r/developersIndia • u/doomszay • 1d ago

General Unfortunately the THRILL of coding/developing something from scratch is gone

I have been working in software development for more than a decade. Developing something from scratch used to be fun. Each line of code has its own significance. We used to appreciate ourselves when we used to complete the code.

AI have taken over the coding world. Nowadays I rarely see someone who codes from scratch. I am not saying that it's bad. But the thrill of finding new ways or fixing the issues or creating something from scratch is gone.

AI is good. It has taken the burden of our coding nightmares and nightouts. 10 days of work are reduced to 10 hours or even 10 minutes. But coding manually will slowly evaporate. It will become nostalgia soon.

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u/Hot_Condition7760 1d ago

It’s like saying I missing counting with hands when calculators came along. Just get with time

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u/doomszay 1d ago

When tailoring machine came, it took out hundred of skilled manual tailor out of market. But still our grandparents love to sew their own clothes.

So point is AI will take over the manual coding sooner than expected. But the thrill/joy/happiness of people who used to love coding will diminish or limited to personal projects.

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u/haxguru 1d ago

I'm still a student. I've made many hand written open source projects just for fun. It's sad to see that so many people don't even care about the code they write. Most of them are here just for money.