Comment by aldousd666

I've been programming for 30 years professionally, and I did it for a hobby as a kid. I love it still, but I am having more fun than I ever did before because none of the drudgery that goes along with it is required anymore. I love the AI and I wouldn't be sad if I never had to write another line by hand. But it's been my job, and the thing I've always hated about the job is that I didn't just get to leave it at work. My mind is always on it even when other people have shut down for a weekend or a weeklong vacation. I always have to worry about that next project that still isn't done, or isn't making an much progress while I'm away. Not as much now, because I just have to check in on Claude when I think of something I missed or need to do for some upcoming thing. It really takes away a lot of my stress because I can use it to extract action items from meetings, it help sketch designs, and write all the damned unit tests for me. Life is better now.