i think there's always going to be a bell curve of programmers: say those in the pocket on the left are interested in the "soil" as the author put it

as the total number of programmers grows, so too does the pocket, but at a smaller rate than the rest of the bell

so, numbers-wise, yes, there will be fewer hackers per average programmer. it becomes harder to find them too, since most people will probably spend most of their time swimming around the middle of the curve

but i think their number overall is still increasing. just have to grit your teeth and jump to discord to find them :)