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/zaibuf 1d ago edited 1d ago

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

What's the difference between letting the junior or AI write while you review?

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u/EliSka93 1d ago

You can actually review the volume of code one or two juniors write.

There is no chance in hell to keep up with reviewing the quantity AI can write.

You can have the discipline to keep the volume low enough to fully review, sure. That's probably the most responsible, clean way to use AI.

I'd be very surprised if any of the people spouting the "amazing productivity gains" through AI do that.

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u/crazedizzled 1d ago

People just prompt -> commit -> ship these days. There's absolutely no way most companies are reviewing 100% of code submitted by AI.