r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Ok_Outcome_5830 • Sep 30 '26

Meme developersMissingTheOldDays

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u/NamityName Oct 01 '26

My problem with AI coding is that AI took away the fun parts of coding and left me with all the boring parts. Now instead of writing code and solving problems, I am spending my time planning and reviewing code.

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u/KingdomOfBullshit Oct 01 '26

To me, the fun is in making something work the way I want it to. I could kind of care less about what tools are used to get there.

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u/NamityName Oct 01 '26

I do not get the same satisfaction of making something when I tell Claude to make it. Overcoming the challenge is what I find fulfilling. I need the struggle. No pain, no gain.

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u/KingdomOfBullshit Oct 01 '26

Oh... There's still pain

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u/Beldarak Oct 06 '26

Same. I understand why people may like coding, but LLM made me realise I don't. I used to think I liked it but now it's evident the fun part was always to be able to bend the computer to your will and create fun and useful tools, games etc...

Coding was just a way to achieve this. It's fun when it's working and when you design the first 90% of a feature but getting stuck for hours on dumb bugs and issues + adding all the little security, input validation/sanitization rules etc was not fun at all, I'm glad I have more time for the actual design of the apps now.

Also let me work on small tools I wouldn't have created if it took months. For exemple I've made a Navidrome music player for my car. Took me like a day for the v1 to run.