From the guidelines[0]: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Would someone not say that in a face to face conversation? I certainly would.

I think the phrase web artisan is embarrassingly twee, like most (over)usage of the words artisan/craft etc. etc.

Seems to be for Laravel programmers, which is a PHP web framework labeled as made for "web artisans" by its creator. Still conceited and deluded though

It's built by and around the Laravel community but it's not exclusive to Laravel just like any Laravel programmer is not only a Laravel programmer. They are of course PHP programmers and many (most) also know other back end languages, front end, etc.

Even the jobs up during our soft launch reflect this. You'll see jobs for Rails developers and customer support already listed as well as general PHP developers, non-Laravel specific.

If this is the case, I'd also question the decision to launch on larajobs.com, moreso than the slogan.

ar·ti·san a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Why does the use of that word with regards to web/programming raise such negative feelings?

Just wondering, no affiliation...

"Unicorn Alchemist" is what it says. If you knew him, you'd know that's he's not taking himself too seriously there.