What is 'No Skill. No Taste' about?

Kinglycrow's post critiques modern software dev for lacking craftsmanship and aesthetic sense, blaming tools and incentives.

Will AI make coding skill obsolete?

No — it'll commoditize rote work, elevating taste and architecture as true differentiators.

Study classics like Unix philosophy, review with aesthetics in mind, iterate ruthlessly.

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Modern codebases reek of mediocrity. A viral blog nails it: no skill, no taste.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 4 min read

Modern coding prioritizes speed over skill, leading to tasteless, bloated software. 𝕏
Open source communities like Rust and Suckless offer a path back to craftsmanship. 𝕏
AI tools amplify existing mediocrity; human taste remains irreplaceable. 𝕏

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