Gatekeeping vs accessibility

What happens to earned-identity communities when the earning gets automated: "I use Arch btw" derived its meaning from setup pain; omarchy delivers the result in seconds, and parts of the Arch community reject its users' claim to the badge. networkchuck's position: earning it the hard way "is kind of a waste of time now"; typecraft's: "you can always say you use Arch." Rhymes with dhh's account of Arch purists resenting Omarchy ("a certain kind of nerd who's threatened when the community expands") and his answer — separate communities can share technical underpinnings. The general pattern applies to any craft AI automates: the skill remains real; the gate stops filtering.

Sources: NetworkChuck, DHH