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Re: I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer

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Post by ryanrasti » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 5:34 AM UTC

Mouvelie wrote: post #3

> Regardless, the lesson for people like myself is that, in order to feel happy with creating, we have to actually create. An artist would not call their work art if they had little to no role in creating it. Thanks. The author touched something there, close to a truth (or deep belief I got ?) about our life, something about the journey mattering more than the destination...

Yeah that captures what I've been feeling: our work is changing from being craftsmen to managers.

Engineering used to be my go-to to enter flow state. Now, I spend a few minutes thinking about what I want and then a lot of time babysitting Claude code -- similar to experiences here.

Has anyone found a way to make the "manager" part feel as engaging and creative as the "craftsman" part used to?

Re: I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer

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Post by cryptos » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 6:29 AM UTC

Letting AI generate code instead of writing it yourself as a software developer is basically the same as if a painter would generate a painting instead of doing the art himself.

Re: I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer

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Post by senko » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 6:39 AM UTC

cryptos wrote: post #42

Letting AI generate code instead of writing it yourself as a software developer is basically the same as if a painter would generate a painting instead of doing the art himself.

> generate a painting

You mean have a handheld device with a button they can press, which would instantly generate a painting of what it was pointed at?

Agreed, that could never be art.

Re: I am uninstalling AI coding assistants from my personal computer

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Post by thunderfork » Tue, Jul 08, 2025, 12:47 PM UTC

senko wrote: post #43

cryptos wrote: post #42

Letting AI generate code instead of writing it yourself as a software developer is basically the same as if a painter would generate a painting instead of doing the art himself.

> generate a painting You mean have a handheld device with a button they can press, which would instantly generate a painting of what it was pointed at? Agreed, that could never be art.

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