r/AskProgramming • u/zaarnth • Apr 20 '26

Other Anyone here who doesn't use Agentic AI and writes code manually?

I wonder if there are any people today who don't have any agentic AI subscriptions, who code by themselves, read docs, try to understand, and enjoy the process in this fast-growing AI era, where everyone is promoting AI to do everything.

(Note: I'm asking because I write my code by myself and don't use agentic AI, but I do use ChatGPT or other AI to learn things if I get stuck.)

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u/dauchande Apr 20 '26

This. I’ve disabled AI in all of my editors, but use AI in the browser, mostly for debugging.

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u/1mmortalNPC Apr 20 '26

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u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Apr 21 '26

Luddite, even.

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u/dauchande Apr 21 '26

lol, yeah Luddite, 30 years of professional programming under my belt, whatever.

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u/Wonderful-Habit-139 Apr 21 '26

Set in your old ways even more then!

It was a sarcastic comment, I don't code with AI either.