AI sucks the joy out of programming

Original post: AI sucks the joy out of programming

Sometime ago, I talked about how embracing AI would be the only way forward.

That example was about the use of AI in education. As far as we can tell, until it doesn’t cost too much and even if there’s too much hype around it, AI is a technology that is here to stay.

So making it part of our life is inevitable, and probably easier than fighting it.

But after some months of using it in my daily work, I remember that one day I thought that my work was not fun anymore. Was I the only one thinking that?

Luckily, I’m not alone! Alexandru Nedelcu shared his thoughts on this exact topic and I couldn’t agree more:

With an LLM-driven workflow, I’m getting all the bad parts about programming, like the stress generated by not being in control when things aren’t working, desperately trying to shoot bullets in the dark and fix unmaintainable code, and without any of the gratification, which comes from the journey itself. We’re replacing that journey and all the learning, with a dialogue with an inconsistent idiot