why the 'hand coding' backlash is really about agency, not nostalgia

There is a post making the rounds on Hacker News today that caught my attention for exactly the right reasons. The title is deliberately provocative: "I'm going back to writing code by hand." It hit 900+ points in a few hours, and the comments section is exactly what you would expect. People saying "this is Luddite nonsense." People saying "finally someone said it." People arguing about whether the author is a bad engineer or the only honest one in the room. Both sides are missing the point, I t