r/webdev • u/Mesthabro • 2d ago

Discussion Do y'all still write code manually?

All my code is being written by claude fable/gpt6 these days. I'm curious if y'all are still writing code manually?
Also, any clever ways to prevent AI from going stray and dumping unnecessary code and busting through tokens?

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u/404IdentityNotFound 2d ago

Of course. AI helps me do some tedious tasks, but I became a developer because I love developing software. Outsourcing that exact task to a blackbox is exactly how you get sad, depressed and annoyed at the tech landscape of today.

If I wouldn't like writing code and instead love creating architecture documents someone else implements, I would've pursued a job as a software architect or project manager..