I must be completely in the minority. I enjoy side projects and like the feeling of accomplishment from making something as much as anyone, but AI tools have been a real godsend. I feel reinvigorated, trying out new frameworks, building stuff I'd only sort of considered before. Maybe this is still honeymoon phase but it's been months and I'm still digging it.
Bring on the version that can support my coworker's 7 year sideproject 80k line rathole of python metaprogramming and tell me how to make a small change there, bring on the version that can understand version conflicts between react, react native, and expo libraries - or even fix their shit documentation in real time.
Even if the core product of these LLMs doesn't get any better, I'm stoked to see the wrappers and fine-tunes that they produce over the next few years. Maybe I'll get to be a super TPM with a legion of little AI agents to do the things I want and I'll only have to write code when I feel like it.
Bring on the version that can support my coworker's 7 year sideproject 80k line rathole of python metaprogramming and tell me how to make a small change there, bring on the version that can understand version conflicts between react, react native, and expo libraries - or even fix their shit documentation in real time.
Even if the core product of these LLMs doesn't get any better, I'm stoked to see the wrappers and fine-tunes that they produce over the next few years. Maybe I'll get to be a super TPM with a legion of little AI agents to do the things I want and I'll only have to write code when I feel like it.