• Programming memes - which are true for you?
• 1) No need to know programming languages/tools, prompts==app
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• 2) AI just generates useless slop
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• 3) Every programmer (w/AI) is now a "10x programmer"
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• 4) Programmers (do/should) fear for their job security
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• 5) Programming is no longer fun
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• 6) AI-assisted programming is addictive
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Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to on Mon Apr 27 2026 04:33 pm

5: Programming is no longer fun

I feel like this is both true and not true for me. I like solving problems, and I also like seeing the results (such as the working software). AI development tools can often help you reach the goal of having working software faster than without it, and I do like that aspect of it. Also, AI development tools can be used to help with tedious work, such as fixing build issues (which I think is a good thing) and to examine the project for very difficult problems that you may be struggling with - The AI could end up finding the needle in the haystack or whatever is causing a difficult issue you're facing.

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Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to on Mon Apr 27 2026 04:33 pm

5: Programming is no longer fun

I feel like this is both true and not true for me. I like solving problems, and I also like seeing the results (such as the working software). AI development tools can often help you reach the goal of having working software faster than without it, and I do like that
aspect of it. Also, AI development tools can be used to help with
tedious work, such as fixing build issues (which I think is a good
thing) and to examine the project for very difficult problems that you
may be struggling with - The AI could end up finding the needle in the haystack or whatever is causing a difficult issue you're facing.

i would never use AI for my actual code. if i do that, the fun part for me is gone entirely. you can use it to explain functions, documentation, etc, but the second it starts spitting out code i'm out. i'd also be ashamed to tell people a project of mine uses AI code. it's a bit like art to me in that regard. i'm not going to generate a watercolor of spider man and hang it on my wall and be proud of it. some people experience great joy finishing a paint by numbers piece, but i wouldn't.

i understand that some people don't have a choice. they're getting paid to produce and when the boss man screams Mush! .. off they go. i can only hope that the people who truly enjoyed programming have long since migrated to leadership positions instead. because whatever they might miss from their days as a lowly code monkey is long gone.

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Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to on Mon Apr 27 2026 16:33:32

2: AI just generates useless slop [0 0.00%]n
4: Programmers (do/should) fear for their job security [0 0.00%]n
5: Programming is no longer fun [0 0.00%]n

All true.

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Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: fusion to Nightfox on Tue Apr 28 2026 07:29 am

i would never use AI for my actual code. if i do that, the fun part for me is gone entirely. you can use it to explain functions, documentation, etc, but the second it starts spitting out code i'm out.

i understand that some people don't have a choice. they're getting paid to produce and when the boss man screams Mush! .. off they go. i can only hope that the people who truly enjoyed programming have long since migrated to leadership positions instead. because whatever they might miss from their days as a lowly code monkey is long gone.

I'm one of the people who doesn't really have a choice when it comes to my job. A lot of employers now are asking their developers to be familiar with and use AI developer tools to increase development performance.

I'm not sure I'd enjoy management as much as being a software developer, even with AI tools.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: fusion to Nightfox on Tue Apr 28 2026 07:29 am

i would never use AI for my actual code. if i do that, the fun part for me is gone entirely. you can use it to explain functions, documentation, etc, but the second it starts spitting out code i'm out. i'd also be ashamed to tell people a project of mine uses AI code. it's a bit like art to me in that regard. i'm not going to generate a watercolor of spider man and hang it on my wall and be proud of it. some people experience great joy finishing a paint by numbers piece, but i wouldn't.

I used to say much of the same things. I don't any longer.

Do we write machine code any more? Assembly language? Almost never. Progammers depend on tools to automate as much of the software development process as possible and generative AI is now just another one of those tools. It's the new normal, at least for professional programming.
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Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to fusion on Tue Apr 28 2026 10:47:33

AI is now just another one of those tools. It's the new normal, at least for professional programming.

More's the pity. There's a couple episodes of This Week Tonight (YT) you should watch: AI Slop and AI Chatbots. You may not be so gung-ho about LLMs afterwards.

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Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Mortar to Digital Man on Wed Apr 29 2026 09:30 am

Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to fusion on Tue Apr 28 2026 10:47:33

AI is now just another one of those tools. It's the new normal, at least for professional programming.

More's the pity. There's a couple episodes of This Week Tonight (YT) you should watch: AI Slop and AI Chatbots. You may not be so gung-ho about LLMs afterwards.

Who's gung-ho? I'm impressed, but also concerned. I also know that I and every other professional developer/programmer in the big firms where I work and have worked are using generative AI dev tools in the work place. Every day, all day long. I'll watch your YT vid, but it's not going to change reality.
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Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Mortar to Digital Man on Wed Apr 29 2026 09:30 am

Re: Re: Programming memes - which are true for you?
By: Digital Man to fusion on Tue Apr 28 2026 10:47:33

AI is now just another one of those tools. It's the new normal, at least for professional programming.

More's the pity. There's a couple episodes of This Week Tonight (YT) you should watch: AI Slop and AI Chatbots. You may not be so gung-ho about LLMs afterwards.

I already saw the AI Chatbot one and waching the AI Slop espideo now (all about multi-modal AI generated social media content). John Oliver is great. But that has nothing to do with generative AI programming tools like Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex that *I'm* talking.
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I already saw the AI Chatbot one and waching the AI Slop espideo now (all about
multi-modal AI generated social media content). John Oliver is great. But that
has nothing to do with generative AI programming tools like Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex that *I'm* talking.

I like Claude Code. I have also tried Opencode some. It is not bad but, if I have a more difficult question, I always run it by Claude as Opencode will sometimes seem to get stuck in a loop on those and wind up somewhere I wasn't asking about. ;)

From what I have read, professionals are using it. Some are using it because they feel like they have to if they want to stay employed. There is a big push to use it, and I suspect that push is coming from people who don't understand it but also don't want to be left behind... that and people who think they can use it to get rid of people.


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