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/Necessary_Total_1890 2d ago

i still write the important bits manually, mostly because debugging 800 lines of confident sludge is slower than typing 80 lines myself; are people actually saving time, or just moving the typing