In this turbocharged internet age we live in — where everyone thinks they’re a genius and money has become the new religion — anyone trying to build software independently is basically signing a certificate of irrelevance. The world is overflowing with inflated egos and companies that worship profit above all else. And as if that weren’t bad enough, now we have these so-called 'intelligent machines.' They devour the code we write, spit out recycled versions, and somehow manage to convince a bunch of clueless people that they’re better than us — the real programmers. It’s like we’re being replaced by cheap knockoffs of our own brilliance — and the crowd is giving them a standing ovation.