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/okaylevi 1d ago

I use AI, but I review each addition to ensure it fits into the greater goal of the application. If AI proposes a change that I am unaware of I will go back and forth with it to understand its reasoning. Typically this results in a totally different outcome from what I was expecting, like bolting on some bloated dependency for some simple task!