>Every time developing software gets easier, it only increases the amount of work required. I'm busier today than I've ever been in my entire life.

I have the same sentiment. So far, no indication that I can be replaced yet. Maybe some day, but right now I'm more productive because of AI (*), but just as if not more busy.

(*) Such as: Obviously the coding side, but also...

AI is helping scrape logs to diagnose bugs, and doing so with high accuracy, much, much faster than I could have done.

AI is taking care of my work journal (basically how I manage my own state) by scraping slack, emails, git commits, ticket state changes and everything else, and updating and maintaining my journal each day. I can't overstate how pleased I am with this. I am usually pretty diligent but if I get out of the habit, I could go weeks before I was back in. Now it is trivial and I always do it.

And more.