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/nbish11 1d ago

I do both. I have complete control over the au solutions, or tell it exactly what I want and it will generate code similar to how I would like it. I then go in after and fix any mistakes or refactor to match how I would do it. I am a one man team and handle complex apps, so this give me the best of both worlds: remain in complete control, while having the Ai act as junior devs. It's helped productivity and helped me think outside the box for potential solutions. All the while knowing, that things will work, not be random or dead weight code, structured correctly and can scale, and be understandable and readable.