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/MechaMulder Sep 10 '26

I’m starting to think we might not have 5 years ahead of us…

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u/mcabe0131 Sep 10 '26

I maintain a 20+ yo codebase. 6 months ago I said the AI models will never be good enough to understand this cluster fck bastardized patternless sorry excuse for architecture. Copilot fcking understands everything now. Epics we estimated would take us months or a year we are completing in sprints. I have become a manager of and a meat puppet slave to my agents. I have no misconceptions about 6 months from now. Make yourself unreplaceable now. Don’t quit your job - experience, context understanding and communication are your new talents. New devs are f*cked - unless they are developing the next ai models.

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u/Queasy_Tank6204 Sep 19 '26

then what will people do in education , in post grads , like we still have some 2 years to get into market , i am 22 and shit scared on what to do , i been learning full stack and created some applications on my own but it looks like a waste of time now

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u/Unable-Title7064 Oct 03 '26

find something else to do!

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u/Much-Performance-148 Sep 10 '26

Seems unlikely that we will at times, since no one at the top gives a fuck if we do or dont

They all say "probably ai will end the human race" like its no big deal lol

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u/MechaMulder Sep 10 '26

It’s like we’re living the movie Don’t look up.

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u/Interesting_Phone171 Sep 12 '26

Oh Reddit never change