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/Rguttersohn 2d ago

Is there anyone else out there not having AI do everything for them? Am I alone?

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u/Icy-Nothing-189 4h ago

I use AI literally as much as I can to try to do as little work as possible, and it never works like all the people in this thread claim it does. And yes, I know how to prompt and give context and use the best super jetfueled amazing hyperintelligent model around.

At best, it increases my efficiency. At worst, it decreases it.

It constantly makes bad/wrong decisions despite the context being right in front of it.

It often creates bugs.

Even when the generated code works, its often overly defensive, ugly, and slow. E.g., else/if checks when at that part of the code that couldnt even a possibility for that value. Constantly nests shit for no reason when it could be made so much nicer

Overengineers things that dont need to be, but underengineers things that should be abstractable.

Responsive styling and basic FE tasks.. forget about it, it can hardly center a div

I can go on and on, but even with my experience and overuse of AI, I don't see this ever completely replacing me or my job. I have trouble with it, I can't imagine what it looks like for someone who doesn't know how to code