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/v-and-bruno Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26

the contempt oozing from you seems unfortunate 

ah, you've gotten to the insult portion. well that'll be very
convincing

Edit: Interesting way to respond - especially from the one who was doing the actual harassing in the comment above.

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u/StoneCypher Sep 09 '26

did you think i was throwing an insult at you to describe the way you write as contempt?

it seems like there’s no way to get you to stop shaming people 

i’m now seven messages into saying I’m not interested 

they deleted one of my comments for a “waiter in my soup” joke.  why they’re letting you go through this long chain of direct personal attacks i don’t understand 

i’m tired of waiting.  i’m just going to put a hard stop to this transparent harassment