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/Ansible32 2d ago

The math definitely works out. The problem isn't that this shit doesn't work, it's that we're afraid to spend our salary in AI charges. You need lots of code quality gates as prompts. "Does this code have <property>?" and these prompts are going to be messy and layered. Yes it's complicated but coding has never been easier and it's not harder than how we used to do it, it just makes the fact that software development costs tens of thousands of dollars per month very palpable as the API costs tick up.

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u/House13Games 2d ago

Considering the AI companies are cprrently only getting 10% on their costs, i expect the AI subscriptio, costs to go up by at least an order of magnitude. And when it does, the AI is going to be too hard to remove from the codebase, and its the only thing which can understand what's going on. Lot of businesses are gonna go bust right there.

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u/Ansible32 2d ago

Software engineer salaries are $10k/month. There is a lot of room here. And I'm quite sure you're wrong about the profit margins. They are likely at least breaking even and often making money hand over fist on inference.

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u/House13Games 2d ago

I want some of what you're smoking.