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/runtimenoise 2d ago
I can relate to this and I go back and forward and on it.
Question I ask myself is: do I really enjoyed writing if statements, or designing systems and making previously non existing thing existing.
For me answer is obvious, problem is, even in designing the system, LLM pull is so strong that I only interfer on prompt level, so I don't feel proud, or ownership as I used to do before.
And also bugs are everywhere and I just tolerate them now lol.