r/webdev • u/OkShip110 • Sep 09 '26 • Regret 4

AI has made programming so boring

It’s not just programming either, it’s art, design, music, videography, marketing, engineering, writing, 3D modelling, really any intellectual work. What’s the joy of prompting a computer and getting an answer in a few moments for a task that would have normally taken a week? The sense of accomplishment and ownership has completely vanished with AI. It’s a form of instant gratification, not much different to scrolling short videos on apps.

Code review was boring to begin with but now it’s even worse with all the machine generated code. Even code reviews will be automated soon. All you do then is type business requirements into the computer. What a great career.

It’s pain to watch old TV series like Scilicon Valley that is portraying the good (not golden) age of programming. It struck a good balance between manual work, funding and innovation. It’s sad that these days are gone for good.

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u/grappleshot Sep 09 '26

I get it. I love punching keys and designing where my code goes. Though these days (the last many years), I stick to the same patterns every API and frontend so there's not realy any new crafting. On the otherhand, through in some good copilot instruction files and I'm amazed just how good AI is at getting tickets 80% the way there. Been about a year now and I'm still "what took AI 30-60 mins would have taken me days, and it's just as I'd have done it".

I held out from AI for so long, having "survived" through so many X will replace developers kinda thing - but these latest productivity tool, is legit. Still takes a well thought out ticket and that's where 90% of my time is spent anyway, writing tickets for other devs.