CodenameDarlenFeb 25

Are there programmers that still don't use AI?

https://lemmy.world/post/43573066

Are there programmers that still don't use AI? - Lemmy.World

Four months ago I asked if and how people used AI here in this community (https://lemmy.world/post/37760851 [https://lemmy.world/post/37760851]). Many people said that didn’t use it, or used only for consulting a few times. But in those 4 months AIs evolved a lot, so I wonder, is there people who still don’t use AI daily for programming?

Show threadlocuester

Yes. Daily. Nonstop.

I’ve been a dev for 40 years. This tech is incredible and enables me to create at an unthinkable pace.

Feb 26 at 9:05amWeb
Show thread46_and_2Feb 26
How are you using it? What are you creating?
Show threadlocuesterFeb 26

software dev. I use windsurf mainly, and change the model as needed for simple vs hard tasks.

I work full time at a startup.

Show threadcorbs132Feb 26

Same, but only for ~15 years. I’m amazed at how most of this thread is people saying it’s useless.

Agentic coding (Cursor, Claude code, etc) is an absolute game changer, especially when paired with strong models like opus 4.6.

I used it yesterday to implement a feature I knew exactly how to implement by hand, but it did perfectly in 10 minutes what would’ve taken me at least an hour or two if I had to implement it myself.

My one fear is skill atrophy, I still take certain tasks manually when I have bandwidth just to keep my skills sharp. That’s really the only reason though, modern models are capable of pretty much anything I would throw at them.

Show threadShayetaFeb 26
Yup. Use the AI to create and refine an implementation spec .md, tell it to implement, review and fix the parts it fucked up, ship it.
Show threadmelfieFeb 27
As much as I hate the people destroying supply chains and the economy who pretend it’s some sort of a silver bullet, I’d be lying if I didn’t agree coding agents are a productivity boost when used with appropriate guardrails. I’ve been using Qwen3 with Roocode the last couple of days, and while it’s not as good as GH Copilot with Claude models, it feels a lot better using something hosted on my own hardware. When used with the Context7 MCP server, it doesn’t make up APIs like Claude does, so it’s better in that one aspect.