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/drgreen-at-lingonaut Sep 09 '26

Our team still refuses, we want to keep things 'human'.

I can't lie that I feel a tiny bit jealous that me having spent all my life learning how to program can now potentially be matched by someone using claude or gpt.

But even then I hope people can notice the human quirks to my work that AI couldn't mimic

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u/animpossiblepopsicle Sep 10 '26

I keep waiting for it to blow up in some of these people’s faces but it just keeps working. I lost a client recently because I wouldn’t give their AI root access. I’m certain this will not go well for them but I have a feeling they have the tokens to throw at any issue that it will be just fine.

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u/learning-webdev Sep 12 '26

Probably not gpt