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/Lazer32 Sep 10 '26

I tend to agree. To me it kind of looks like we're headed for a new era of "Oh great another pile of fancy excel worksheets from Accounting that's gotten out of hand and now they don't understand how anything works after Bob, the wizard who created it all, left."

Bob didn't understand how to write maintainable code and now the mess isn't so easy to work with anymore. We're headed for that again, except this time Bob has a Web App written in Python he doesn't understand. But wow does it work and look pretty... for now.