ND If Software Is Eating The World, Why Don't Coders Get Any Respect?
618 points by throwaway37 5319 days ago | 265 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Article discusses undervaluation of programmers, comparing their pay and respect to other professions.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 6 evals
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2026-03-05 23:10 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 23:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 23:04 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.011 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 23:04 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.01 (Neutral) 0.00
2026-03-05 22:59 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.011 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 22:59 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.01 (Neutral)
2026-03-01 07:03 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-03-01 07:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive) 0.00
reasoning
Editorial discussing programmer respect and pay, tangential to human rights
2026-03-01 06:58 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-03-01 06:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Editorial discussing programmer respect and pay, tangential to human rights
2026-03-01 06:56 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-01 06:56 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Implicitly supportive of labor rights