Saying coding is not art is like saying architecture isn't art.
Just because the end result is functional and not purely aesthetic doesn't mean it's not creative or artistic.
I suspect a lot of the non-coders (and some coders) who say this kind of stuff think programming is just copying and pasting solutions from Stack Overflow.
That's like saying room design is never an art just because anyone can throw in some IKEA furniture and call it a day.
I don't design my own furniture and most of my furniture is IKEA, and I'm not going to claim I have artistic room design skills... but I'm not going to say artistic room design and architecture doesn't exist. And someone still artistically designed that IKEA stuff I'm using.
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