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Apoorv Kansal's avatar

Whenever someone asks me this question, my response is pretty similar followed by "it takes out the fun in programming for me". Programming for me isn't just building product, but also solving new problems, writing good code. AI tools for me, atleast, takes the fun out of problem solving.

"But what about mundane tasks? Boilerplates?" I do enjoy finishing the switch case with all the cases, typing those makes them engraved into my brain. Plus, is asking Copilot really faster than just typing it? Doesn't it break your "flow"?

One last thing i don't like about AI agents in code editors is, they're very eager to complete my code. Whenever I stop to think how im gonna write or solve this problem, they're always suggesting me code. Which in turn distracts my brain.

Although i do sometimes use AI tools but usually its not once every hour but once per week.

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John Crickett's avatar

Curiosity can take many forms and many directions. Perhaps they'd more curious about the domain they work in for example, or the problem they're solving, not the code they use to express a solution - which might be quite basic, but still valuable code.

Equally whats mundane for the worlds best programmers, might be the more interesting aspect of the job for those whose day to day software engineering is generally mundane.

The reality is most software engineers are building business as usual systems, not working on the latest, cutting edge technology.

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