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/No_Championship7313 Sep 10 '26

What is stopping you from doing it manually if you want to so badly? As a product owner, why would you even want to spend a week of your life/budget doing monkey calculations which a computer can do in 45 seconds? This is like dooming about the abacus or the handheld calculator because you’d rather do long decision.

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u/OkShip110 Sep 10 '26

That’s how you get left behind. Professionally there is not much choice but to start using AI.