Anyone else missing the old days of coding?
Almost all my projects are now being built by AI agents, and sometimes I feel like I’ve lost the ability to impress people with code.
Coding was never just a professional skill to me, something I learned to earn money. It was a passion.
I loved building products from scratch, understanding every aspect of the code, rewriting pieces just to see the tests go green, and feeling that satisfaction when everything finally worked.
I miss those days. I miss the feeling of actually building something with my own hands and mind.
The weirdest part? Even when I want to sit down and code for fun, a thought creeps in: Why spend hours doing this when an AI agent can do it in minutes?
I know AI makes us more productive. I use it every day. But somewhere along the way, I feel like I’m losing the joy I once found in coding.
Are any other developers feeling this way, or is it just me?
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Same for contributing to open source, it used to feel like a big deal, scary sometimes if the contribution was good enough.