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If there's a post about Zig, you don't see people saying how they don't use Zig.
They even tried some ChatGTP or Copilot coding themselves, throwing in some vague 'do this' prompt and got bad results. So they decided either "it's all bs hype for losers' or "man, I'm clearly not cut out for this new AI world, hope I can hold out till I can retire"
So every time they see an AI post, they feel the need to wave a '100% pure non AI coder, who's with me?' flag.
I'm technical, I can read code (even write some of it), but actually completing things or getting started on serious projects is really hard: partly because I am not a professional develop (and so everything is hard) and partly because of time constraints. AI agents address both of these concerns very well and I've been able to produce things I wouldn't have thought possible. Are they ready for Prod? Maybe not, but at least they WORK and that's soo much more than anything I've managed in the past.
There is programming the art and programming to solve a problem. The art is great - I’ve written software for decades. Life dictates I no longer have as much time, but I still want to solve problems. AI helps me do that in the limited that I have.
Please explain to me how I'm wrong. in the event you don't want to hear how I'm right, I am forstalling that while waiting for your reply
And someone who has the time may learn more by doing things without AI, but that's not what's being discussed. The person you originally responded to and I said we don't have the time.
It's a bit like arguing that AI audiobooks shouldn't exist because they are worse than human read. That may or may not be true, but that's not the discussion. AI may be the only reason an audiobook exist at all for certain books. AI coding is often the same way where someone can build a lot more than they could prior, even if it's imperfect, it may still solve their problem.
Do not mistake the mix of technologies you have used with the problem the code solves. One is a meaningful thing to focus on, and the other is something that career underachievers have invented to keep their salaries.