And no true scotsman puts sugar in his porridge

Yes, that was the reference!

Possibly too obscure. I can't tell whether I'm being downvoted by optimists who missed the joke, or by pessimists who got it.

Most sarcasm worsens discussion. And the comment guidelines say Don't be snarky.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Haha, I downvoted you from the first category (until I read this comment).

this is so true.

never once in my life i saw anything get better. except for metal gear solid psx and gears of wars

As someone who started with Borland DOS-era IDEs I can tell you that IDEs did get a lot better over the years. I'm still fascinated every day by JetBrains IDEs.

> I'm still fascinated every day by JetBrains IDEs.

have you used them recently?

terrible, is the word I would use

(as a customer since the 2010s)

What is the definition of a true programmer.

Maybe the age of programmers is over and this is the age of builders.