Comment by tkdb

Someone who writes code without LLMs is now an artisan software developer.

An artisan is (by definition) someone who creates manually, using traditional methods. Before there are automated or higher tech means of creating the same output, artisans don't exist, they are just craftspeople or tradespeople.

A factory worker, or factory owner, can care deeply about the quality of the product, and can be "in the loop" as you write about, but they are in the loop with the factory equipment vs. in the loop in manually crafting the product.

I don't think I'm refuting or in any real disagreement with you, in fact I may be here pushing artisan pedantry because I didn't see the literal use of the term coming through strongly enough.