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The pianist Steven Blier, who co-founded NYFOS in 1988 and remains its artistic director, is one of the most imaginative programmers in classical music, his myriad interests bursting the courtly confines of the vocal recital.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s also a growing pile of evidence suggesting that AI tools don’t improve productivity — or at least not without sacrificing quality or morale — with many programmers finding that AI coding tools are too error prone to be worth the hassle.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
Last year, filmmakers who spoke out for Palestinian life and liberty from the Berlinale stage reported being aggressively reprimanded by senior festival programmers.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Some programmers have started to warn that similar advances could cannibalize all kinds of knowledge work.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s also a growing pile of evidence suggesting that AI tools don’t improve productivity — or at least not without sacrificing quality or morale — with many programmers finding that AI coding tools are too error prone to be worth the hassle.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 2026
Last year, filmmakers who spoke out for Palestinian life and liberty from the Berlinale stage reported being aggressively reprimanded by senior festival programmers.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
Some programmers have started to warn that similar advances could cannibalize all kinds of knowledge work.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Programmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/programmer. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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programmer
noun
pro·gram·mer
variants
also programer
ˈprō-ˌgram-ər 
-grə-mər
: a person who writes computer programs
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