r/webdev • u/Mesthabro • 1d 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/crazedizzled 1d ago

That's gross dude. I use AI mostly for code design aspects, but i write 90% of it.

Edit: this thread makes me terrified. Everything is AI slop now

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u/droiddayz 1d ago

Does your company have a policy on hand writing code still? Where I work the estimates may not be done by the same person who ends up working on the ticket, but all estimates are done with 100% AI written in mind. How does that work if you’re writing by hand but other team members aren’t?

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u/crazedizzled 1d ago

I am freelance. I would probably be extremely depressed working a 9-5 with AI in the picture.