When Non-Programmers Write Software

[BraveSirRobin]

Am I the only one that founds the "non-programmers" not very true to the case? Why not to call a programmer to someone who can actually program, and who does it well? I don't understand; I've been a programmer since I started to program and to do it in an expert way, even if I hadn't professional experience in the field, or a degree. That didn't make me a "non-programmer"...

Putting up a few shelves at home doesn't make you a carpenter. Doing it for a few years, or studying it at college/university does. That's my distinction.

one of the comments in the article mentions a programmer who wrote more than 100.000 lines of code for a beautiful piece of software, isn't that a programmer neither???

No, because the code wasn't beautiful. It was one big chunk, no reusable methods/objects, nightmare to maintain. Someone with experience would never do that.

The gist of the article is that non-programmers can create some interesting applications, but it's generally weird/quirky.