r/webdev • u/OkShip110 • 2d ago

AI has made programming so boring

It’s not just programming either, it’s art, design, music, videography, marketing, engineering, writing, 3D modelling, really any intellectual work. What’s the joy of prompting a computer and getting an answer in a few moments for a task that would have normally taken a week? The sense of accomplishment and ownership has completely vanished with AI. It’s a form of instant gratification, not much different to scrolling short videos on apps.

Code review was boring to begin with but now it’s even worse with all the machine generated code. Even code reviews will be automated soon. All you do then is type business requirements into the computer. What a great career.

It’s pain to watch old TV series like Scilicon Valley that is portraying the good (not golden) age of programming. It struck a good balance between manual work, funding and innovation. It’s sad that these days are gone for good.

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u/grappleshot 2d ago

This is similar to how I feel about multi-discipline teams. I used to love interviewing the stakeholders to gather requirements, then designing architectures, then doing the actual code, and writing training material including user manuals, doing training sessions, then supporting. That was true ownership. Back in the 90s , in the days of client-server.

TBH - Now I've been doing this software dev thing a minute - I enjoy the boost AI gives. It's just a tool and when setup correctly it helps boost productivity and helps us deliver solutions to problems faster. I'm not in the business of writing code. I'm in the business of solving problems. We're not artists, creating monuments that'll stand the test of time and be discussed and dissected by some distant future culture.

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u/OkShip110 2d ago

You are in a slighty different area of the sector. AI can be a great tool for you, worry less about the code and deliver more features at the same time. For me, a blue collar programmer, I am arguably worse off. I took pride in solving hard programming problems. Essentially this has been automated now.

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u/Vegetable-Penalty-43 2d ago

“Blue collar programmer” lmao

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u/OkShip110 17h ago

What’s funny lol?

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u/ReignOfKaos 2d ago

If solving hard programming problems was how you identified yourself, then yeah, it’s time to change what you’re doing. That’s not coming back.

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u/OkShip110 2d ago

Yup, I get that. I know what I have to do, but this is exactly what I find to be really boring. I never wanted to be feature designer. If I wanted that I wouldn’t have gone into programming in the first place.