No one has used the word “hacker” with this esoteric / old school context in over 30 years.
The name of the site you are writing this on is a usage of this "esoteric" meaning.
It was an intentional, near-archaic throwback even at the time HN was founded. Paul Graham has written about it, you can probably still find his blog written about it 20 years ago.
But that is serves as a valid counterargument to your claim is something you agree with?
the internet would disagree with you. For example the following search term finds hundreds of results from the last few months alone.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22i%20hacked%20togeth...
The name of the site you are writing this on is a usage of this "esoteric" meaning.
It was an intentional, near-archaic throwback even at the time HN was founded. Paul Graham has written about it, you can probably still find his blog written about it 20 years ago.
But that is serves as a valid counterargument to your claim is something you agree with?
the internet would disagree with you. For example the following search term finds hundreds of results from the last few months alone.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22i%20hacked%20togeth...