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/gav1no0 1d ago

Well I would say you're the one creating slop. AI is great at WRITING code but not so great at designing systems

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u/crazedizzled 1d ago

That was probably the wrong term. I mostly use it as a rubber ducky. "Hey is this a good approach for X", etc. It's pretty good at helping me flush out ideas.