It's great to love programming. I started in the late 70s.
That said, I'm also fully enjoying letting AI help me solve problems.
Here's one: I study Japanese. I used jisho.org for years (A Japanese/English dictionary). I ran into a problem ~2 weeks ago where I needed to look up a word and used their handwriting recognition to sketch a kanji. I got a single stroke wrong and it gave no matches. I checked if it was open source. No
So, I asked AI (Claude) to make something similar. I asked it to shard the dictionary so I wouldn't need a database and I could serve it from github pages. Less than 2 hours later it was done and useful.
Since then I had it add camera support, FSRS flashcard support, and online syncing so I can add and practice from any of the 5-6 machines I touch every day
You can use it if you want here: https://g-sho.org
That said, the bigger takeaway IMO is you can have LLMs make most solutions you need in just a couple of hours. If there is some app / service you use that you wish was different, ask for it and you'll have it.
I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy programming. I'm just saying I also enjoy this new activity of making solutions quickly. Kind of like making before 3d printers and laser cutters vs after. So many things got easier.
As another example, I needed to capture audio from my Mac's system which Apple's built in capture does not support. OBS was recommended but OBS has a difficult UX. Kap was recommended but it was sus AF. So I asked Claude to build what I needed. 4 minutes later I had a native app that did exactly what I needed (https://github.com/greggman/g-cap). Not saying you should use it. Just showing it as an example of "ask for what you need and get it"
That said, I'm also fully enjoying letting AI help me solve problems.
Here's one: I study Japanese. I used jisho.org for years (A Japanese/English dictionary). I ran into a problem ~2 weeks ago where I needed to look up a word and used their handwriting recognition to sketch a kanji. I got a single stroke wrong and it gave no matches. I checked if it was open source. No
So, I asked AI (Claude) to make something similar. I asked it to shard the dictionary so I wouldn't need a database and I could serve it from github pages. Less than 2 hours later it was done and useful.
Since then I had it add camera support, FSRS flashcard support, and online syncing so I can add and practice from any of the 5-6 machines I touch every day
You can use it if you want here: https://g-sho.org
That said, the bigger takeaway IMO is you can have LLMs make most solutions you need in just a couple of hours. If there is some app / service you use that you wish was different, ask for it and you'll have it.
I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy programming. I'm just saying I also enjoy this new activity of making solutions quickly. Kind of like making before 3d printers and laser cutters vs after. So many things got easier.
As another example, I needed to capture audio from my Mac's system which Apple's built in capture does not support. OBS was recommended but OBS has a difficult UX. Kap was recommended but it was sus AF. So I asked Claude to build what I needed. 4 minutes later I had a native app that did exactly what I needed (https://github.com/greggman/g-cap). Not saying you should use it. Just showing it as an example of "ask for what you need and get it"