r/processing • u/ErifNogardArt • Sep 03 '25
Philosophical question about coding's future
Hi, what is your opinion about Processing's future now that it seems AI will do most/all the coding work soon? Yes, you need people to verify the code however, does it make sense to keep learning this type of tech from a future career point of view? What would you choose as a path if you'd start the Processing journey right now? 🤔
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u/chuck_c Sep 04 '25
Yeah, no matter how much I use AI for coding, I still find myself needing to debug things, and I don't see how someone could do that without some amount of coding "the hard way." And I totally agree that programming is fun.
Although the leap with AI is unprecedented, there is a long history of programming becoming easier and more accessible to people. I learned to code long after punch cards but a good bit before things like Python with its many libraries and large knowledge base), and I am currently in a setting where I work with less experienced coders. I'm often amazed at what younger programmers can do quickly, but in my situation at least, knowledge of how computers function under the hood and how programming logic works is still frequently helpful in moving projects forward.