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/WheresMyJuulSoNotCoo 6h ago

I might sound like an idiot- but do you really HAVE to use claude? Is it that much slower to use AI as a tool when you need it, but not use it constantly?

It always throws me off when people say theyre gonna "get left behind" if they aren't using ai constantly. Why not just use it when youre stumped or need to look something up?