The Cyber Show on Why Coding is Important and Slop Cannot Change or Replace That

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 17, 2026

The Web site (and capsule) of The Cyber Show is still undergoing changes, but there's this new article on why Andy codes and why that matters. To quote: "Understanding the assault on literature can help re-frame the reasons that technofascists attack coding through "AI" automation. Efficiency is simply a "surface feature" and excuse. Coding provides a massive amount of high level cognitive benefits and invisible skills. I guess I've been doing this a while. I taught my fellow students at secondary school, so maybe I've been been teaching programming in one form or another for four decades. One thing I noticed from the beginning is that once people start learning code they grow very rapidly in their clarity and fluency around other subjects."

The site is, in general, still under construction (coding):

Also see, from the same author:

1. Peak Code — Part I: Before the Wars
2. Peak Code — Part II: Lost Source
3. After Code

Hand-crafting one's site has plenty of advantages. █