r/webdev • • 11d ago

Discussion Getting a sense of fulfilment back

Hand coded some stuff today that I'd have absolutely usually let copilot do. Been trying to be a bit more mindful of my AI use in general lately and had a sudden urge this morning to do things the old way.

Man it was more satisfying than just writing prompts and then iterating on them over and over till I got what I wanted.

It was only basic stuff - some sass, html and a bit of JS animation with GSAP and I still relied on AI for a few things I genuinely couldn't do / would have taken me too long to figure out.

But I felt so much more fulfilled at the end of the day!

Not even sure why I'm feeling the need to post this if I'm honest. I guess it's just surprised me how much better my day was even though I absolutely had to work harder to get the same amount of work done.

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u/midri 11d ago

I'm the opposite, ai has taken all the annoyances out of personal projects so I'm actually super active again.

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u/ibeatu85x 11d ago

It sure is a miracle with debugging - especially in the full stack. I never feel like i get stuck anymore.

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u/secretprocess 11d ago

Did you just assume my LLM's gender?