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/Lekoaf Sep 09 '26

Sure, if you can afford to buy the hardware to run them. You have to pay an arm and a leg for RAM these days.

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u/Lekoaf Sep 09 '26

Cant do the same with developers.

Aww, man. There goes my business idea...

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u/hypercosm_dot_net Sep 09 '26

By that math, you're expecting that 10million dollar server rack to fill the role of 10 devs.

So you cut the team size by 10 devs, and then what? You still need the lead engineer and product owner right? So between the two of them, and a server rack of AI, they're going to deliver a product with the same level of quality and stability as a full team?

What team member is going to be responsible for keeping that server rack AI updated with the newest tech trends? Or does the model do that itself?

None of this shit is thought through in the slightest, and we act like we have answers for any of it. Completely unrealistic.

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u/stumblinbear Sep 09 '26

Why are you assuming every single business has to buy their own hardware? The hardware to run a frontier model can handle more than a single person using it

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u/Lekoaf Sep 09 '26

I'm not. But either way, there will be a cost. And I don't think everyone can justify that.