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It feels good to some people. Personally I have difficulty relating to that, it’s antithetical to important parts of what I value about software development. Feeling good for me comes from deeply understanding the problem and the code, and knowing how they do match up.

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I agree with you. I had done a bit of vibe coding over the weekend. Not once did it feel good. Most of the time it produced things which are close to what I needed, but not quite hitting the mark. Partially probably because I'm not explaining myself in sufficient detail to AI, but the way I work is not working very well with super detailed spec ahead of development. I used to always develop understanding of the project while working on it.

I feel more lost and unsure instead of good - because I didn't write the code, so I don't have its internal structure in my head and since I didn't write it there's nothing to be proud of.

Yep, I agree 100%. People have described AI coding as "delegating". But there's a reason I'm an IC and not a manager. It's because I don't want to delegate to someone else who does the work, I want to do the work. There's no joy to be had in having someone else do the work at my behest.

If the future of the technology industry truly is having AI write software for you, then I will do what I have to do. At the end of the day I have to put food on the table. But I will hate every second of my job at that point, and it sucks ass.

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