> When machines first appeared in factories, unskilled workers who didn’t understand how they operated often got injured - sometimes quite literally losing fingers.
Factories were extremely dangerous because the machines had no safety measures. And they continued to be dangerous, for everybody skilled or not, until the introduction of workers rights, regulations and enforced safety measures and protocols.
> But for skilled craftsmen, these machines became force multipliers, dramatically increasing productivity and improving overall living standards.
Skilled craftsmen continued working as they traditionally did so much so that up to today it is possible to find craftsmen that use traditional tools.
> Those who invest in learning the craft will always have the advantage.
I like your comparison. A related thought: what should be really valuable right now for Cursor, Windsurf etc is figuring out who the skilled users are and further training their models based on their usage. In fact, actively courting skilled devs would give them very high quality data to finesse the tools further.
If I could honestly say I was any good at coding I'd be using this as an argument for unlimited free access to these platforms!
Factories were extremely dangerous because the machines had no safety measures. And they continued to be dangerous, for everybody skilled or not, until the introduction of workers rights, regulations and enforced safety measures and protocols.
> But for skilled craftsmen, these machines became force multipliers, dramatically increasing productivity and improving overall living standards.
Skilled craftsmen continued working as they traditionally did so much so that up to today it is possible to find craftsmen that use traditional tools.
> Those who invest in learning the craft will always have the advantage.
I agree with your conclusion, thou.