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It's an emotional problem. I love writing code to solve intricate problems. But knowing that a faster, and maybe better LLM solution is just a prompt away? Somehow that takes the joy out of it. Why spend hours, when you can get an equivalent result in minutes?

I will be curious to see how I feel about AdventOfCode this year...

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Is the goal solving a problem or spending time over it?

Because then why do you ride a vehicle when you could walk?

Why do you use fire when a well-positioned mirror with sun could do?

Why a piezo ignition or lighter when a stick and lots of friction would do as well?

Virtually nobody is a professional walker or firestarter, so those are different.

And to the extent they do exist (athletes and survivalists) they might agree there is no "point" except the joy they derive from doing it themselves.

The problem is that formerly there was more alignment between the joy of solving problems with a human's mind and the business need to have problems solved.

Think of that the next time you take the train.

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