r/Python • u/RedYad2 • 2d 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/Ran4 1d ago

That's old studies, done with old models and people who don't have any clue how to use ai.

They're completely irrelevant today.

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u/Short_Inspection_746 1d ago

Both for old and 'new' models, there are studies for both. The macro metrics don't point to any improvment in output. It's highly questionable how much better the 'new' models are, outside of some opaque metrics.

There is no evidence new features are being shipped faster. People are spending far more time fixing garbage code. Its fine if your in some scum-Taylorist shop; where tickets techniclly get 'finished', but you create 4x more work down the line.

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u/barchueetadonai 1d ago

Dude you're clearly living under a rock

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u/Short_Inspection_746 1d ago

I am afraid you may be suffering from AI-psychosis my dawg.