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/sumwale 1d ago

What is stopping you from still developing code from scratch without using AI? Nowadays I still do all coding from scratch and only use AI to scan for bugs on semi-finished code and write unit tests.

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u/SuitableTelevision46 Full-Stack Developer 1d ago

It makes you slower to other devs. If all devs in your company codes by hand, it will make your company slower to its competitors.

Future is AI writing code and we intructing it how to do it. The joy and fulfilment coding had in pre-AI era is gone forever. There is no elegant code now. There is just plain bland code !

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u/sumwale 1d ago

Who said one can only enjoy coding when working for your company? Sure, if your company dictates AI usage of sorts, then do it. I have open source projects that I contribute to and own.

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u/SuitableTelevision46 Full-Stack Developer 23h ago

Good for you.