[CharlesW]

> I will never as long as I live understand the argument that AI development is more fun.

Some people find software architecture and systems thinking more fun than coding. Some people find conducting more fun than playing an instrument. It's not too mysterious.

[thewebguyd]

I am one of those, but that's why I went into the ops side of things and not dev, although the two sides have been merging for a while now and even though I deal with infrastructure, I do so by writing code.

I don't mind ops code though. I dislike building software as in products, or user-facing apps but I don't mind glue code and scripting/automation.

Don't ask me to do leetcode though, I'll fail and hate the experience the entire time.

[dionian]

i like delivering value, AI lets me do that better on low risk projects very fast

[crashabr]

> I like delivering value

I understand where comedians get their source material now.

[fridder]

That is accurate for me. I have never enjoyed coding puzzles or advent of code. My version of that is diving into systems and software when it breaks. That is fun...as long as my job or income is not on the line