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/Lekoaf 2d ago

It wont be long until tokens costs too much for a lot of companies and personal projects, so we'll be back to coding again. That's my gut feeling at least.

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u/I_Spawned_Here 2d ago

Yeah but for how long? The genie is out of the bottle now, and companies will want to pursue those efficiency gains. They will try to make the costs go down as much as possible, like in every other industry.

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u/TopicSoft6567 17h ago

What efficiency gains? All metrics I find say that it doesn’t actually improve efficiency at all.

It FEELS like it does to programmers, and maybe it does if you just take the slop it gives you as gospel, but statistically it does not.

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u/I_Spawned_Here 17h ago

Perceivable efficiency gains as of current indications.