[M4v3R]

To me it’s the exact opposite. I was writing code for the past 20+ years and I recently realized it’s not the act of writing code I love, but the act of creating something from nothing. Over the past few months I wrote two non-trivial utility apps that otherwise I would most probably not write because I didn’t have enough time to do that, but Cursor + Claude gave me the 5x productivity boost that enabled me to do so, and I really enjoyed doing that.

My only gripe is that the models are still pretty slow, and that discourages iteration and experimentation. I can’t wait for the day a Claude 3.5 grade model with 1000 tok/s speed releases, this will be a total game changer for me. Gemini 2.5 recently came closer, but it’s still not there.

[float4]

For me it's a bit of both. I'm working on exciting energy software with people who have deep knowledge of the sector but only semi-decent software knowledge. Nearly every day I'm reviewing some shitty PR comprised of awful, ugly code that somehow mostly works.

The product itself is exciting and solves a very real problem, and we have many customers who want to use it and pay for it. But damn, it hurts my soul knowing what goes on under the hood.

[selimthegrim]

Are you guys hiring by any chance?

[nu11ptr]

I've kinda hit the same place. I thought I loved writing code, but I so often start projects and don't finish once the excitement of writing all the code wears off. I'm realizing it is designing and architecting that I love, and seeing that get built, not writing every line of code. I also am enjoying AI as my velocity has solidly improved.

Another area I find very helpful is when I need to use the same technique in my code as someone from another language. No longer do I need to spend hours figuring out how they did it. I just ask an AI and have them explain it to me and then often simply translate the code.

[hsuduebc2]

Same here. I do not usually enjoy programming as an craft but the act of building something is what is loveable experience.

[skerit]

The challenge I often face is having an entire _mental model_ of what I want to build already crystallized in my head, but then the realization that it will take hours of coding to actually convert that to code... That can be incredibly demotivating.

[qingcharles]

Exactly. It's even hard to get started sometimes.

AI coding has removed the drudgery for me. It made coding 10X more enjoyable.