[ofrzeta]

It doesn't have to be only extremes. How about using a little bit of AI? I also like coding but on the other hand writing down the 1000th loop to iterate over some array is not exactly fulfilling either.

It's the same with wood craft as a hobby. On one end of the spectrum is a CNC router, that's something that would somehow defeat the purpose (for me). I am electric drill/screwdriver because it would be tedious to do everything manually. On the other hand I like to saw with a japanese saw because it is so good that I can work fast. Your mileage may vary.

Thinking about it we might reconsider this whole philosophy of "software as a craft".

[cassianoleal]

> writing down the 1000th loop to iterate over some array is not exactly fulfilling either.

Code completion and snippets work well for this use case without AI.

[xigoi]

Or just using a language that doesn’t make it hard to iterate over arrays.

[cassianoleal]

TBF I haven't met one that does yet.

[xigoi]

C comes to mind. Also Lua and Go, kind of.

[cassianoleal]

Heh, ok. :) C and Go were on my mind when I wrote GP.