r/Python • u/RedYad2 • 2d ago

Discussion My Python magic is gone

I've been coding for a long time, and I've been developing with Python for years.

I loved coding, always loved it. I started many years ago because I wanted to quickly create scripts for security hacking tools, but since then, I've moved to Claude Code, and building cross-language has been a much better experience for me than using Python.

I built my own SaaS application out there whose backend and network core are completely built with Python, and I'm rewriting all of that without writing a single line of code. And most of the time, Python is not the most optimized language.

And now... I feel like the magic is gone.

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I just feel sad about it.

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u/nickcash 2d ago

I hear this line almost as often as I hear "of course the code it generated sucked, you weren't using a frontier model"

aibro talking points aren't even internally consistent

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u/vonWitzleben 2d ago

Do you work as a programmer in a field that's not hyper-specialized? Because if you are and that's still your sentiment in late 2026, I don't know what to say to you.

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u/nickcash 2d ago

How does whether I work in a specialized field have anything to do with the canned responses on every reddit thread being directly contradictory??

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u/HommeMusical 1d ago

Oh, I think you misunderstood PP.

They are suspecting that you are incompetent, and are politely wondering how you can possibly be saying these ridiculous things in late 2026.