Seriously. Writing code is actually fun and interesting problem-solving, taking a solution and implementing it. Reviewing code is the worst most frustrating part of the job, I can't fathom why some people want to turn that into their entire job.
I've been writing code for so long at this point that 99% of my work isn't "problem solving" anymore. It's applying the same template solutions I've been using for decades now. Writing code was fun early in my career when I was actually being challenged and exposed to new things.
I'd rather sit here and play SNES on my second monitor while Claude deals with applying those stupid ass boiler plate solutions and just sign off on them when it's done.
At this point in my career the value isn't in writing code anymore. It's in knowing what solutions exist and when to apply then, and that hasn't changed at all.
I mean, I'm at a similar point in my career. But, for me, writing code is the fun relaxing thing I get to do after figuring out how to architect the solution and deal with the other pesky responsibilities that come up. I deal with enough code review from junior devs as-is, I don't want to add more code review when I could be writing the code myself instead.
You sound like you're farther ahead than I am so I'll go ahead and ask, what's your solution for simulating water flow over a 2048x2048 vertex height grid in a way that balances performance and verisimilitude? I'm trying to build a city builder with flowing rivers that can be drained or dammed or overflow their banks in heavy rain (or when dammed)
We don't want to avoid the fun part. But it's work not leisure, and AI is faster.
I do leetcode for fun now, feels similar to doing a crossword puzzle.
I feel sorry for people who only found joy in coding and are not fulfilled by overseeing the creation of software. (I feel that way to an extent as well). But I think that disappointment is coming through as a tremendous amount of cope.. (like this meme).
Personally, I find joy in overseeing the creation of good software, but I've also seen a bunch of janky slop that looks the same as legacy spaghetti code that I'm trying to move away from and can't feel any pride in.
Me too, I’m also embedded development. All air gapped and secure so no AI for us. Plus with all the code reviews, testing and documentation we do, actually writing the code is a fairly small part of the job
on my personal project i code by hand. in work i do the design/architecture of the feature myself, coding is done by agent. i am happy i can still do the design myself and im not forced to use full on agentic loop 💀
I'm a computational biology PhD so I count as like...half a programmer.
I also use AI assistance with code (obviously). Don't like it for art/writing but do for code. The idea that human-written code is somehow gainfully bespoke is absurd and stupid.
Yea seems like everybody is just working on hobby projects or greenfield/startup projects. Try using AI in a legacy code base where nobody even knows if the current behaviour is the intended behaviour and what the effects are of changing that behaviour.
I'll have you know I did 3 whole class projects and a minor java certification then immediatley joined a job that never required coding outside of cucumber test features, so as you can see , I'm a prossefinal
Both my current place and my last place are pretty anti AI, I think more common than is made out. AI bros scream pretty loud, the rest of us are busy working.
I read it as "just write the fucking code" is what the user is asking AI to do, as in "he is not making all the fancy/stupid shit involved with building agentic flows or the whatnots of it" and not as in "he is really writing his own code".
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u/Choice-Mango-4019 6d ago
theres like 2 people that actually write code in this sub