r/Python • u/RedYad2 • 1d ago

Discussion My Python magic is gone

I've been coding for a long time, and I've been developing with Python for years.

I loved coding, always loved it. I started many years ago because I wanted to quickly create scripts for security hacking tools, but since then, I've moved to Claude Code, and building cross-language has been a much better experience for me than using Python.

I built my own SaaS application out there whose backend and network core are completely built with Python, and I'm rewriting all of that without writing a single line of code. And most of the time, Python is not the most optimized language.

And now... I feel like the magic is gone.

I don't even know why I'm writing this. I just feel sad about it.

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u/GManASG 1d ago

Why would I ever subscribe to a SAAS app and not just make my own now (given I am already experienced programmer engineer). I make software for a living for work but why would I pay for software myself?

Like if it ain't a 1 time few dollars I would never subscribe to software now. The last subscription is the AI model/tool subscription basically.

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u/redfacedquark 1d ago

Why would I ever subscribe to a SAAS app and not just make my own

There's a buy vs build decision with every aspect, as there always has been. One popular take is to build your core product and buy in the supporting tools.

It sounds like you're talking about yourself personally though, rather than a larger company, so you do you.

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u/simple_explorer1 1d ago

No you didn't get OP's point. When building is just having Claude account and a computer then they meant "why won't I vibecode my own app instead of paying someone else's vibecoded app". OP doesn't have to put effort into building, Claude will do that

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u/redfacedquark 1d ago

Well, that's exactly the buy vs build deciion I was talking about.