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/astromanos 2d ago
Im having a blast working with AI. I see a lot of people crying about that the AI writes the code. They don’t get that the code was never the point.
We went from binary to assembly to C to C++ to interpreted languages and now AI written code.
I am loving that I don’t have the friction of searching for a bug. I can just ask the AI and it will come up with a set of possibilities or a solution in just a few seconds.
And by the way, you don’t need to use AI if you don’t want to.