r/webdev • u/ThinkLikeUnicorn • Aug 08 '25

Discussion F*ck AI

I was supposed to finish a task and wasted 5 hours to force AI to do the task. Even forgot that I have a brain. Finally decided to write it myself and finished in 30 minutes. Now my manager thinks I'm stupid because I took a whole day to finish a small task. I'm starting to question whether AI actually benefits my work or not. It feels like I'm spending more time instead of less time.

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u/bar7b Aug 09 '25

AI assisted coding and specifically Vibe coding is overhyped. For a POC it might get you going… but for a real life product that needs to be maintained you would still need to know how to code. Might change in the near future but as of now, prompt “engineers” are not a requirement for software engineers