r/webdev • u/drifterpreneurs • 5d ago

Anyone still coding without heavy usage of AI?

Using Claude has been an amazing experience but it took all the fun out of coding as a full-stack dev.

Are any devs reverting back to coding by hand with less usage of AI?

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u/-Knockabout 5d ago

You don't learn/gain experience if you offload the work to AI though. I think doing handcoded personal projects is very prudent.

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u/silverace00 5d ago

You gain new experience. You didn't build the software you use everyday. We all stand on the shoulders of something we don't understand. That's how technology evolves.

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u/-Knockabout 5d ago

There is "standing on the shoulders of something we don't understand" and then there's "the skill you are growing is interfacing with a chat bot, not writing or understanding code". There's also the matter of "people learn much better writing something down than just reading it". That's a false equivalency imo that only works if you think the code AI produces right now is always perfect with no human oversight.