as inclusion of anybody beyond differences in the understanding of Art. AFAICR he could even get the Mona Lisa from the Louvre for a few days to exhibit it there.
Besides, I think it's safe to say that any work in the field of Performing Arts is based on an analysis of their craft.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Seeds_(artwork)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hirschhorn
[3]: https://www.thomashirschhorn.com/musee-precaire-albinet/
[4]: https://www.thomashirschhorn.com/about-the-musee-precaire-al...
[5]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_pr%C3%A9caire_Albin...
Edit: I see you changed your comment and now introduced it being a craft, which changes the comment entirely.
Does any of it really matter?
A Urinal[1] can be Art. A collection of programs[2] can be Art. Why?
Because we define it as such. Art isn't clearly defined nor should it be. Art is an expression of an idea, and at the same time, it isn't. It depends on what you think, what I believe and what everyone else knows.
Art for me is the expression of the fact that nothing makes sense yet we act as if we understand the sense behind it all, and at the same time, I dunno.
This is not a pipe[3]. As this is not a program or is it? Apparently this can be a prompt to generate code - nowadays.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)