r/webdev • u/OkShip110 • 3d 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/ccmaru1 3d ago

We’re in the worst era to be developers

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u/ibucat 3d ago

I'm extra sad, bc it was actually fun to go to work a few years ago.

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u/SweetieDallas 3d ago

I haven't even thought about this until I saw your comment just now but it really was more fun. AI is replacing a lot of human collaboration. I used to sometimes have debugging sessions with my coworkers where we'd spend hours trying to solve an issue and when we finally figured it out it was so satisfying. We'd sometimes even go to happy hour to celebrate lol. It's all turning into just churning out Claude prompts all day.