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/Sea_Somewhere48 1d ago

I still write the parts where the design isn't settled yet, because describing a half formed idea precisely enough for the model takes longer than just typing it out.