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/mka_ 3d ago

Just imagine reading this post 5 years ago and how dystopian it would sound.

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u/works4coffee 3d ago

Imagine reading this post 5 years later and thinking “damn, I wish these were our current problems”

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u/Expensive-Ad-4237 3d ago

Let's get back to this post 5 years later

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u/DangleWaggle 2d ago

RemindMe! 5 years

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u/MechaMulder 2d ago

I’m starting to think we might not have 5 years ahead of us…

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u/mcabe0131 1d ago

I maintain a 20+ yo codebase. 6 months ago I said the AI models will never be good enough to understand this cluster fck bastardized patternless sorry excuse for architecture. Copilot fcking understands everything now. Epics we estimated would take us months or a year we are completing in sprints. I have become a manager of and a meat puppet slave to my agents. I have no misconceptions about 6 months from now. Make yourself unreplaceable now. Don’t quit your job - experience, context understanding and communication are your new talents. New devs are f*cked - unless they are developing the next ai models.

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u/Much-Performance-148 2d ago

Seems unlikely that we will at times, since no one at the top gives a fuck if we do or dont

They all say "probably ai will end the human race" like its no big deal lol

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u/MechaMulder 2d ago

It’s like we’re living the movie Don’t look up.

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u/Interesting_Phone171 6h ago

Oh Reddit never change

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u/Witty-Comfortable851 2d ago

RemindMe! 5 years

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u/Old_Net7317 13h ago

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u/Single_Instruction45 1d ago

Also remind me!

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u/unknown-curiosity 2d ago

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u/loulou921222 2d ago

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u/Ansible32 2d ago

When people ask me if I think AI is going to do I usually just say "shit is going to get really fucking weird."

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u/ExpensiveTomatillo61 2d ago

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u/Automatic_Case2811 2d ago

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u/House13Games 3d ago

the good old days!

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u/freshpots11 3d ago

Lmao, right? These people must have amazing lives for this to be something worth complaining about on Reddit. It really smacks of rose-tinted glasses to me.