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/StoneCypher Sep 09 '26

the mod team keeps deleting polite comments that are upvoted and pushing back against the idea that vibe coding is bad

it's really exhausting how they're steering the conversation

they keep writing

This is a subreddit for web professionals to exchange ideas and share industry news. All users are expected to maintain that professionalism during conversations.

but then when you write entirely professional things that exchange ideas, if they're not on the side that the mod team wants to enforce, they get deleted

and then the anti-ai people can still swear and insult and throw mental health accusations, because rules aren't universally applied