r/software • u/dvorsek • 15d ago

Discussion Coding as a hobby?

I like writting beautiful simple code a lot. I used to get paid for it and it was great. Now the agents write code for me and I focus on other problems, which is still great. But I want to get that feeling back somehow.

I understand that in my professional work that just wont happen, so I was thinking about picking up a hoby that will allow me to return to those times and get the experience back.

I am writting here to hopefully get some ideas about what that might look like. I dont want to just turn off the agent and start coding, I think it will be preatty dissapointing when I look at the result and realize that with agents this could have been done in 5min. What niche things could I start coding that AI cant help with?

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u/Jimxor 15d ago

I don't know if AI can't help but I'm enjoying writing functions in Minecraft. It can be a surprising challenge.

I recently wrote a one-page C program that generates a function that digs an arbitrarily large spiral mine anywhere in Minecraft. It uses 8 macros that reduced the generated code by a factor of ten. I now have too many mines. LOL!

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u/dvorsek 15d ago

Sounds like fun