I've been coding since 40 years old and professioannly since about 30. And let's set this straight: it is
much (much, like really much) better nowadays.
We have super powerful editors, powerful languages, a gazillion of libraries ready for download.
I use to write video games and it took months (yeah, months of hobby-time) to put a sprite on a screen.
And for Java, yeah, things have improved so much too: the language of today is better, the tooling is better, the whole security is more complex but better, the JVM keeps rocking...
And now we've got Claude.
I'm really happy to be now.
We have super powerful editors, powerful languages, a gazillion of libraries ready for download.
I use to write video games and it took months (yeah, months of hobby-time) to put a sprite on a screen.
And for Java, yeah, things have improved so much too: the language of today is better, the tooling is better, the whole security is more complex but better, the JVM keeps rocking...
And now we've got Claude.
I'm really happy to be now.