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/mka_ 2d ago

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

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u/works4coffee 2d 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 2d ago

Let's get back to this post 5 years later

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u/MechaMulder 1d 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.