Bimodal here suggests either/or which I don’t think is correct for either chefs or code enjoyers. I think experts tend to eschew snobbery more and can see the value in comfort food, quick and dirty AI prototypes or boilerplate, or say cheap and drinkable wine, while also being able to appreciate what the truly high-end looks like.
It’s the mid-range with pretensions that gets squeezed out. I absolutely do not need a $40 bottle of wine to accompany my takeout curry, I definitely don’t need truffle slices added to my carbonara, and I don’t need to hand-roll conceptually simple code.
It’s the mid-range with pretensions that gets squeezed out. I absolutely do not need a $40 bottle of wine to accompany my takeout curry, I definitely don’t need truffle slices added to my carbonara, and I don’t need to hand-roll conceptually simple code.