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…
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.
One nice thing I can say about the AI integration in Zed specifically is that it stays out of the way unless summoned, with the default settings anyway.
When it comes to flow, I think AI can enhance it by saving trips to the browser. All those small questions for Stack Overflow can be answered inline and in context, often with a small bit of working code.
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.
One nice thing I can say about the AI integration in Zed specifically is that it stays out of the way unless summoned, with the default settings anyway.
When it comes to flow, I think AI can enhance it by saving trips to the browser. All those small questions for Stack Overflow can be answered inline and in context, often with a small bit of working code.