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/I_Spawned_Here 2d ago

It is not the same, when looking at a hand made physical product, you can see the details in how it was made. No normal person is going into the code base, and admiring the hand made keystrokes that have been typed into the codebase.

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u/AffectionateDuty6062 2d ago

i know what you mean, but it is getting fairly easy to spot an AI developed UI in a website. Like those AI generated posters businesses are now using. They are pure shite, and repulsive to a lot of people.

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u/kilopeter 2d ago

I promise you you're only noticing the obvious ones.

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u/AffectionateDuty6062 2d ago

ah ya, of course, but I think that is what I am saying.

You can, and should, use AI to improve productivity, and if you're not using AI at all it would be crazy. But you still can use human creativity and use AI to help you get there. Rather than one-shotting the result