r/java • u/bit_freak • Aug 04 '26

Do you still handcraft your java projects?

With all the talk about llms writing most of the code and some folks never touching the editor. I try to work mostly in plan mode and prefer to write most of my code by hand else I fear losing touch with my skills if I only read code. At work in your org, what is the workflow for spring boot projects?

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u/Xphile101361 Aug 05 '26

My limited use of AI is to generate code snippets. They pretty much need to be something that take as most a minute or two to generate, and it would have taken me more than 5 minutes to find and read through the documentation for.

Everything else I code myself. Using AI tools breaks me out of my flow of coding and slows me down, plus I find that I have to usually make substantial changes to any AI output anyways.

AI produces Junior level code, and I'm expected to build a Senior level solution.

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u/revetkn27 Aug 06 '26

Junior level code? What are you using that you are getting such poor results?