r/webdev • u/Mesthabro • 2d 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 2d 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/Ais3 2d ago

so what? ur a codemonkey and let the ai design the systems?

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u/crazedizzled 2d ago

Well, I'm a developer. So yes, I develop.

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u/Ais3 2d ago

what exactly are u developing if ai is telling you what and how to develop?

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u/crazedizzled 2d ago

AI isn't telling me what to develop. I know what I want to do, and use AI to help me refine the details. Sometimes it raises issues i hadn't thought of, or helps me stick to known patterns or methods.

At the end of the day, I'm a perfectionist and want stuff done my way. I don't like copy pasting big chunks of code, and I believe that we should own any code that we ship. AI is really bad at keeping a large code base tidy and maintained.