You're right. We wouldn't want to lower the bar to programming too much. Just imagine if the wrong sorts of people took advantage of the advancing technology and lower barrier of entry to substantially improve their lives! We really should be using assembly for web development so we know that only the truly dedicated and those committed to the craft can participate in this career.
That is not the point I'm trying to make at all. You conjured my talking point out of thin air and then attributed it to me. I should have expected this...
I'm not gatekeeping. I'm saying that we spend a lot of effort to lower the bar to software development when it is already very low. It is certainly already low enough that anyone can become a software developer. I would like to see that effort used for something more productive.
