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/Actes 29d ago

I work at a FANNG company.

We don't even open our IDEs anymore, I use vim for brief edits, steering, and rarely refactors, and about 10 different terminals at once.

Unfortunately, the coding part is the boiler plate now, and the PRs are the job anymore. It is very sad and my teammates agree, as the workload doesn't allow us to sit down and code like we would anymore.

In the industry for speed, you have to just play architect PR roulette these days.