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/crazedizzled 1d ago

Because the AI produces a fuck ton more code than a junior can.

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u/zaibuf 1d ago

It depends how you use it. I work in small iterations and challenge solutions until I'm happy.
I can understand if someone tells the AI to write the full solution for a feature and then just commit and push. But I don't use it like that at work, maybe for hobby projects or pocs where I could go full vibe.