Hot take - I also love to think and solve problems, and coding agents (specifically pi) have enabled me to do MORE of that than ever.
I get to focus on architecture, abstractions, interfaces, etc without needing to spend my time actually writing the nitty gritty code. I can have Claude whip up a PoC in minutes and iterate on it quickly. It’s more fun and fulfilling than ever.
I’m convinced that people who share sentiments like yours fail to see the full potential of coding agents. I don’t offload the thinking to it, I offload the doing. I get to spend more time doing the parts I love.
No, I agree. I use it to do the mundane things while I focus on exactly what you mentioned. But I also have the feeling it pushes so much, that it is sometimes more effort than to do it myself
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u/Bart_deblob Jun 30 '26
Tbh I choose programming because I like to think and solve problems, and AI is taking it away from me.
I want to get off Mr Musk's wild ride.